Posted on 06/27/2015 8:40:18 PM PDT by Enlightened1
After the manufacturer decided to no longer supply Confederate flags to her business, Alabama Flag and Banner owner Belinda Kennedy decided to take matters into her own hands.
Starting early Friday morning, Belinda and the employees at Alabama Flag and Banner began producing Confederate flags in-store using their own materials and equipment.
And just as soon as they hit the machines, the orders came pouring in.
"I feel like my responsibility to my customers is to fulfill their needs when they want it, and I had customers wanting it and I wasn't going to turn them away as I felt like I had been turned away," Kennedy said.
Sales for the Confederate flag spiked for her business on Tuesday, the owner said, as the flag faced new controversy after a man confessed to killing nine people in a Charleston, S.C. church last week. The shooter, Dylann Roof, appeared on a white supremacist website holding a Confederate flag.
Although the flag is perceived by some as a symbol of hate following the church shooting, Alabama Flag and Banner will continue to sell it to their customers.
As of 3:45 p.m. on Friday, the business reported over 1,000 sales, with orders continuously rolling in, both online and in-store.
"It's simply a historic flag," Kennedy commented. "It's not hate, it's history...and the people that are making it a racial issue are pushing an agenda." 1 / 5 Employees begin production on Confederate flags at Alabama Flag and Banner in Huntsville Friday morning, June 26, after the business' manufacturer decided to no longer supply the flag. (Sarah Cole/scole@al.com) Sarah Cole | scole@al.com
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Born and raised in New Mexico. I never have owned a Rebel Flag. But, living in South Carolina for 6 years, I understand the camaraderie the Southern States share.
“...a velvet painting of Elvis Presley...”
I have a velvet painting of John Wayne, does that count? :)
“Real” Army of Northern Virginia battle flags are square, not 3:5. One could argue that the 3:5 ratio flags are “modern” while the 1:1 ratio flags are “historic.”
I wouldn’t mind getting a quality reproduction of the original flag.
Push ‘em back! Push ‘em back! Way back!
Cotton
Wonderful racist material
I insist on it
Best flag material for sure
I was just in New Orleans
Stayed at maison de ville on Toulouse for the umpteenth time in:
God forbid......
Refurbished slave quarters
Where Tennessee Williams wrote and drank gin by the gallon
I love that city
It was always my big town
(Jackson ms native)
Contraband...
Prohibition 2015 style...
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
The American way. Keep it up!
support American business
buy your southern naval jack from the Alabama Flag Company
You are a year-ish younger than me. Tell me about your vitamins- please.
I hope you had fun. Devil.
Nothing like the threat of taking away personal liberty to provoke rebellion.
I may buy one and fly one next to my Gadsden Flag. I will not fly Old Glory as long as that Kenyan Bastard is in the Rainbow House. And if Cankles is the next occupant, I will continue to fly the Gadsden Flag.
Where can I buy some Confederate flag beer coolers to annoy my liberal friends?
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Eco-friendly-Printed-Polyester-Rebel-Flag_60272246377.html
M4L Flag
i fly mine year round and put up a new one every 4th.of july.
i turned 64 yesterday, missed the tatoo thing by about 40 yrs. but i am going to get the stars and bars inked on the back of my shoulder.
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