Confederate flag to come down in Albuquerque Old Town

[struggle4progress]

By Shelby Perea
Published: August 3, 2015, 1:30 pm
Updated: August 3, 2015, 3:14 pm

... Mayor Berry announced on Monday afternoon that the Confederate flag in Old Town will be taken down.

The symbols in Old Town include the Confederate flag, plaques and replicas of Confederate canons.

He said, “After taking all of this into consideration, I have determined that the City of Albuquerque will no longer fly the Confederate flag over Old Town. It will be returned to its owner or donated to the Albuquerque museum and replaced by the City of Albuquerque official flag” ...

http://krqe.com/2015/08/03/mayor-berry-confederate-flag-to-come-down-in-albuquerque-old-town/

[Warpy]

1. Odd that one was ever there

since NM cleaned Texas's clock at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, stopping slave state expansion to the west during the Civil War.