Recently, the Citadel—a military academy based in South Carolina—asked the state’s General Assembly for permission to remove a Confederate naval flag from a place of honor in its chapel. It’s a significant move, given that Citadel students were among those who attacked Fort Sumter in 1861, starting the Civil War.
“We pride ourselves on our core values of honor, duty and respect,” said John W. Rosa, the Citadel’s president, in a statement. “Moving the Naval Jack to another location is consistent with these values and is a model to all of the principled leadership we seek to instill in our cadets and students. It also promotes unity on our campus, in our community and across our state during this time of healing.”
Meanwhile at the University of Texas, its leadership was debating how best to handle the recent vandalization of three statues memorializing Jefferson Davis, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, all heroes of the Confederacy. (Slate)
