Pull Down Confederate Shrines on Old Town Plaza

Mayor Berry & City Council:

Albuquerque's Old Town plaza is no place for shrines to Confederate occupation.

Unlike the people and cultures represented by the other flags on the plaza, the six week occupation of our town and the small skirmish it honors did nothing to contribute to our rich heritage and diversity that make Albuquerque great.

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Old Town Plaza contains two plaques honoring Confederate soldiers that are attached to the Viejo Gazebo in the middle of Old Town; two commemorative cannons used by the Confederate Army, with another plaque listing financial supporters of the effort to create these replica cannons; and the original Confederate States of America flag - with seven stars signifying the first seven states to secede from the Union - hanging next to those of the United States, New Mexico, Spain and Mexico.