[Campion]

The South needs to rise again. I'm sick and tired of our heritage being denied.

In a perverse sort of way, flying a Rebel flag in Maryville is denying their heritage. Maryville's in east Tennessee, near Knoxville -- an area that was solidly pro-Union during the war.

[Adder]

My recollection is that there was a lot of Southron fervor there, too.
Whole families were split over the issue.
After the war, the stars and bars became a symbol of defiance to centralized authority and was pretty much adopted, whether during the war a community was pro union or not.

[Tennessee_Bob]

East Tennessee - last to leave the Union, first to rejoin. Fewer slaves per capita than middle or west Tennessee.

Well - first to rejoin, with the exception of Union county. They only ratified the return a few years ago.