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Greenwood War Memorial Plaque on NBC News
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Greenwood War Memorial Plaque on NBC News


Mar 21, 2015, 6:58 PM

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-carolina-town-embroiled-controversy-over-war-plaques-n327816

Seems like Greenwood's decision, don't know why SC Legislature must approve. Was their approval required for the original Memorial?

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Re: Greenwood War Memorial Plaque on NBC News


Mar 21, 2015, 9:41 PM

A South Carolina law that was passed in 2000 to protect war memorials and historic structures on public property. The law prevents anyone from changing the name of any street, bridge, structure or park that has been “dedicated in memory of, or named for, any historic figure or historic event.”

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article12312485.html#storylink=cpy

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If they do change the plaques I hope the put the old ones in


Mar 21, 2015, 9:53 PM

a museum display about segregation.

Lest we forget

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My great uncle is on that plaque for WW2


Mar 21, 2015, 10:23 PM

He lives in Charleston now. Says he's not sure how his name ended up on there lol

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Re: Greenwood War Memorial Plaque on NBC News


Mar 22, 2015, 3:07 PM

My question is why now? Why is all this crap coming up now? Because it's a hot topic and people see a chance to jump on what they feel like is offensive to them?

Why can't people just leave stuff alone and worry about #### that actually matters.

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