Officials quietly remove flag from seal, sparking uproar

The Washington Times ^ | 3-3-06 | Metro

[JZelle]

AMHERST, Va. (AP) -- The removal of the Confederate flag from Amherst County's official seal has upset Southern heritage groups, who contend residents weren't told of the change. They will get no argument from county officials: They acknowledge the image was quietly removed in August 2004 to avoid an uproar. "Anytime you get a subject that broad, you can interrupt the entire county," said Leon Parrish of the Board of Supervisors. Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and others opposed to the change have gathered hundreds of signatures protesting the flag's removal.

[JZelle]

I wonder if they'll replace it with a crescent?

[nikos1121]

This is terrible. The confiderate flag is part of this country's heritage...This is getting rediculous....

[saganite]

The crescent will be in Pennsylvania at the memorial for the 9-11 plane that crashed there.

[dhs12345]

Gee, and I was just reading how we must be more tolerant of other peoples opinions -- Jay Bennish, Overland High School.

Guess, when they mean ideas, the mean only their ideas.

[RightbrainBrother]

The Confederate Flag represents sedition. It shouldn't be honored. It's a part of this country's heritage that we should be ashamed of. Civil War really isn't a wonderful thing.

[SJSAMPLE]

Ruh Roh!
Incoming!

[TonyWojo]

History is History, why not leave it alone, good or bad removing a confederate flag today will not change yesterday.

I do not look at the confederate flag in any other way than leaving a part of history behind to remind this country that it does have a past, like it or not.

[swmobuffalo]

"The Confederate Flag represents sedition. It shouldn't be honored. It's a part of this country's heritage that we should be ashamed of. Civil War really isn't a wonderful thing."

WRONG

[plenipotentiary]

"The Confederate Flag represents sedition. It shouldn't be honored. It's a part of this country's heritage that we should be ashamed of."

Speaking as an outsider, it seems to me that the civil war was about one group of people stopping another group of people from leaving the "party".

I don't think that was a very good reason for war, and especially not for civil war.