COUNT UNM HISTORY PROFESSOR PAUL HUTTON IN THE OPPOSITION CAMP WHEN IT COMES TO POSSIBLY REMOVING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND OTHER MARKERS FROM ALBUQUERQUE’S OLD TOWN PLAZA. HE THINKS THAT, ON SEVERAL LEVELS, IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS TO REMOVE THE FLAG AND MARKERS.
HUTTON TELLS 770 KKOB THE EFFORT ON THE PART OF SOME IN ALBUQUERQUE TO HAVE THE ITEMS REMOVED AMOUNTS TO SWEEPING HISTORY UNDER THE RUG IN AN ATTEMPT TO IGNORE IT. HE SAYS HE CONSIDERS THE CIVIL WAR-RELATED ITEMS IN OLD TOWN A COMMEMORATION OF THE UNION VICTORY…NOT A CELEBRATION OF THE CONFEDERACY OR SLAVERY.
