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Crowd Honors Confederate Memorial Day
Winchester Star ^
| 7 June 2004
| Hillary Copsey
Posted on 06/08/2004 10:05:41 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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Members of the 33rd Virginia Company D Honor Guard (above) participate in the 138th annual Confederate Memorial Day Service at Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester Sunday. Emma MacBeth, 7, of Stephens City (below) reads the tombstones of Confederate dead after the service ended. (Photos by Jeff Taylor)
To: stainlessbanner
Why are they putting Confederate Battle Flags on the tombstones? The proper flag would be the official flag of the CSA - which is not the "Rebel Battle Flag"
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:08:00 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
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To: stainlessbanner; All
You might be interested in knowing that someone attempted to burn Beauvoir, last home of Jefferson Davis, on the beach at Biloxi, MS. The story is in today's sunherald.com on the web. I'm thinking that they probably wanted the destruction to occur around Confederate Memorial Day as an anti-tribute.
Fortunately, a young firefighter was passing and put the fire out.
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:36:07 AM PDT
by
davisfh
To: *dixie_list; davisfh; sionnsar; Free Trapper; dcwusmc; Wampus SC; Fiddlstix; Southron Patriot; ...
Beauvior Story:
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/8865809.htm "A firefighter who was driving on Beach Boulevard at daybreak Saturday is credited with saving the historic home when he spotted smoke. Investigators suspect arson in the fire that scorched doors on the newly renovated front porch. Had his quick action not prevented the fire's spread, the indoor sprinkler system would have gone off, causing another set of problems."
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:38:49 AM PDT
by
talleyman
(Tag line at half-mast.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:47:26 AM PDT
by
Redbob
(we're going to miss you, Ronnie!)
To: Redbob
Nope, Winchester, Virginia, in the Shenendoah Valley, close to the West Virginia border. Both Valley Campaigns (Jackson's in 1862, and Sheridan's in 1864) passed through that area multiple times.
}:-)4
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:48:53 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(Yes, it's just an excuse for me to post more pictures of my cats. Deal with it.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:51:15 AM PDT
by
Dixie Pirate
(Deo Vindice!)
To: stainlessbanner
I went back and re-read the story. Apparently, it was
set fire to thwart a birthday celebration for Jefferson
Davis. I talked to a friend a few minutes ago and he
believes he knows who did it and I agree with him. I'll
not give a name but there is a little guy down there who
hates Beauvoir and everything it represents. He has created
disturbances there before and has also sued to have the
Cross of St Andrew removed from the Mississippi flag on the
grounds that it is a religious symbol and he, being a Muslim,
is offended by it. His suit did not succeed.
Thanks for the link. I haven't done that in so long that
I'll have to go back and re-learn.
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:52:00 AM PDT
by
davisfh
To: stainlessbanner
"Confederate soldiers fought and died for their belief in their country and in their independence"
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:54:22 AM PDT
by
Redcoat LI
(You Can Trust Me , I'm Not Like The Others.....)
To: stainlessbanner
A descendent of Sherman perhaps?
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:54:25 AM PDT
by
sheltonmac
("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." -Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
To: stainlessbanner
By the grace of God.
Good post. I'm still pondering on that liberal lurker trying to equate the War in Iraq with this one a few days ago. Guess you have to be halfway around the bend with self-loathing and undeserved guilt...
To: stainlessbanner
Confederate soldiers did not die for slavery, Cowman said, nor did the North start the war to free an oppressed people. Confederates fought and died to be free to act on their own volition, he said.BUMP. Deo vindice!
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:13:53 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
To: davisfh
sued to have the Cross of St Andrew removed from the Mississippi flag on the grounds that it is a religious symbol and he, being a Muslim, is offended by it.Wonder how many folks got to vote on the Iraqi flag?
To: 2banana
Why are they putting Confederate Battle Flags on the tombstones? Because they were soldiers, not politicians.
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:22:26 AM PDT
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4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
I don't know who was right or wrong, but at least they stood for something. " Unless you stand for something, you will fall for anything" Author unknown.
To: BooBoo1000
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand forbecause unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
Peter Marshall (Senate chaplain), 18 Apr 1947.
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:53:12 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
To: LibreOuMort
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posted on
06/08/2004 12:21:07 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/ ||| sionnsar: the part of the bagpipe where the melody comes out)
To: stainlessbanner
How many would have dared vote were they allowed to?
I would think that the number would, very closely, approximate
zero.
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posted on
06/08/2004 4:58:07 PM PDT
by
davisfh
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