Posted on 06/25/2015 2:57:38 PM PDT by Smittie
ASHEVILLE, NC (WYFF) -
Hours after "Black Lives Matter" was spray-painted on a Confederate monument in Asheville, North Carolina, H.K. Edgerton stood with a Confederate flag, telling those passing by why he wanted it to continue to fly.
Edgerton, a former president of the North Carolina NAACP and one of few African-American members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was outside the monument waving the Confederate flag soon after the graffiti was removed.
He said the graffiti artist protested incorrectly.
"I'm not going to blame it on a Yankee, because I've seen some southern folk around here that are real questionable too, that don't know anything about who they are and their families and the honorable people in the southland of America... red, yellow, black, white and brown!" Edgerton said.
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I have talked to people who have met him and everyone has stated how nice a guy he is.
He sounds like a class act.
Is he the guy who’s always marching back and forth over the overpass wearing a cnfdrt uniform and carrying a big battle flag?
He has walked from NC to TX and NC to DC carrying the flag
I'm not sure where you are, but A few years ago he made headlines on his multi-state march wearing his uniform & carrying his flag.
I’m in asheville. He’s gotta be the guy. Never knew about the NAACP.
Mr. Edgerton, you are a class act...thank you...
HK Edgerton: “Hand Salute!”
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