TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 9, 2024

Williamson County may soon remove the Confederate flag from its official seal. A Confederate heritage group, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, challenged the county's plan to remove the Confederate flag from the seal, arguing that a state law protecting Civil War monuments prevented such changes. The Tennessee Lookout reports that Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal ruled that the county seal does not qualify as a protected historical monument under state law and clears the way for the county to redesign its seal, which has been a symbol of division since its adoption in the 1960s.