Posted on 06/13/2005 4:41:07 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
VERBENA (AP) — A huge Confederate battle flag flying over Interstate 65 north of Montgomery will become a permanent fixture, according to officials with the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The organization bought land on the side of the interstate near Verbena and put up the flag, which has been flying for several months above the tree lines from the top of a large pole, easily visible from the heavily traveled interstate.
Leonard Wilson, commander of the Alabama division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, said the flag will be dedicated in a ceremony at 5 p.m. on June 26.
The flag is located on a little more than half an acre of land just north of where Autauga County 68 crosses over the interstate, about six miles south of the Verbena exit.
"We put the flag up so people could see it," Wilson said. "We are showing off our heritage. The flag is part of our heritage."
Critics of Confederate flag displays say they are reminders of the slavery era and Alabama's racist past, and can damage Alabama's image when flown beside a busy interstate route to Gulf beaches.
Agreed.......there were honorable men on both sides and flying the Confederate flag does more to honor those brave men and IMHO the h@ll with the ACLU and PC crowd.
So, You must hate England, Spain, France, Japan, Korea, Isreal,Vietnam,Russia, China,Italy, And the F--ing Germans
What's your other FR handle?
Re. his/her post #20, I'm thinking we should have a Dixie List rule that the first poster to introduce genitalia or bodily functions to the discussion automatically loses the argument.
Such "contempt" for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas is dishonorable, even given that it is rooted in pure ignorance.
Sounds good to me :)
I live near this area mentioned. I thought they placed the flag there because it is near a Confederate park where a cemetary is located.
Your nephew is an honorable young man. I have to disagree with your other sentiments.
What everyone seems to forget is that the Confederate battle flag IS an American flag. It's just as American as the yellow "Don't tread on me" flag, and it has a history behind it that won't go away just because some people's sensibilities are flustered.
Whenever someone says that they don't want the Confederate flag flying over American soil remind them that it was Americans that lived and died under that flag.
Wow, now I'm a suspect because I don't kiss up to the FR-PC crowd.
My nephew could teach Lee a lesson about honor. He's about to deploy for his second rotation to Iraq flying C-130s. He thinks the Iraq War sucks (he uses stronger language) but he took an oath to the US of A and he will show up every day and do his best for his country.
I guess I'm just against glorifying traitors. Silly me.
Yeah me too
They should have shot Lincoln before the war, not after.
Let me enlighten you. Congress had the flags returned in 1900, when they passed a law. You won't be getting those flags back.
I have no traitors in my families history.
I wish someone would do the same thing in my home state of Georgia. Slapping one of those along side of I-75 would be a pleasant reminder to the pundits and folks in Atlanta who thought it best to remove our 1956 flag from the referendum vote.
I have been that way on I-65 in Verbena. It is a really nice area for such a lovely piece of history.
You have an uninformed view of what a traitor is.
This country was started as a group of united states, with states rights spelled out in the tenth amendment giving states all rights not spelled out for the federal government. There was not, and is not now, any part of the Constitution that forbids states from withdrawing from the union. On the contrary, there is a duty for states to protect their people from a federal government that becomes abusive to the rights of the people.
Southeron bumps.
Just because the Yankees were flying the flag, doens't mean they were right. And Robert E. Lee served that flag loyally, until those that claimed it, perverted it's meaning.
Quit wrapping yourself in the flag, and look at facts.
Loosers? Naw, dont think so!
North: 1
South: 0
Halftime
Your eyeglasses prescription?
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