A cemetery attendant began flying the Confederate battle flag at the Point Lookout cemetery in 1994, but it was ordered taken down in 1998 after it came to the attention of the Veterans Affairs Department, which operates the cemetery. A 1995 policy allowed the flag at its cemeteries only on Memorial Day or Confederate Memorial Day. A Virginia-based group called the Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization said it gathered more than 14,000 signatures from people demanding that the flag be restored. Griffin, a descendant of an officer held at Point Lookout, sued in October, arguing that a Confederate cemetery is an appropriate place to fly a Confederate flag. Historically, complaining has not been rewarded.
Folks learn to keep their mouths shut.
We don't need an event here like the dragging death in Texas. A spokeswoman for the VA said yesterday afternoon that no one at her department or the Justice Department had seen the opinion. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.