CraigOhMyEggoAlt to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's the most obscure piece of knowledge you know about your hometown?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down16
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most obscure piece of knowledge you know about your hometown?CraigOhMyEggoAlt to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 day agoThe KKK hoisted a cross over the town back in the 1920s. It was removed. Later, in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement, it was put up again, anonymously, in the middle of the night. People fought to remove it for years and were re-buffed with “It’s a war memorial.” It was eventually moved out of town to a religious college a few miles away.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoGood to see that “it’s history” has always been an excuse to keep messages of hate
The KKK hoisted a cross over the town back in the 1920s. It was removed.
Later, in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement, it was put up again, anonymously, in the middle of the night.
People fought to remove it for years and were re-buffed with “It’s a war memorial.”
It was eventually moved out of town to a religious college a few miles away.
Good to see that “it’s history” has always been an excuse to keep messages of hate