Councilman Dowdell with the flags he stole from Confederate Graves. Katie Stallcup Staff writer Published: April 23, 2009 Original article – Opelika-Auburn News Mary Norman was shocked Thursday afternoon when Auburn Councilman Arthur L. Dowdell pulled up a Confederate flag placed on her great-grandfather’s grave and snapped it in half, she said. Dowdell, who denies [...]

     Please read below to find the text of the letter from Michael Givens, Lt. Commander in Chief of the SCV regarding this issue.  The letter was originally posted on the SCV’s blog.  Please consider writing in protest of this matter to Nascar’s CEO Brian France at bzfrance@nascar.com. Dear Compatriots, I hope you are all [...]