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Fire truck flies Confederate flag alongside U.S. flag in Albert Lea holiday parade
StarTribune.com ^
| 7/5/15
| Paul Walsh
Posted on 07/05/2015 5:30:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The nation’s pitched and passionate debate over the display of the Confederate flag has found its voice in the northern state of Minnesota, where a firefighter flew the most enduring symbol of the Civil War South alongside Old Glory on a fire truck in a July 4th weekend parade in Albert Lea.
The Confederate flag flew at the same height as the U.S. flag from the back of the truck belonging to the Freeborn County town of Hartland during the “3rd of July Parade” on Friday, which was organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Also over the weekend, the Confederate flag fluttered on a vehicle in a small-town July 4th parade south of Pelican Rapids, Minn.
Parade sponsor said flying the flag was “unfortunate” but will “essentially be forgotten” in a couple of days.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: dixie; starsandbars
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Heh, heh, heh.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:33:13 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
And anyone who doesn’t like it can fight their OWN fires! hehehe.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:33:18 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
If you are offended by the Stars and Bars, go F yourself you PC POS.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:35:07 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Help. What state is this? Where is Albert-Lea?
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:35:41 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:35:56 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: central_va
Help. What state is this? Where is Albert-Lea?
People’s Islamic State of Minnesota
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:36:55 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
How hard would it be to type Albert-Lea MN ?
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:37:43 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
It’s right where I-35 and I-90 meet. I went by it last year on my way from Georgia to Washington state.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:38:29 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: central_va
I put Minnesota in the Topics...
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:38:46 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: central_va
Albert Lea in in Minnesota's southernmost tier, near the junction of Interstates 35 and 90.
http://tinyurl.com/pz2qdwd
ff
To: foreverfree
Dang. People actually live up there.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:40:11 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: foreverfree
Typo: Should read "Albert Lea *is* in"...
ff
To: left that other site
And I say this as a Yankee from Boston whose Great Grandfather fought in the Massachusetts 9th Infantry, was wounded at Manasses, came back to Boston and Joined the National Guard, then, the Boston Fire Department, and Fought the Great Boston Fire of 1872.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:40:51 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: central_va
How hard would it be for you to read the “TOPICS”?
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:41:27 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: wetgundog
I hope you’re not talking too me...
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:42:21 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: central_va
Dang. People actually live up there.
Yes a hell of a lot of Somali “refugees” that suck the welfare out of the taxpayers of the State and Federal Gov’t.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:42:47 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Make it easy on me. It is a little arrogant to think someone is going to know where Albert-Lea is located. But yes I guess I could have red the topics.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:43:42 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
no post was directed at PC POS, which I am sure you are not since you post on FR.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:44:40 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
To: central_va
It’s in the first sentence of the article, as well.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:44:42 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
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