It’s not just houses.
People are creatively affixing them to every vehicle you can imagine here in W.MD.
From little economy cars with flags on broom handles duct-taped on, to family wagons with them somehow miraculously attached to the roof [not sure how they did *that*] to a guy on a 10 speed bike with a 3’ x 5’ flying behind him, they’re everywhere.
Every bike event this summer was full of bikers sporting brand new, just sewn on rebel flag pataches on their vests.
A couple local businesses are getting fat and happy, selling out flag shipments every week.
It’s awesome.
Maryland may not have “fought for the south” but it wasn’t because they didn’t want to.
The fastest way to get slapped out here is call one of us a Yankee.
“Banning the flag” was a wonderfully stupid move.
:)
I know it had a lot of Southern sympathizers (which helped Booth escape towards Virginia); it really was (understandably) divided in loyalty.
I live near cities here in northern NJ, where having this on your car would probably get it key-scratched if left in a supermarket parking lot (since our blacks live in self-made food deserts and have to travel to non-black neighborhoods for their groceries).
I recall in the 50’s how the Catholic Church’s banning of a book would guarantee it becoming a best seller.