SC State House Confederate flag display may wait years

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7:26 AM EDT Jun 30, 2016

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) —Those waiting on the Confederate flag to be displayed in a museum will have to keep waiting.

The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum Commission met Wednesday morning.

Late last year, the commission submitted a $3.6 million proposal to lawmakers that would include an extensive museum expansion. The display alone would cost $550,000.

Lawmakers did not act on the proposal this session ...

http://www.wyff4.com/news/sc-state-house-confederate-flag-display-may-wait-years/40292370

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1. Still no decision on how, where to display Confederate Flag

BY BILL BURR
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH 2016

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Supporters of the Confederate Flag will need to wait longer to find out where and when it'll be displayed nearly a year since it was removed from the Statehouse grounds.

... the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and the Military Museum Commission ... hasn't received guidance from state lawmakers on how to display the flag. Also, the General Assembly ignored a request for more than $3 million to expand the museum so the flag can be shown ...

Museum directors say the Confederate Flag is .. properly stored with other important items .. until a decision is made on where to display them.

http://abcnews4.com/news/local/still-no-decision-on-how-where-to-display-confederate-flag

"South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum" -- James Petigru

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2. No solutions yet on Confederate flag display

Flag remains in environmentally secure storage container
JUNE 29, 2016 11:36 AM
BY AVERY G. WILKS

... For now, the $52 nylon flag – one of many that flew over the State House grounds through the years – remains wrapped in acid-free tissue paper in a white, acid-free textile storage box. The box is stored on a stainless steel rack in a locked, alarmed, climate-controlled room in the back of the museum.

http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article86614467.html