Activists take down confederate flag in South Carolina

Reuters has the story:

Stonewall Jackson

Following the removal of the flag in Columbia, two people were arrested and charged with defacing a monument, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety said in a statement. The banner was replaced within an hour and no further damage was caused, it said. 

Andrew Jackson

     The first time I slept in The South was during basic training at Fort Jackson, just East of Columbia, which by the way is not named for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, but for U.S. President Andrew Jackson.