Will Barack Obama place a wreath at the Confederate Memorial in the Arlington Cemetery next June 2009?
Every president has placed a wreath there since the Woodrow Wilson administration. Wilson both started sending wreaths to the memorial and started segregation in the Federal government and went after African American federal employees. I have started to read "Jim Crow and the Wilson Administration: Protesting Federal Segregation in the Early Twentieth Century," by Nicholas Patler.
As to the question, I am not sure whether Obama will or won't send a wreath to the Confederate Memorial on or near Jefferson Davis' birthday next June 2009. I certainly plan on writing Barack Obama asking him not to send a wreath and encourage others to write him also asking that he not send a wreath.
I am also going to write some letters about some other issues, such as the UDC Confederate awards at the nation's military academies.
Obama's campaign is undoubtedly aware of this web page:
http://www.blackcommentator.com/274/274_clinton_udc.html
I don't think it is impossible that Barack Obama will send the wreath to the Confederate Memorial. However, I don't think Barack Obama will want a web page like this for himself and I am sure I will be able to find someone to do such a web page if Barack Obama proves to be indulgent of the Confederacy.
However, it may not be such an effort to get Barack Obama to stop the wreath and stop Confederate activities in the U.S. Military. An Barack Obama election victory will show that the influence of a certain reactionary crankiness, such as neo-Confederates are over as a political force in this country. In fact I may be asked as to what else needs to be done to remove neo-Confederacy from the Federal government and its programs, projects, parks, and properties. I will be willing to help out if they ask.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC
Here are some fun YouTubes of Eastern music I found which I think are quite interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hncJzoAiAw&feature=related
I thought I would add a few fun things to the blog once in a while.
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