Posted on 10/18/2015 9:49:52 PM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
(CNN) - During the Civil War, it was a patch of the South so reviled by the Confederacy for its pro-Union leanings that it in 1862 it was declared "enemy territory" by the secessionist government.
The area's most celebrated native, Andrew Johnson, was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union. Johnson would go on to become president, succeeding Abraham Lincoln.
Now, more than 150 years later, Greene County, Tennessee is once again ruffling feathers on matters pertaining to the long-gone Confederacy. This time, however, the rebellious county just might turn the historical tables and for the first time fly the Rebel flag. The county commission will vote Monday on a resolution to fly the controversial banner above its county courthouse.
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Stars and bars? Bonnie blue flag that bears the single star? Stainless banner or the BATTLE FLAG!
Greene County is in upper East Tennessee (near the Appalachian Mountains).
Tennessee (as its state constitution recognizes) is made up of three "grand divisions": East Tennessee; West Tennessee; and Middle (not "Central") Tennessee. Tennessee is a reliably "red" state; but that is principally because of the leanings of East Tennessee, which is strongly Republican (and has been, ever since the Civil War).
Which is to say, that during the Civil War--although Tennessee seceded, and joined the Confederacy; it was the last state to do so--East Tennessee remained a Union stronghold. It admired the (Republican) president, Abraham Lincoln.
totally pointless.
I live next to Greene county, trust me libtards and northern folk won’t take our flag we will not submit
I’m in McMinn County and the flag is flying high, proud, and often around here.
None of the Tennesseans who became President were actually born in the state. (Nor was Al Gore, for that matter.)
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