Museum Chair: Legislators Unlikely to Decide Flag Display

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —  The chairman of the South Carolina museum storing the Confederate flag removed from Statehouse grounds last summer says he doesn’t expect the Legislature to make any decisions on its display this year.

George Dorn also suggested Thursday that the museum’s governing board take no position on a House proposal that could result in the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum moving to Charleston.

But the commander of South Carolina’s Sons of Confederate Veterans says his chapter opposes that idea. Leland Summers, a board member, says the 120-year-old museum needs to stay in the state’s central, capital city.

The board recommended spending $3.6 million to renovate the museum and display the flag.

The House instead advanced a budget plan requiring an analysis of Charleston museum space and moving cost estimates.