The Confederate Flag: A Call to Burn and Bury - July 4th 2015

WASHINGTON - June 24, 2015 - PRLog -- To mark the 150th anniversary of the end of Civil War, on Memorial Day -May 25, 2015, Artist John Sims  organized The Confederate Flag: 13 Flag Funerals, a funeral/burial group performance in all of the 13 states connected to the 13 stars in the Confederate flag. These events  were intended to create a space of ceremonial reflection for the complex desire for the death and burial and perhaps the burning of the Confederate flag as a symbol of terror, treason, supremacy and giver of the messages that history is rewriteable, visual terrorism is sustainable and Black Lives Don’t Matter.

Due to the recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, John Sims is extending the 13 Flag Funerals project countrywide for the collective  burning and burying of the Confederate flag on  July 4th, 2015.  All folks interested in this action are invited to do as a group or an individual and to connect event photos and videos to #BurnBuryFlag.

Also we also demand that Confederate flag to come down in South Carolina, Mississippi other places where it flies high. And that is there is federal law created  prohibit  the use of the Confederate flag in state flags or in or on governmental property.

JohnSimsProjects and the 13 Flags Funerals artists, poets and activist extend heart felt condolences to the familes and friends of those perished in South Carolina at the hands of someone created by American racism.

John Sims is a multi-media political math artist who creates projects spanning the areas of mathematics, art, text, performance, and political-media activism.

References:

1.          http://www.wsj.com/articles/battle-stirs-over-confederate-flag-1432332336

2.         http://thegrio.com/2015/05/22/artist-john-sims-burn-bury-confederate-flag/