Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
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DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldiers Cap, Witnesses Say
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat”
— DC area FOX 5 News reports:
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat, which he may have worn to conceal what police describe as an early-1900s rifle. Seconds later, there was gunfire.”
Maryland – Cumberland area: “History of racial tension not behind nixing of Confederate flag brochures”
— Cumberland Times-News reports on Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization getting approval last year on brochures with Confederate flags
— “But in April, after 1,800 brochures had been printed and delivered to two middle schools, Superintendent Bill AuMiller changed his mind.”
— Per news report, brochure also states: “During the first half of the 20th Century the Confederate Flag enjoyed renewed popularity”
— Robin Wood: “That flag was used for the intimidation of African Americans who were out there trying to enjoy their constitutional rights.”
— Other Locations Believed To Have Been Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter
—- “Law enforcement sources told WTTG/MyFoxDC.com that during a search of a car that is believed to belong von Brunn, investigators found a notebook with information about six to nine locations in the D.C. area, including the National Holocaust Museum. Other locations on the list included the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Washington Post, and a FOX News location”
—- “Investigators followed up at each of the locations, trying to find out if there were any sightings of the suspect or any correspondence, MyFoxDC.com reported.”
(U.S.) Washington DC: Two shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC
— James Wenneker von Brunn
— Gunman “engaged by security guards immediately after entering the door” with a rifle
— “One law enforcement official said James Von Brunn, a white supremacist, was under investigation in the shooting”
— DC Local News Reports
— WJLA report
— FOX DC report
— WUSA9 report
— WTOP report
WTOP: “A Web site apparently linked to Von Brunn contains Anti-Semitic and racist writings and promotes a book written by Von Brunn.”
— Washington Post: 2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum
— Details on White Supremacist Suspect
— Suspect Didn’t Believe Holocaust ‘Existed,’ According to Neighbor
— FBI Issues Statement on Shooting
— Washington Times: Holocaust Museum shooter served time in prison
— SPLC: Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Close Ties to Prominent neo-Nazis
(U.S.) Atlanta: “Stone Mountain: What confederate lovers can learn from the Germans” – by Cliff Albright
— “I definitely don’t like oversized, stone-carved tributes such as the one on Stone Mountain which pictures Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson”
— “The laser beams started to outline the profiles on the mountain’s carving, and then proceeded to show a series of images designed to generate sympathy for the confederates. All of this to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic (you know–‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’) with special emphasis on the line ‘his truth is marching on’.
— “It became painfully clear to me that the ‘truth’ this little display was paying tribute to was not ‘God’s truth’ as mentioned in the actual lyrics, but Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis’ truth, a truth dedicated to the preservation of slavery.”
— “Both Samuel Venable, the owner of the mountain in the early 1900s when the carving project was started, as well as Gutzon Borglum, the original sculptor, were members of the KKK;”
— “In November of 1915, a ceremony was held on top of the mountain to commemorate the rebirth of the KKK. It is believed that this rebirth was sparked by the unabashedly racist film, Birth of a Nation; and”
— “Venable deeded property rights to the KKK so the Klan could hold meetings and activities on the mountain; these rights stayed in place until sometime in the 1960s”
— KISS 104.1 Family Soul Fest – Stone Mountain Park – Memorial Lawn
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