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.
Apparently no one told them that multiculturalism applies only to liberals, gays and minorities.
Wow.......
Did you lose half of your brain in an accident, or are you just brain-dead in general.....
That has to be the most ignorant statement that I have ever read. Go back and take a history course.
I hope the Libs choke on it every time they drive by.
I hope you Confederate groupies here are cheering the Iraqi factions' attempts to torpedo Iraq's peace.
After all they are fighting for their seperate homelands. According to some here, that's GREAT!!!
As long as my country flies the red, white, and blue and our boys in Iraq are dying for it I will not honor the flag of traitors.
Sorry I'm not FR-PC about this view. Real sorry.
It's a bunch of losers remembering their loser past.
Walt argued his points clearly and with an understanding of Civil War history. This guy's comments are off the wall and he couldn't shine Walt's shoes. Walt made for very interesting reading, even if you disagreed with him. I miss his posts.
Spelling prize! Most would have typed "loosers."
Good point. I apologize to Walt in-absentia.
Hey idiot:
The Confederates were Americans as well, excercising their rights under the Constitution to secede.
And I dare you to try relieving yourself on our flag in the South.....you might come back without an appendage if you try that in front of certain people....
bookmark.
The only loser here is YOU, you sorry excuse for a carpetbagger.
People want multiculturalism and wear Che T's etc then people need to deal with all it's implications.
The man is a "transplant" in Texas, You know...a carpetbagger. Please don't think that Texans are like HE is......
The Southern states exercised their right to secede and were invaded and destroyed and somehow the war was their fault.
Southern boys fought valiantly for their homeland, just as your father and son.
The two worst presidents:
Lincoln - Central Government
Roosevelt - Socialism
Why have we allowed these policies to survive?
When will and how will the next revolution take place?
That's what happens when you lose the war.
Modern day copperheads and traitors decided to ship those flags back Souf' in the early 1960s in a gesture of reconciliation.
They were warned that should this be done, the Southerners would start flying giant Confederate flags all over the place.
I think it's time to reconsider the deal and get those flags back where they belong ~ in those display cases.
BINGO!
"Calling Robert E. Lee a traitor is very silly. He was a loyal Virginian who kept honor by not betraying his own people."
Every traitor has GREAT excuses. They are still traitors.
Anyone who shoots or has shot at the AMERICAN flag has earned my contempt.
*giggle*
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