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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How many Albert Leas can there be?
Gee, another damn Yankee that knows his Confederate flags.
Volunteer Dept?
Yep.
Part of the old skool American Way.
We need to all stand together against the nightmare govt and the media collaborators. Great job.
Doesn’t belong there. We have one flag that unites us all. The one that defeated all the tyrannies of the last century— The Stars And Stripes.
Get a map General.
Got no problem with this.
You should get out more.
Not for you.Central VA kinda sucks.Shame you live there.
LOL!!
Years ago when a young my mother had just remarried to a man from Austin Minn. which is just a few miles East of Albert Lea. My stepfather knew quite a few in the area. One special family friend and family lived on a good sized farm in the area. I remember one evening we stayed overnight at the farm. I took special notice that the bed with very soft goose down was very soft. However what really caught my eyes/attention were the wall hangings for the KKK. I learned not to speak of such from my parents. In those years I think that area of Minn. was not very welcome for non US people. Strange how time and money/employment can change the societal environment.
If this happened in the land of Al Frankenstein then maybe there’s hope for the rest of the country.
This is the guy who suspended him:
Fire Chief Trent Wangen
503 N Star Lane
Hartland MN 56042
(507) 845-2124
Now THAT just made my day!
“Hey, maybe we should fly the actual confederate flag . . . that would piss them off.”
Probably not - they’d think it was Cuban or Venezuela or some other commie place.
It never gets old!
Hey thanks for the Chief’s info.
I will contact him tomorrow.
Stay professional...
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