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MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. Some parents are asking for answers after their children sang a popular marching song of the Confederacy during a Civil War history lesson. At least five black students sang, along with other fifth-graders, the lyrics of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" at the closing of last Friday's program at The Highlands School in Mountain Brook. The 1861 song was written in honor of the blue flag with the white star that Mississippi flew over the state Capitol upon seceding from the Union. Some are the lyrics are --quote-- "We are a band of brothers and native to the...

My wife and I have been considering flying a flag at our new home in rural Georgia. In deciding what flag to fly, we searched for something that would express our independence and our need for freedom from the government. Now, the Bonnie Blue can be seen hanging from our porch. The Bonnie Blue is beautiful in its simplicity. The history of the Bonnie Blue (I don't pretend to be an expert) appears to start in the early 1800's, used in Florida. Our course, Texas, the lone star state, uses the single star design. It was carried by Confederate forces...