Posted on 05/22/2015 6:12:39 PM PDT by robowombat
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO REPLACE FLAGS AT UNION SPRINGS
Gary Carlyle, Commander of the Alabama Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, announced today that at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, May 23rd, the SCV will replace the memorial flags which were recently removed from a Confederate cemetery in Union Springs, Alabama by an individual in that town.
In a statement, Carlyle said that he wished to thank Mayor Saint T. Thomas, Jr. and the City Council of Union Springs for working together with the Sons of Confederate Veterans on the restoration project.
"The Mayor and the Council have been very understanding and co-operative with us," said Carlyle. "He has been very helpful in making this happen."
Ben Jones, Chief of Heritage Operations for the 30,000 member Sons of Confederate Veterans, an international organization of men who are directly descended from those who fought for the Confederacy, praised the Mayor for "taking a clear stance for healing and reconciliation."
"The removal of these flags from the graves of our ancestors was a terribly wrong-headed, provocative and divisive action," said Jones. "No amount of political sanctimony can excuse it. Our membership asks that this ceremony on Saturday will be given the respect and reverence it deserves by all. We are grateful for the leadership of Mayor Thomas during this time, and we are hopeful that the event will take place in an atmosphere of reflection and genuine understanding. "
Well, it’s clear who can have an intelligent non vitriolic conversation.
If you think the confederates were heroes you got a screw loose.
They could have been heroes, but they were unwilling to give up their free labor.
“All men are created equal.”
Unless when they are a slave, black or white. Right? Indentured or forced, right?
Yep. My lib teacher.
I never said the root cause was slavery did I?
All the South had to do was free their slaves, and they would have won. States would be sovereign, and we would have a much less tyrannical government. But instead of doing the right thing, they didn’t.
Slavery was a major factor whether you like it or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HeZtFH1Trg
here’s another good one .....
I’d put that knapsack on my back again today ,
if millions would join me
How was the government tyrannical?
I did. And I know of nothing that shows the U.S. government taxed exports. Only imports. And most of those were delivered to the North. So perhaps you can help us out and point us to your source?
Ok then.
“All the South had to do was free their slaves, and they would have won. “
LOLOLOLOLOL
“All the South had to do was free their slaves, and they would have won. “
LOLOLOLOLOL
“All men are created equal.”
I am not comfortable with it but the Declaration of Independence was written to defend and promote the Peculiar Institution. You do know that don’t you?
No they didn't. The duty was only on imports.
What ever Lost Cause literature you have been reading has lied to you.
The south was fighting to expand slavery which the North opposed. The North was fighting to preserve the Union which the South didn't care about.
It was mentioned to acknowledge it but not to promote it.
Mentioned? It was one of the reasons the northern (and southern) colonies were fighting Britian - to promote the preservation the Peculiar Institution.
“He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” This was mentioned too. Do you know why?
A very minor reason - a tactic more than a strategy. Do you know the difference?
“A very minor reason . . .”
You claim the Peculiar Institution was “minor?” To whom was it minor?
In the whole of the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies the Colonialist’s employment of slaves was a minor issue.
King George's decision to “excite domestic insurrections” was a deal breaker for the colonialists - not the only one but an important one. I say that based on reading the DoI.
I would suggest that you are reading too much into it.
my grand father was a confederate soldier,he was not somebody i read about in a book i knew him.
“I would suggest that you are reading too much into it.”
Maybe I take the words found there too seriously. The signers of the Declaration of Independence joked around all the time.
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