no offense to the Northerners but so only northerners can be proud of where they came from?

Black people don't fly the Rebel flag in St. Louis. I've only seen it here a few times and it's usually with the rougher crowds.

God bless your Father, and bless you Kristi for Honoring him in such a fashion.
Anyone says anything to me about flying my American flag (made in America, by Americans), will get knocked on their ASS.
My Grampa, my Dad, my 2 Uncles, and myself went into combat for what the flag stands for.

Well...it's a slippery slope for sure. I mean, would you want to be reminded of that if you were black?

What a sad day that must have been for you.

I agree with you Duck. About two months ago, the flag at my village hall was flopping around by the bottom hole alone. So I walked up to it, and removed it, and gave it to one of the cops here. He's also a Vet, so he knew the WHY behind my actions. There was a new flag flying proudly about 2 hours later..

My Dad did too. I feel Very strongly about our Flag. It stands for something. My Dad was MIA/POW. I don't care how frustrating our government ever gets, you don't burn a flag to voice that. You use your VOICE. That flag means something and those who do that might as well kick a vet in the gut. IMHO


HUGS Gyps.

I usually buy mine from Amvets...really nice ones

the thing is,the civil war wasn't about slavery though

wasn't Missouri a Union state in the Civil War? in which case they wouldn't fly the Confederate flag there

I don't have a problem with the racial connotations of the Confederate flag. no one has a right to be free from being offended. in other words, too bad

BUT the flag is a symbol of rebellion, secession, and treason and that is reason enough to not fly it

Yes, we were were a Union state. I'm sad to say it but St. Louis was the biggest slave market in Missouri.

treason?

Winx

Tell that to the slaves.

The display of the Confederate flag remains a highly controversial and emotional topic, generally because of disagreement over the nature of its symbolism.

Opponents of the Confederate flag see it as an overt symbol of racism, both for the history of racial slavery in the United States, and the establishment of Jim Crow laws by Southern states following the end of Reconstruction in late 1870s, enforcing racial segregation within state borders for nearly a century until the Civil Rights Movement. Some hate groups use the Southern Cross as one of the symbols associated with their organizations, including racist groups such as the Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.[17] The flag is also sometimes used by separatist organizations such as the Aryan Nations. It is important to note, however, that the official flag of the Ku Klux Klan, as stated by this organization itself, is the flag of the United States of America, not the CSA battle flag. As a result of these varying perceptions, there have been a number of political controversies surrounding the use of the Confederate flag in Southern state flags, at sporting events, at Southern universities, and on public buildings. According to Civil War historian and native Southerner Shelby Foote, the flag traditionally represented the South's resistance to Northern political dominance; it became racially charged during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, when fighting against desegregation suddenly became the focal point of that resistance.

Symbols of the Confederacy remain a contentious issue across the United States and have been debated vigorously in many Southern state legislatures over their civic placement since the 1990s


Wikipedia

yes the south had slaves (we all know that) but the war was not to free them.the war was because Good Ole' Mr Lincoln wanted land from the south and also wanted to raise taxes in the south,the south didn't like it and they organized but the Union attacked first

Was there slavery before the civil war?

Was there slavery after the civil war?

That about sums it up.

whoot whoot

Lincoln freed only the slaves in the Confederate states and even then only as a tactic to cripple their economies in the latter days of the war

the Civil War was primarily a conflict over Federal Government and States rights.

secondarily it was a conflict between manufacturing in the north and cotton in the South (England and France supported the South in the war by the way)