Alabama still collecting tax for Confederate vets
by Associated Press Published: July 20,2011
Tags: Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Bill Rambo, Civil War, Confederate, Joseph J. Thorndike, Lady Gaga, Mississippi, North versus South, racial discrimination, Racism, Sylvester Stallone
MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. — The last of the more than 60,000 Confederate veterans who came home to Alabama after the Civil War died generations ago, yet residents are still paying a tax that supported the neediest among them. Despite fire-and-brimstone opposition to taxes among many in a state that still has “Heart of Dixie” on [...] [...]
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