Note the saddle blanket on the horse in the background.
I was just in Ocean City Maryland; saw more Confederate flags for sale on the boardwalk than I remember a few years ago. Beach towels, T-shirts, even bikinis; some of the shirts would lead you to believe Maryland fought for the South...
It’s not just houses.
People are creatively affixing them to every vehicle you can imagine here in W.MD.
From little economy cars with flags on broom handles duct-taped on, to family wagons with them somehow miraculously attached to the roof [not sure how they did *that*] to a guy on a 10 speed bike with a 3’ x 5’ flying behind him, they’re everywhere.
Every bike event this summer was full of bikers sporting brand new, just sewn on rebel flag pataches on their vests.
A couple local businesses are getting fat and happy, selling out flag shipments every week.
It’s awesome.
Maryland may not have “fought for the south” but it wasn’t because they didn’t want to.
The fastest way to get slapped out here is call one of us a Yankee.
“Banning the flag” was a wonderfully stupid move.
:)
I believe Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were immediately seized by the Union to prevent them from joining the South.
Maryland would have if lincoln didn’t station troops... Check out the second verse to maryland my maryland....
Legislature is trying to change it
Some did:
” would lead you to believe Maryland fought for the South...”
” In the presidential election of 1860 Lincoln won just 2,294 votes out of a total of 92,421, only 2.5% of the votes cast, coming in at a distant fourth place.[1][4] In seven counties, Lincoln received not a single vote.[2]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_in_the_American_Civil_War