COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nearly two years after it last flew, South Carolina's final Confederate flag remains in the same place it was taken immediately after it was removed from the flagpole in front of the Statehouse: a small, flat white acid-free box behind several locked doors. That resting place doesn't fulfill any part of the "appropriate, permanent and public display" called for when the South Carolina House passed a late-night resolution that helped assure passage of the bill removing the flag in July 2015. That proposal provided no money for the display, and so far the Legislature hasn't set aside any cash to pay for it. Sons of Confederate Veterans Commander Leland Summers said Thursday that his group feels like it was swindled twice — first by taking down the flag, and then by lawmakers failing to keep their promise. "They say there isn't any money because they need to pay for things like education and roads.Read more on NewsOK.com
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