Sons of Confederate Veterans Loses Another Battle

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - Washington and Lee University says the Sons of Confederate Veterans no longer can use the campus chapel for an annual ceremony.
 
Multiple media outlets report that the university has denied the group's request to rent the chapel for a celebration of Lee-Jackson Day in 2016.
 
The group's Stonewall Brigade had held the ceremony at Lee Chapel for more than a decade.
 
Washington and Lee spokesman Brian Eckert tells media outlets that people identifying themselves as members of the group have made misstatements and used inflammatory language targeting the university.
 
Eckert says the attacks stem from the university's decision in 2015 to remove Confederate flags from part of the chapel.
 
     Stonewall Brigade member W.B. Wilmore says the ceremony isn't racial or derogatory. He says his group will find another site.