Greetings Compatriots:

This has been a great week for Southern heritage defenders. We have two new excellent cases in the making just this week.

Castorina Violation in Ohio

Earlier this week I received an email from an SCV member and son who is also an SCV member in Ohio. This young SCV member has worn a 1x1 Naval Jack pin on his lapel off and on for years. It is his small way of displaying his pride in his Southern heritage in a non-confrontational way.

Well, even in this day, someone will scrutinize even the smallest lapel pin and find fault in it. The young man stood his ground in a respectful way when the teacher asked for him to remove the pin. He stated that he was an SCV member and he had worn the pin for years. He was sent to the office where he stated his case to the principal. The young Confederate then called his father and his father spoke with the principal.

The father then contacted the SLRC and Kirk Lyons assisted the father in a letter to the principal. The letter basically reminded the principal of the Castorina ruling and also reiterated that the young Confederate was a great student and member of a 35,000 member fraternal organization. We will keep you posted.

Castorina Violation in Tennessee

On Veteran’s Day an SCV member’s son in Shelby County schools decided that he needed to honor his Confederate ancestor by wearing a t-shirt with a Confederate flag on the front and it read, “If this flag offends you, you need a history lesson.” The young Confederate was sent to the office by a teacher. The assistant principal wrote the young man up for violating established rules and on the suspension form stated, “Student said it was Veteran’s Day and he had a Confederate ancestor.”

We will be working with local attorney, Tarry Beasley, in Memphis on this most important case and we will keep you informed.

CASE NOTES

DuPont -- This week's big news is that oral arguments in the appeal have now been calendared for December 3, in Richmond. Kirk, of course, will argue our side and since this is a maximum effort, he will most likely be accompanied and assisted by both Roger and Allison.

Lawrence County -- We will be filing our motion for summary judgment in this case by November 15.

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