Organizer of ‘Dixie Freedom Rally’ postpones event due to violence concerns

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One day after KXAN reported that a Sept. 2 event being organized by the Texas Confederate Militia was not properly permitted, the event organizers decided to postpone the event until Sept. 23.
Organizers have moved the “Dixie Freedom Rally” to Saturday, Sept. 23, but it will still take place at Woolridge Square in downtown Austin. According to the rally’s Facebook event page, the event is to promote the “true Confederate heritage that most of Am