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Fire truck flies Confederate flag alongside U.S. flag in Albert Lea holiday parade
StarTribune.com ^
| 7/5/15
| Paul Walsh
Posted on 07/05/2015 5:30:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The nation’s pitched and passionate debate over the display of the Confederate flag has found its voice in the northern state of Minnesota, where a firefighter flew the most enduring symbol of the Civil War South alongside Old Glory on a fire truck in a July 4th weekend parade in Albert Lea.
The Confederate flag flew at the same height as the U.S. flag from the back of the truck belonging to the Freeborn County town of Hartland during the “3rd of July Parade” on Friday, which was organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Also over the weekend, the Confederate flag fluttered on a vehicle in a small-town July 4th parade south of Pelican Rapids, Minn.
Parade sponsor said flying the flag was “unfortunate” but will “essentially be forgotten” in a couple of days.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: dixie; starsandbars
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To: wetgundog
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:45:53 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: central_va
The nation’s pitched and passionate debate over the display of the Confederate flag has found its voice in the northern state of Minnesota, where a firefighter flew the most enduring symbol of the Civil War South alongside Old Glory on a fire truck in a July 4th weekend parade in Albert Lea.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:46:18 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since Nov '07. Soon to be colon cancer free. ~ Þ)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
It just shows that Yankees really think of themselves as USA residents, the state is insignificant. :)
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:46:18 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: wetgundog
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:46:45 PM PDT
by
South40
(My candidate did NOT support Obama in 2008. Did yours?)
To: COBOL2Java
I like this picture so much I may make it my desktop background gif. To bad the glare wasn’t f stopped out :). Beautiful children and nice people showing respect. What is not to like.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:51:13 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Hanover Michigan.
Note the saddle blanket on the horse in the background
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:52:12 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
It isn’t about the Confederate Flag. It is about the rights of all Americans from all over our America to tell the metro NYC media elites and marketeers to shove their PC racism and power plays where the sun doesn’t shine.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:52:56 PM PDT
by
apoliticalone
(1st they outlaw history & flags; then they take self defense; then we are marched off at their whim.)
To: cripplecreek
In central Va these things would be normal. Not even worth mentioning.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:54:25 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: COBOL2Java
Outstanding! I am not from the south but I see no reason that their old flag which represents STATE INDEPENDENCE should be rid of...I am considering flying one up here in Maine(lower than my American flag of course) ...should get some reaction...
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:54:41 PM PDT
by
mythenjoseph
(Separation of powers)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The first week of July is also the anniversary of a famous battle of the civil war that proved to be the turning point for the north . . . it seems to me this was perfectly appropriate.
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:57:02 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: central_va
“Make it easy on me. It is a little arrogant to think someone is going to know where Albert-Lea is located. But yes I guess I could have red the topics.”
The fact that it was in the Star (Red Star) Tribune was a giveaway for me. There’s only one Red Star Tribune and it’s in Minneapolis.
To: central_va
“Make it easy on me. It is a little arrogant to think someone is going to know where Albert-Lea is located. But yes I guess I could have red the topics.”
The fact that it was in the Star (Red Star) Tribune was a giveaway for me. There’s only one Red Star Tribune and it’s in Minneapolis.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
‘The South’s gonna do it again’.... Charlie Daniels.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
07/05/2015 5:58:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(She who uses rope to contain reporters during her candidacy will use rope to hang them when in power)
To: left that other site
America still lives. Pics from the town I grew up in (Hanover Michigan) Some family, lots of tractors, lots of horses, classic cars and Darth Vader (I think he was representing government)
America still lives
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:00:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: wetgundog
If you are offended by the Stars and Bars, go F yourself you PC POS. Except that's not the Stars and Bars. This is.
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:00:14 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Leaning towards Cruz or Walker in 2016. No Jeb. No Graham. No Trump.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:00:45 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: null and void
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:03:03 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: vette6387
Minnesota is about as exotic as Siberia to someone from Virgina.
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:03:29 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: null and void
Neilsen says he flew the flag because he's fed up with political correctness and didn't realize how much trouble it would cause.
nope. he's toast. he should have stuck with commemorating the anniversary of gettysbrug. it was totally defensible.
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posted on
07/05/2015 6:04:16 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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