CSA
THE HISTORY OF THE REBEL FLAG
THE CONFEDERET STATES OF AMERICA
SAVE YOUR DIXIE CUPS,
THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN!
IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR BRAVE SONS, BROTHERS, AND FATHERS WHO FOUGHT AND DIED WITH VALOR IN DEFENSE FOR THEIR COUNTRY, BELIEFS, FAMILY, AND WAY OF LIFE. THE SOLDERS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, THE SOUTH,....DIXIE! MEMORIES HAVE FADED AND TODAY MANY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE "REBEL HEROES" HARDLY KNOW THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHERS AND GREAT GREAT-GRANDFATHERS EVEN SERVED AT ALL. THOSE BRAVE MEN FOUGHT AND DIED FOR A COUNTRY AND LAND NOW FORGOTTEN BY ITS CITIZENS.
WELL I HAD FAMILY THAT DIED IN THAT WAR, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET, THEY DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN. [><] SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD !
After the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in November of 1860, unofficial flags consisting of a single star on a solid blue background began appearing across the South. As each star on the U.S. flag signified a state, a single star indicated that the state had withdrawn (or planned to withdraw) from the Union, which would make it a sovereign power. This became the first recognized symbol of the Confederet alliance, givin the name "Bonie Blue". This flag was flown till March of 1861.
On March 4th 1861 the Confederet congress revealed the first oficial national flag of the Confederet States of America. This flag was nick named the "Stars a Bars" after the unions "Stars and Stipes" it had three alternate red and white stripes and a blue canton(upper left corner) bearing seven white stars representing the first seven states to join the original Confederacy The seven stars represent the original Confederate States; South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi(January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10,1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861), they eventualy added a stare in the middle and finaly 13 stars all total one for each Confederet state, having been joined officially by four more states, Virginia (April 17, 1861), Arkansas (May 6, 1861), Tennessee (May 7, 1861), North Carolina (May 21, 1861). Efforts to secede were in question in Kentucky and Missouri though those states were represented by two of the stars. Due to the fast seperation from the union, this flag was made in a hurry, unfortunetly this flag looked too much like the unions flag in battle, to make shure it wasnt confused with the union flag the southern states adopted a battle flag. The "Stars and Bars" was only used till May 1st of 1863.
In September of 1861 Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard and Joseph Johnston urged that a new Confederate flag be designed for battle. The result was the square flag known as the "Southern Cross", the best-known Confederet flag. The Confederate Battle Flag consisted of a blue satire, resembling the Saint Andrew's Cross, on which were 13 stars, with the satire edged in white, all on a red background. The battle flag was just like the rebel flag of today, but it was square and lined with a one inch white border. This battle flag was used only on battle fields till the end of the war April 1865.
Throughout the spring of 1863, the Confederate Congress debated the design for a new National flag. On May 1st 1863, the last day of the session both houses agreed to a flag consisting of a white field and the battle flag as the canton. It was known as the "Stainless Banner" because it was mostly white. Because the 1st issue of this flag draped the coffin of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, it was also known as the "Jackson Flag". This flag was used till March 4th of 1865. They retired this flag because it soiled to easily and in the heat of battle looked like a flag of truce.
On march 4th of 1865 the "Stainless Banner" was replaced by a new flag that was slightly different, it had a red stripe across the fly(end). Only a few of these flags were made because the war ended shortly after it was adopted. This was the last flag of the Confederet States of America, and was flown till April 1865, and is still the current flag of the Confederacy.
This flag was adopted in 1861 as a naval jack, and it was only flown on the Confederet States Navy ships. This was never flown on land, but some how it got adopted as the rebel flag and a symbol of hate. This naval jack was used till April 1865.
HERATIGE AND CULTURE NOT HATE!
BUTIFY THE SOUTH, PUT A YANKY ON A NORTH BOUND BUS.
Jan. 30, 2001
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBSnews.com) --
The revised Georgia state flag.
The Georgia Senate, exhorted by the governor to "seek the salve of reconciliation," voted 34-22 on Tuesday to reduce the Confederate fighting banner on the state flag to a miniature symbol.
The vote and the expected signature of Gov. Roy Barnes consigns to history a flag that some say symbolizes Southern valor but others contend represents the dark side of the Confederacy -- slavery.
The rebel banner, added to the flag in 1956, occupies two-thirds of the current flag. On the new flag, it will be reduced to one of five historic flags displayed on a ribbon below the state seal.
Senate Democrats, who steered the bill to passage with Barnes' help, beat Republican amendments that would have changed the bill, requiring a new vote in the House, which approved it last week.
Black leaders, who had threatened an economic boycott to get the flag changed, had said they would call off any boycotts if the flag is approved. Southern heritage groups have opposed the change.
Some historians say the rebel banner was added to the flag 45 years ago in response to the federal order to desegregate schools. Supporters say it was meant only to honor the memory of Confederate soldiers.
Barnes introduced the new flag in a surprise move last week, and the measure passed the House. Designed by a retired Atlanta architect, the proposed flag features the Georgia state seal on a blue field above a ribbon with the words "Georgia's History" and five small, historic banners, including the current flag.
As he did before the House vote last week, Barnes appeared before the Senate to urge the new banner's adoption.
"We are one people forever woven together in a tapestry that is Georgia," he declared before the vote. "We are all one or at least we should be, and it is our job, our duty and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation."
Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, the Senate's presiding officer, said the vote would "echo across the South and across the nation."
The chamber's highest ranking black, Democratic Leader Charles Walker, the son of a sharecropper, said, "This flag issue has divided us. This vote today is about uniting us."
Republican Leader Eric Johnson argued the compromise flag was negotiated among Democrats in secret, sprung on an unsuspecting Legislature last week in a "surprise attack" and pushed in "the most vicious, focused political effort this Legislature has ever seen."
Supporters of the new flag worried that some rural white Democrats would vote against the bill. That happened in the Democrat-controlled House, but enough Republicans voted for the bill that it passed, 94-82.
Taking issue with those who claim the change dishonors the South's heritage, Barnes said the state will never forget those who, like his great-grandfather, fought at Vicksburg, or Georgians who fought at Yorktown, Normandy or the jungles of Vietnam.
"The (new) flag honors all of them, just not one of them," he said.
Many senators spent the last several days seeking out constituents' views and faced heavy lobbying on both sides.
The last attempt to remove the rebel symbol from the Georgia flag came in 1993, when then-Gov. Zell Miller passed the measure through the Senate but withdrew it in the face of a certain loss in the House.
South Carolina last year moved the Confederate flag from atop its Statehouse to a spot on the grounds after several marches, protests and an NAACP travel boycott.
Before the Georgia Senate convened, brothers Jimbo and Clayton Henson, dressed as Confederate soldiers, held a sign reading, "Stop the racism on Southern people." Jimbo Henson explained, "We need to dispel the myth that we are all racist."
June. 30, 2000
By The Associated Press
DALLAS, Tx. (CBS11tv.com) --
Confederate heritage groups protesting removal of two plaques from State building.
Dressed in widow's black circa 1865, Ginny Anderson wiped her brow in the 90-degree heat. The special education teacher from Dripping Springs said she was in mourning. Not for anyone in particular, but for her heritage. Anderson was one of about 50 people Friday dressed in Civil War garb and carrying rebel flags to protest the removal of two plaques with Confederate symbols from the state Supreme Court building. ``We are in mourning,'' she said. ``We're mourning the removal of the plaques. A piece of history has died.'' Angered by the removal of the plaques without a public hearing, Confederate heritage groups have kept a daily vigil outside the courts building. And they vow to keep it up at least several days a week until the November presidential election. The plaques that were removed quoted Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and had images of the Confederate battle flag and the seal of the Confederacy. Republican Gov. George W. Bush's office started working on a plan to take them down after the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called for their removal earlier this year. Bush is the presumptive GOP nominee for president. The plaques were replaced June 9 with new ones that say equal justice is available to all Texans ``regardless of race, creed or color.'' They note that the building was constructed with money taken from a Confederate pension fund and dedicated to Texans who served in the Confederacy. Bush spokesman Michael Jones said the new plaques demonstrate respect for the state's history and diversity and would assure all Texans that courts deliver fair and impartial justice. The protesters, however, are angry that Bush and state officials ignored their demands for a public hearing before removing the plaques. Many carried signs that said ``Gov. Bush, why do you hate my heritage?'' ``Everything needs to be brought into view,'' said Vernon Holliman, of Palestine. Wearing a full wool Confederate cavalry uniform, the state prison guard traveled the 200 miles from his home in Palestine to wave the battle flag and sing ``Dixie'' on the courts building courtyard. ``You just don't do something when it's on a government building. Who's to say what's next?'' Holliman said. Texas' state buildings are full of references to the Confederacy. The Capitol rotunda has the seal of all the nations that once claimed Texas, including the Confederacy, in its marble floor. Several statues on the Capitol grounds memorialize Confederate veterans. One refers to defending the Confederate states from Union ``coercion.'' Minority groups have said the battle flag, such as the one of the courthouse plaque, is an oppressive reminder of slavery and deserves no place in the state's halls of justice. ``They have presented an unnecessary stain on our judiciary, and hopefully this will cease and desist from this point on,'' Gary Bledsoe, president of the state conference of the NAACP, said when the plaques were removed. But at least a few blacks disagree with the NAACP's position. On Friday, two blacks joined the protest, demanding the plaques be restored. ``There's been a lot of history over the past thousand years where I don't think there's been a group that ain't been affected somehow, '' said J.J. Johnson, editor in chief of the online news site sierratimes.com. ``But that does not give us the right to start cutting history. History should be remembered.'' H.K. Edgerton, former president of the NAACP chapter in Asheville, N.C., led the protesters in singing ``Dixie'' and wore a sign around his neck ``Stop the NAACP hate!'' Using his podium as a pulpit, Edgerton preached to the group about the virtues of Confederate society, often calling for an ``Amen'' from the crowd. The rally drew only a handful of observers, many of whom were on their way to lunch or touring the Capitol complex. Karin Jacobson, who stopped in Austin on her move from Portland, Ore., to Houston, stopped to watch the rally. ``This is a totally new world for me,'' said Jacobson. She said her initial impression of the Confederate battle flag is negative but she could understand how some would consider it a symbol of their ancestral heritage. ``Simplifying it to a single message might be oversimplifying it,'' said Jacobson. For the protesters, they can't help but feel their heritage is slipping away piece by piece. The removal of the plaques stings hard because the courts building was built with money from a Confederate pension fund and was dedicated to veterans through an act of the Legislature. ``If they remove it here, where else?'' Anderson said. ``Where does it stop. And why?''
Jan. 18, 2000
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee hanging at an outdoor gallery devoted to the city's history has been vandalized, police said.
Joel Lawson, a police arson investigator, declined to describe the nature or the extent of the damage to the portrait. The case was under investigation.
The City Council voted last summer to display the portrait following a debate over whether Lee's role in defending slavery in the South made his image offensive to blacks. Lee lived briefly in Richmond after the Civil War.
City Councilman Sa'ad El-Amin, who is black, threatened a boycott of the entire historical display, prompting organizers to alter plans and choose a depiction of Lee in civilian clothes.
The gallery is along a downtown floodwall. Other images include Abraham Lincoln and Gabriel Prosser, who led a slave revolt before the Civil War.
In Virginia, Monday was Lee-Jackson-King Day, commemorating the lives of Confederate generals Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Oct. 3, 2000
By Richard Zitrin
TALLAPOOSA, Ga. (APBnews.com) -- An Atlanta television cameraman is facing a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly urging a group of youths to burn a replica of the Confederate flag during a high school homecoming parade, police said.
Edwin Jones, a cameraman for WSB Channel 2, was charged after four witnesses told police that he incited a group of people to burn a bandanna with a replica of the Confederate flag on it during the Haralson High School homecoming parade Friday, Police Chief David Godfrey said.
"Assuming that's true, that's insidious," Godfrey told APBnews.com today.
The WSB news director said Jones was innocent and rejected the notion that he orchestrated the flag-burning for the television camera.
Mascot source of controversy
Jones and WSB reporter Vince Gerasole were in this small community about 50 miles west of Atlanta to cover homecoming events Friday following several days of heated controversy over the Confederate flag.
The predominantly white student body voted last week to restore a painting of the Confederate flag that hangs on the outside of the Haralson County High School gymnasium after vandals painted over the flag.
The school's nickname, the Rebels, and mascot, a cartoon of a Confederate general, also have been a source of controversy.
Jones is accused of inciting a group of black youths to burn a replica of the flag as the parade was winding down. After the bandanna was burned, police had to quell a potential brawl between factions on both sides of the heated issue. Based on witnesses' claims, police charged the 40-year-old cameraman with inciting the crowd, Godfrey said.
Confederate supporters protest
The cameraman's arrest led about a dozen members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to picket the WSB offices in Atlanta on Monday. The station is investigating the charge against Jones, but Carter said there is no reason to believe the cameraman acted improperly.
"If there is something else that turns up in our investigation that shows that he did what some witnesses purport what he did, we'll take appropriate action," Carter said.
Jones was issued a ticket to appear in court Dec. 4 to answer the disorderly conduct charge, which carries a maximum punishment of a year in prison and a \\$1,000 fine, Godfrey said.
BEUTY, IS A NORTH BOUND YANKY.
IF THE NORTH IS SO GREAT, WHY DONT YOU GO BACK.
Also in memory of Ronie Van Zant, good ol southern boy.
