Deep-fried candy bars, giant stuffed animals, and elephant ears, yes. But leave the Confederate flags at home for this year’s Ohio State Fair, one of the largest state fairs in the U.S.
Fair organizers announced the decision to ban selling Confederate flag merchandise at the 2015 fair Thursday in a letter sent to vendors.
In the letter, general manager Virgil Strickler reiterated that the fair, scheduled for July 29 to Aug. 9, has long prohibited selling items with “offensive wording, lettering or graphics,” a blanket policy that now includes Confederate flag-decorated items.
Vendors selling such items will be asked to promptly remove them, Strickler wrote.
The Illinois and New York State Fairs have already banned the flag at this year’s festivities. Kentucky state fair organizers are considering a similar ban, Cleveland.com reported.
Read the full letter below, via News 5 Cleveland:
Good news. Wondering why though, Ohio was a Union state.
I find it a bit ironic, all these years later, that it’s the losing side that can’t stop reminiscing about the war.
The reason it matters in Ohio would be clear if you ever find yourself riding on the interstate through rural Ohio. They’re all over. At and least one barn whose entire side is a damned traitor flag.
If you are wondering how a state proud of its Underground Railroad past has so many treasonous flags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGVW6HbPrUMany southerners came for the jobs during and after the Great Depression.
Count down to white guys whining…