[WhiskeyPapa]

The Sons of Confederate Veterans view the statue as "a slap in the face of a lot of brave men and women who went through four years of unbelievable hell fighting an invasion of Virginia led by President Lincoln," Brag Bowling, the group's Virginia commander, said Thursday.

The Atlanta paper ran the same story.

I thought the SCV's deal was 'heritage, not hate'?

Walt

[berserker]

Head of the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who is quoted in the original article with a statement in opposition to the erection of the statue of Lincoln in Richmond, Virginia.

Commander Brag Bowling

bragdonb@erols.com

The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, on their website, has included the Pledge to the Confederate Flag, which reads as follows:

I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence and undying devotion to the Cause for which it stands.