To: ESCAMBIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and Pensacola Mayor & City Council
Remove All confederate flags from all Escambia County and Pensacola government and public buildings
We petition the Pensacola Mayor and City Council and the Escambia County Commission and its commissioners to remove all flags and symbols of the Confederacy from any and all government and public buildings. All Confederate flags and symbols represent the "cornerstone of the Confederacy" and its promotion of white people as a superior "race" and the inferiority of the Negro. All Confederate flags and symbols are anti-American and represent the secession of southern states from the United States of America. The commemoration of this legacy of oppression through slavery and inequality should not to be promoted, especially as a proud symbol of southern culture and heritage. It is anti-American.
Why is this important?
The Escambia County Commission and the majority of the five commissioners have voted to continue to fly the Confederate Flag over the Civic Center. In addition, the local governments continue to fly the Confederate flag in its marketing and promotion of the Pensacola Bay area as the "city of five flags." All of the Confederate flags symbolize the willingness of those states to secede from The United States of America. All Confederate flags are anti-American and symbolize the so noted "cornerstone of the Confederacy" which has been stated as the superiority of the white race and the inferiority of the Negro. That cornerstone statement is not a legacy of southern heritage and culture to be celebrated or commemorated in the symbol of the Confederate flag. Sign to take all Confederate flags down.