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The controversial display of a Confederate flag at a Long Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday has sparked outrage, drawing ...
The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...
A disturbing incident unfolded at the Bayport St. Patrick’s Day Parade over the weekend when two white pickup trucks were spotted flying Confederate flags, drawing swift condemnation from the ...
Three Long Island fire departments that displayed the Confederate flag have now reached a settlement over alleged discrimination. According to the New York State Division of Human Rights ...
The Levittown Fire Department and Fire District is one of three Long Island fire departments that will pay fines and change policies for displaying Confederate flags on its property and ...
In a news release Monday, the agency said Brookhaven and Levittown fire departments and districts had displayed the Confederate flag, a historic symbol of the pro-slavery South, on department ...
The Brookhaven and Levittown fire districts also agreed to never display the Confederate flag ever again. Brookhaven NAACP President Dr. Georgette Grier-Key says the settlement is a step in the ...
A Confederate flag was flown from a truck in the Bayport-Blue Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, Bayport-Blue Point Chamber of Commerce president Karl Auwaerter confirmed in an emailed ...