Sentence examples for move the flag from inspiring English sources

She concluded, "It is time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds".

But eventually, the pressure to move the flag extended well beyond black South Carolinians.

The two sides eventually cut a deal to move the flag to the Confederate monument.

In 2000, legislators reached an agreement to move the flag to a Confederate memorial inside capitol grounds.

Tempers began to fray as Republicans proposed 68 amendments in an attempt to soften the impact of legislation to move the flag to a museum.

But Governor Hodges, who had long pushed for any compromise that would move the flag off the dome, predicted today that the boycott would soon fizzle.

"We draw up plans, then get a surveyor to plot it out with flags, then we move the flags around," Mr. Gordon went on.

Like other states, we're moving the flag to a historical monument, and we will no longer be the only state with the flag on our dome.

As a result, the deadline for new legislation will pass at the end of this month without even a vote on moving the flag.

But Mr. Wilkins said Republicans in the House would not bear all the weight of moving the flag; they will not support it in a final vote if Democrats, and particularly black members, remain opposed, he said.

Noting in a statement that as Florida's governor he moved the flag from the state grounds to a museum "where it belonged", Bush said of South Carolina: "I'm confident they will do the right thing".