[rockrr]

Also, a group of retired Marines was denied a request to fly a Gadsden flag at the Connecticut State Capitol. Lawmakers there defended their refusal by saying the flag was a political symbol with Tea party connections. And debate raged when Arizona's conservative governor Jan Brewer signed a law providing the Gadsden flag the same protections as "Old Glory."

So even though the klown complained claiming lack of "historical relevance" the truth is that he hates it because conservatives love it. I hope the park service doesn't buckle under.

[Salamander]

You should see the PC abomination that Antietam battlefield has become.

Then they have the gall to have ‘donation boxes’ in the park.

I left them a note.

Not surprisingly, since the ‘revisions’, donations are way down.

[Windcatcher]

This is why I’d like to see PA pass as many laws as possible that annoy NJ libs — starting with a mirror of Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law, then proceeding to a disparity of force law (and maybe a stand-your-ground law). If we can disgust them enough, maybe they’ll stay away. Or maybe we can just frighten them with something like a 75mph speed limit.

[jessduntno]

Did the article mention Christopher Gadsden?

Gadsden, a soldier and statesman from South Carolina, was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement in the American Revolution, was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the War of Independence. He was also the designer of the famous Gadsden flag.

Now I might not be a genius, but Charleston had SOME significance in the Civil War, no? And it has been proudly displayed in several contexts throughout American history, by many factions for different reasons. Did the article mention the origin? Probably not.