Today state offices in Alabama are closed in recognition of Confederate Memorial Day. That’s right. The state is honoring individuals who attempted to destroy the United States in order to establish an independent slaveholding republic. Of course, don’t take my word for it.
In early 1861 representatives of the state voted for an ordinance of secession th…
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