In a 20-1 vote, the Greene County Commission in Tennessee voted down a proposal tofly theConfederate battle flagabove its county courthouse.
The lone vote in favor of flying the flag was made by Commissioner Buddy Randolph, who proposed the measure.”I didn’t figure the resolution would pass,” Randolph said following the vote. “I wish it had went through because it is a part of history and it ain’t got anything to do with race or anything like that.”
Ironically, Greene County, near Tennessee’s border with Kentucky, Virginia and North Carlolina, was not popular with the Confederacy for its pro-Union leanings during the Civil War. In 1862 it was declared “enemy territory” by the secessionist government.
