Posted on 06/26/2015 11:38:41 AM PDT by Ladysforest
GETTYSBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service began removing Confederate flag merchandise from its bookstores and gift shops on Thursday, joining a nationwide push by lawmakers and retailers to remove the emblem, long associated with the fight to preserve slavery.
Kathy Kupper, a national parks spokeswoman, said she doesn't know how many parks had previously sold Confederate flag merchandise, but about 70 of the organization's 407 parks are related to the American Civil War.
“We strive to tell the complete story of America,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said in a press release. “Any stand-alone depictions of Confederate flags have no place in park stores.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I visit to the panhandle from time to time and the crime is unreal.
Don’t people have a job there?
That’s what you think. AFFH will fix that for you, matter of fact SCOTUS just had a ruling on it. Die-versity for allll!!!!! For another example, check out the McKinney Texas pool party. Coming soon to everywhere.
You are delusional.
The more I hear from Jindal, the more I really like him. I’m sure some Freepers have an issue or two with him but the guy has guts from what I’m seeing so far.
I don’t know....panhandle is the poor area of Florida...would never live their.
Looks like a first amendment court case to me.
He has done wonders for Louisiana that is for sure. The state has never been better. He would be great for America. I still want Walker who I think is stronger and has the best chance at winning in 2016 but Jindal for VP would be great.
So, is Six Flags now going to known as Five Flags?
maybe the libs do, but not those at the Holocaust Museum...
Dispicable.
I have no nation left to lose.
That is why you go to ebay. They still sell Nazi memorabilia by the gross.
Are you forgetting how many slaves were owned under the United States flag?
I guess we should ban the USA flag as well.
There was not a single solitary slave under the flag of the confederacy who did not begin as a slave under the USA flag. Every one of those confederate slaves who resulted from secession all began as US slaves on US soil.
So really, we should ban the Stars and Stripes as well, since slavery was begun and was legalized under the Stars and Stripes.
If it is good for the goose, it is good for the gander.
I thought about those exact picture when I read the headline... thanks for posting them.
There are those calling for that even as we speak.
Yes, tell only half the story.
There are numerous monuments erected by southern state memorial committees along the Confederate line of departure (LOD) for Pickett’s Charge on Day 3 of the battle. Maybe the NPS will drape those monuments to avoid offending the hypersensitive crybabies of the Left.
I take instruction from the conduct of the victors toward the vanquished in that war. After the surrender at Appomattox, Union troops (who had more reason than anyone currently alive to resent Confederates) responded to the officiating general’s order to stand at marching present arms in respect for their foes as Confederate units of the Army of Northern Virginia marched in one by one to surrender their arms and colors. The Confederate units returned the salute with similar respect.
Confederate officers and men were paroled and provisioned to return home as soldiers, not criminals. This respectful process of surrender was reenacted all over the South as other Confederate armies chose to follow General Lee’s example of accepting that the matter had been decided on the field of honor and that further fighting was, essentially, killing simply for killing’s sake.
To me, this is a perfect example of the difference between jus in bello (justice (or law) in war) and jus ad bellum (justice (or lawfulness) of the war).
It doesnot matter if the war was justified (jus ad bellum) or not. Confederate soldiers, although outnumbered, underequipped, and underfed, for the most part acquitted themselves honorably (jus in bello) during the war. They took up arms at the call of their elected state governments, obeyed the orders of their officers, fought with undisputed courage and discipline, and, after many hurts and sacrifices, obeyed orders to surrender, laid down their arms, and returned peaceably (for the most part) to civilian life. The descendants of Confederate soldiers and sailors can take pride in honorable military service that was courageously rendered by the forefathers at their government’s call.
That the cause they were called to arms for was flawed is not their responsibility. That issue (jus ad bellum) has been the subject of countless books and articles. Unfortunately, the present “discussion” is characterized by overheated and hyperbolic rhetoric by the Left/liberal side and its media allies that conflates the jus ad bellum and jus in bello distinctions made above and ignores the fact that slavery had been a legal institution in the British North American colonies and the United States since the 1640s. This rhetoric brands any display of the Confederate Battle Standard (or other flags of the Confederacy) or memorials to its honored military leaders or fallen soldiers as racist. The lunacy has now metastasized to embrace any notable American living before 1865 who happened to legally own slaves including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Just where this politically correct purge ends is anyone’s guess. If the Left/liberals have
their way, all patriotic symbols, memorials, and figures will be devalued and dishonored to make way for their progressive fairyland of tomorrow.
And let us not fail to notice in passing the outstanding display of spinelessness currently being shown by politicians of both political parties. May they not go unpunished for their lack of perspective and leadership.
You’re kind of new here.
Next time make sure to type / SARC after your Post so everyone here won’t think you have lost your Mind.
If you were serious, oh well.
According to the Washington Times, items depicting both the American and confederate flags will remain in the Gettysburg bookstore.
My Dad, a Civil War buff and a SUVCW member, took me to this park a number of times when I was a kid.
The erasing of history and heritage continues.
PING!
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