OCALA --
Marion County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to once again fly the Confederate flag at the county's government complex.
The flag was taken down last week and temporarily replaced with a flag with the seal of Marion County.
Commissioners on Tuesday said they planned to meet with the county's historic commission to discuss placing markers near the flag to explain its historic significance.
The Civil War-era flag has been under attack since nine black men and women were gunned down at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17. The suspect, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, had posed with a Confederate flag in photos posted on a website that displayed a racist manifesto attributed to him.
The Confederate flag is one of five flags often displayed in Florida. The other four are Spanish, French, British and American flags.
A flag with the seal of Marion County (far right) flies in place of the Confederate flag at the Marion County government complex Thursday, July 2, 2015. (PHOTO/Dave D'Marko, Staff)
The Confederate flag was returned Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (PHOTO/Dave D'Marko, Staff)
Reaction was mixed last week when Marion County replaced the Confederate flag.
"We live in America, and last time I checked it was a democracy. So, here in Marion County, which has what 300,000 people, how can one man decide to take it off a flagpole?" pondered David Stone, with the Florida Southern Pride Ride.
"I think it should be removed," said Monaco Benjamin. "What value does it have to us now? That was years ago, and so many things have changed."
(Source: mynews13.com)
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