Posted on 08/23/2015 5:00:15 AM PDT by bob_denard
MARYLAND HEIGHTS A Confederate flag flying at a home in a Maryland Heights neighborhood may be disturbing, but flying it is constitutionally protected, officials told residents of Glenbush Drive at the City Council meeting Thursday night.
The flag appeared on Aug. 17 and has been flown from mid-morning until about 6 p.m. daily, said a black couple who live nearby. They said they have lived on Glenbush for nine years and appreciate the city's diverse population.
Police Chief Bill Carson said he was aware of a dispute over the flag involving others on the street on Aug. 18. "It was just an exchange of words from a distance, between the house with the flag and another house. The police talked to everyone. Nothing serious occurred," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Smart dog (and you for having her handy); most of the whites left in rural South Africa keep dogs as protection/early warning systems...
Probably; that would make sense.
Maryland would have if lincoln didn’t station troops... Check out the second verse to maryland my maryland....
Legislature is trying to change it
Ugh.
South Africa.
When the natives started their uprising, the *first* thing they did was go slaughter all the white farmers’ dogs...and then the owners.
It was horrible...and a warning that *other* “people” will start shooting dogs when they’re about to subdue the people, too.
:(
Interesting read; I see why they have such Southern pride. Didn’t realize that pro-Confederacy sympathy was so widespread. I knew it was there (Booth counted on it during his escape), but even he was always unsure when approaching homes.
Terrifying; sad to lose dogs like that.
An older friend has one (she’s retired and lives alone), and it reacts to a squirrel farting on the next block...
Some did:
” would lead you to believe Maryland fought for the South...”
” In the presidential election of 1860 Lincoln won just 2,294 votes out of a total of 92,421, only 2.5% of the votes cast, coming in at a distant fourth place.[1][4] In seven counties, Lincoln received not a single vote.[2]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_in_the_American_Civil_War
That’s great; thanks!
Thank you for the info; very interesting!
http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/Confederate-flag-Maryland/2015/08/06/id/665666/
Unless the dumb asses ban the official state flag, we’re ALL still flying a secessionist banner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Maryland
:)
Maryland has a rich history, star spangled banner, donating land for the capital, nd safeguarding general washington during the battle of long island... The maryland 400 defended washington’s retreat... Aug 27 marks the date, without maryland there would be no america... Washington decreed, aryland’s flag can fly at equal height... The old line state.
It's the Pravda Dispatch. What else do you expect?
Nice pics. Beautiful property.
In Hurley, Virginia the students stood up for the Confederate flag. A black football player had it even tattooed on his arm. All said there is noting racist about it.
Very interesting; thanks!
I don’t understand how the stars & stripes is any less offensive to the perpetually aggrieved; slave states fought under it, and here in the north even states like NJ had slavery until 15 just years before the Civil War.
Once people turn this country into a laboratory for PC madness, then there is no reason to keep the current flag. Too many ethnic and gender minorities, as well as sexual deviants, may be offended by it...
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