Some Williamson commissioners would support forming committee to study changing seal. The county is named after Hugh Williamson, a North Carolina politician who signed the U.S. Constitution. County Commissioner Jennifer Mason asked county attorney Jeff Moseley about the legal stipulations of changing the seal at the Williamson County Commission meeting on Monday. Follow-up. County Commissioner Tom Tunnicliffe, District 7, said that his email inbox has been overrun with constituents coming forth on the issue. The upper right quadrant shows a school house illustrating the importance of education. According to Williamson County Commission Chairman Tommy Little, District 5, he has received approximately 10 emails and phone calls a day since last week, when the movement to remove the Confederate flag became an issue.

Such as resolution would require a two-thirds vote to pass. On June 5, the U.S. Marine Corps issued new rules to ban the public display of the Confederate battle flag at Marine installations and inside Marine office buildings.

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Williamson County was named after Dr. Hugh Williamson, a signer of the U.S. Constitution. "With the response those words drew, I realized I wasn’t the only one who felt strongly about that, and I understood if we are going to challenge something like this, we have to come up with a solution," Koctar said. Williamson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

"The Williamson County seal has featured this flag in the top left corner since 1968, coincidentally the same year as the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and shortly after the integration of the schools in our county," he said. "Now is the time for Williamson County to do the same thing to show a lasting change," said Koctar, who has three children attending a school in FSSD. 4031 Aspen Grove Drive Suite 630 Williamson County Commissioners are receiving a slew of emails and phone calls, regarding constituents' requests to remove the Confederate flag from the seal. She can be contacted at kbartlett@gannett.com, 615-308-8324 or @keb1414 on Twitter. Out of the calls that he has received, Little says about four to one constituents are in favor of changing the seal by removing the Confederate flag.

Through their efforts, the Fuller Story proposal was later approved by the city of Franklin, and historical markers were erected in Franklin's Public Square just eight months ago to tell "the Fuller Story" about the plight of slavery in Franklin.

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She can be contacted at kbartlett@gannett.com, 615-308-8324 or @keb1414 on Twitter. Koctar began thinking about changing the seal when he attended a vigil in Franklin a couple of weeks ago, honoring George Floyd, who died while in the custody of Minneapolis police after Derek Chauvin held his knee to Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes. The recent killings of black citizens, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Floyd, and subsequent vigils, rallies and marches around the nation and world have forced Americans to have difficult conversations about racism, Koctar told the FSSD school board at the in-person meeting on Monday. Public displays of the Confederate battle flag have long been controversial, and the Williamson County (TN) seal has featured this flag in the top left corner since 1968, coincidentally the same year as the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and shortly after the integration of the schools in Williamson County. More: Hundreds turn out for Franklin prayer vigil in honor of George Floyd. The next step Koctar said is to discuss the proposal with the county commission and WCS leadership. Franklin parent Dustin Koctar started a petition last week, which has garnered over 4,096 signatures on change.org to remove the seal, "Remove Confederate Branding from Williamson County Seal.". On July 15, 1968, Williamson County’s quarterly court, a precursor to today’s county commission, officially adopted the great seal that is used today as the county’s emblem. Instead of removing the statue like many Civil War monuments around the nation, the Fuller Story was proposed. Koctar criticizes the Confederate flag on the Williamson County seal because it was adopted in 1968, the same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. died, that the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed and soon after school desegregation. "Any change will require a consistent, courageous, and creative effort. Kerri Bartlett covers issues affecting children, families, education and government in Williamson County.

By Monday, Koctar devised a proposal that would address, he explained, a symbol of racial inequity on the county seal, which was created in 1968. Williamson, Inc. incorporates both the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, which together provide unparalleled access to education, leadership development, relationship-building and up-to-the-minute information about doing business in one of the country’s fastest growing counties.

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The county seat is Franklin. Williamson, Inc. incorporates both the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, which together provide unparalleled access to education, leadership development, relationship-building and up-to-the-minute information about doing business in one of the country’s fastest growing counties. On June 5, the U.S. Marine Corps issued new rules to ban the public display of the Confederate battle flag at Marine installations and inside Marine office buildings. Historic County Courthouse. Three local preachers and a historian were inspired to be proactive in addressing race issues throughout Franklin's history after witnessing the violence following the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017. At a vigil in Franklin on June 2, Koctar spoke before the crowd to honor George Floyd, a black man who was killed while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, after officer Derek Chauvin held his knee to Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.

I am always open to listening and discussing any issues with my constituents. "All lives do not matter when a Confederate monument is in a place of prominence in our city, and the Confederate flag is on our county seal,” Koctar said.