Confederate flags vandalized after Georgia ceremony

A wreath and two Confederate flags were vandalized Saturday after a History and Heritage Month observance in southeast Georgia, police said.

The incident occurred at the Bulloch County Courthouse Confederate Memorial, the Statesboro Herald reported.

“The monument was not affected but the wreath … was damaged,” said Mike Mull, commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Ogeechee Rifles Camp No. 94. “Two flags — a Confederate battle flag and the 3rd National Confederate flag — were torn from the wreath and thrown to the ground. The grapevine wreath itself was not damaged, but the stand that supported the wreath was bent.”

Police took a report from Mull, the newspaper reported. The monument is under 24-hour video surveillance.

“Damaging that wreath is the same as desecration of graves,” Mull said. “That wreath was meant to memorialize the hundreds of men who left their farms, fields, offices and pulpits to fight for a cause in which they believed, right or wrong.”

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