‘Dixie Freedom Rally’ planned for downtown Austin on Sept. 2

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An event billed as the “Dixie Freedom Rally” is scheduled to take place at Wooldridge Square in downtown Austin over Labor Day weekend.
According to the rally’s Facebook event page, the event — slated for Saturday, Sept. 2 — is to promote the “true Confederate heritage that most of America is unaware of.” The rally Facebook page was created on July 28 and is being organized by a group called the Texas Confederate Militia.On the