Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $5,945
7%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 7%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: waydownyonder

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Huge Confederate flag flying high over I-65

    06/13/2005 4:41:07 AM PDT · by stainlessbanner · 810 replies · 12,824+ views
    decaturdaily. ^ | 13-June-2005
    VERBENA (AP) — A huge Confederate battle flag flying over Interstate 65 north of Montgomery will become a permanent fixture, according to officials with the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The organization bought land on the side of the interstate near Verbena and put up the flag, which has been flying for several months above the tree lines from the top of a large pole, easily visible from the heavily traveled interstate. Leonard Wilson, commander of the Alabama division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, said the flag will be dedicated in a ceremony at 5 p.m. on June 26. The flag...