Posted on 08/12/2013 12:58:36 PM PDT by BigReb555
The most popular Confederate flag, besides the Battle flag--the soldier's flag, was probably the Bonnie Blue flag that a song was made about.
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It is reported that a Southern Heritage group has purchased land in Richmond, Virginia to fly a 10-by-15 foot Confederate flag on Interstate 95 in the city. Susan Hathaway founder of the Virginia Flaggers said:
"The sole intention of this is to honor our ancestors.”
Currently a poll on flying the Confederate flag in Richmond shows 70 percent voted that it’s about history and heritage. See poll and read flag story at:
http://www.wric.com/story/23060962/15-foot-confederate-flag-to-be-installed-on-i-95#WNPoll131670
Do you remember those autumn days of high school and college football when…
The Ole Miss Cheerleaders and school Mascot Colonel Reb lifted the spirit of fans who waved Confederate flags and cheered when the band played Dixie? Today, however, Colonel Reb has been replaced and flag waving has been discouraged. Some call for sensitivity and understanding toward some but apparently this respect does not apply toward Southern-American’s who love God and are proud of their native Southland for which many books and movies are written about.
Do you remember when….
School bands from North and South of the Mason-Dixon Line played Dixie at school sports games? Do you know the history of the song Dixie that is a joyful sound of inspiration and pride for many people? Do you know the truth about the Confederate Battle flag? Read more at:
http://georgiascv.org/pastor_weaver_cd_2.php
In 1859, Ohio Native Dan Emmett first performed “Dixie” in New York City to an enthusiastic-cheerful crowd. Two years later, on February 18, 1861, the band played Dixie at the Inauguration of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Montgomery, Alabama.
And on April 14, 1865, after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, President Abraham Lincoln said: “Now Let the Band Play Dixie; it belongs neither to the South, nor to the North but to us all.”-—New York Times Sunday Magazine, August 11, 1907.
For 150 years American school bands have played Dixie including the Milton High school “Dixie Eagles” Band who performed Dixie at the invitation and inauguration of the late Lester G. Maddox as Governor of Georgia in January 1967. The 1956 Georgia State flag with a Confederate flag in its design was also flying proud. The late country music singer Johnny Cash sang Dixie at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. to then President Jimmy Carter and members of the United States Congress. Dixie has been performed by many great musicians including; Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Lawrence Welk, Louis Armstrong and the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who have displayed the Confederate flag at their concerts. Roz Bowie, a proud Black Southern Lady, sang Dixie in 1986 at the reburial of a Confederate Soldier in Columbia, South Carolina.
So, what happened to the song Dixie that has lifted the souls of students, teachers, parents and fans? Many of our institutions of learning have stopped playing Dixie even though the song is universally loved.
In a cemetery in Mount Vernon Ohio lies Dan Emmett, the Composer of Dixie, whose headstone reads: "Daniel Decatur Emmett 1815 - 1904 whose song ' Dixie Land' inspired the courage and devotion of the Southern people and now thrills the hearts of a reunited nation." Three miles North of Emmett’s grave are the graves of Ben and Lew Snowden of a Black musical family. On their tombstone are the words “They taught “Dixie” to Dan Emmett.
Let the Southern flag fly and let the band play Dixie! A note about Confederate flags: The flags of the Confederacy include the 1st National flag that was called the Stars and Bars with a circle of stars and bars. This was changed because it looked a lot like the US flag on the field of battle. The 2nd National flag had the Battle flag in the upper left corner with a field of white but was changed because it looked at times like a flag of surrender. The 3rd and final National flag had the Battle flag in the upper left corner with a field of white and red bar on the right.
The Confederate Battle flag, a square shaped flag, has been called by some the Stars and Bars. The first National flag was actually the Stars and Bars and the accurate name for the Confederate Battle flag is also known as the Saint Andrews Cross. It is written that the Battle flag was born at the Battle of Manassas.
The most popular Confederate flag, besides the Battle flag--the soldier's flag, was probably the Bonnie Blue flag that a song was made about.
Opportunity for someone looking to change the context of the debate:
Bring a large, but well folded Confederate Flag to, say, a Soccer game in San Diego. It is important that the game be between two American cities. When some La Raza type brings out the Mexican Flag, go right next to him with the Confederate flag.
All of those lefty liberal arts grads who spent four years comparing and contrasting will have their heads explode when they try to explain Mexican flag good, Confederate flag bad.
Not really. Confederates were God fearing gun loving rednecks. Mexican just want to take back what we stole from them in our imperialistic days.
Back in the Old Corps, during the Vietnam era, the VMI and Citadel Cadet Corps’ stood for “Dixie”.
“Mexican just want to take back what we stole from them in our imperialistic days.”
You *are* being sarcastic, aren’t you?
***Mexican just want to take back what we stole from them in our imperialistic days.***
Lesson time! Obviously you slept in class.
Texas fought and won their war with Mexico. At the same time, problems between the US and Britain and Canada escalated over the Oregon territories.
Great Britain recognized Texas as a nation with the Rio Grand as the south border. Britain then tried to forge an alliance between Texas, Mexico joining with Canada against the US.
Texas was horrified at the thought and immediately opted to join the US. This caused another short war with Mexico in which Adrian Wool recaptured San Antonio for Mexico for a short while.
The US accepted Texas as a state and realized the whole back door was open to invasion. The US rushed troops to the tip of Texas where the Mexicans then began to bombard the fort named for the first US soldier killed there, FT BROWN.
The US then declares war on Mexico since they were bombarding a US army post in Texas and the rest is almost history. Upon signing peace papers, the US gave the government of Mexico MILLIONS IN GOLD to give up all rights north of the Rio Grande and Salt rivers. To my knowledge, this is something that has never happened before. You took land and kept it by force of arms.
Mexico accepted.
Then the US found it needed more land for their stagecoach line to California, so went, hat in hand, and offered Mexico even more gold for the Gadsden Purchase. Again Mexico gave up all territorial claims north of there.
That is why the official maps of Mexico show the northern border as they are today. The Government of Mexico has kept that treaty, only some cranks try to claim the land was stolen.
Meanwhile, war with Great Britain and Canada was avoided but there were other problems in the Oregon Territories beyond this scope which led to the Whitman massacre.
Isn’t history grand!
Yepper.
I was being facetious. I am a native Texan well versed in her history.
Did you forget that you already posted your own vanity here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3053290/posts
When I was in high school up in Massivetwoshits, one of our rival football teams (Walpole) was called the Rebels, and they had the Confederate battle flag on their helmets.... Well my junior year they were forced to change the battle flag to a “W” shape because some limp wristed liberals got their panties all in a bunch over the battle flag being on a high school football teams uniform.
Sadly, even my high school team was forced to change our mascot from a indian to a pirate because of the possibility of offending someone. Oh and our mascot was the same exact indian as was used by the Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves baseball team from 1959-1989.
http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/1145
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