Posted on 07/02/2015 11:39:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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The flags of the Confederacy that flew high over Fort Sumter, the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, have been taken down from the historic site.
The decision to remove the flags came from a directive by National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis in Washington, D.C. which reads: "Confederate flags shall not be flown in units of the National Park system and related sites with the exception of specific circumstances where the flags provide historic context. ... All superintendents and program managers should evaluate how Confederate flags are used ... and remove the flags where appropriate." "Shall not be flown" is the only text that appears in bold in the letter.
The site of the Civil War's first battle is clearly a "historic" one, but according to a Fort Sumter spokesperson, it doesn't qualify as a place where "flags provide historical context," local WMBF News reported....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
it’s time for this country to tell Obama and all his pigshit advisers , to go take a flying leap .
You’re optimistic; there are a lot less of those kids than you think, and a whole lot of newcomers trafficked here determined to create a new country out of the ashes of the United States of America.
They’ve been doing this with street names and schools for decades; they are erasing the WASP history of this country, and nobody is stopping them. The WASPs gave it up when they gave up on having children...
The “I Hate Whitey” campaign continues.
“.....with the exception of specific circumstances where the flags provide historic context. ..”
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Every inch of the southern states serves the history of our country. Obama and all his boot lickers are nuts.
These people are idiots.The flags at Sumter were a part of American history. I was amazed at the different versions that flew there. BTW,all were lower than the current American flag.
We have to deal with that racist BLACK ice on the roads during the winter in the Northeast!
We have to deal with that racist BLACK ice on the roads during the winter in the Northeast!
Move to ban Democratic Party -- at least change the name!
Of all the racial turmoil and oppression brought on by the actions of this Party through its history here's one of the most flagrant.
A flag is just cloth. Democrats are considered human.
On May 22, 1856, in the United States Congress, Democratic Representative from South Carolina Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner in retaliation for an anti-slavery speech given by Sumner. The beating nearly killed Sumner and was applauded by many Democrats who refused to oust Brooks from the House.
"It has been considered symbolic of the 'breakdown of reasoned discourse' that eventually led to the American Civil War."
We cannot afford another civil war!! Do something about this atrocity.
“Fort Sumter nixes all Confederate flags”
Open fire on the fort again.
2025 High school student, “Civil War? When was that?”
Roger that. Obama has Syrian Muslims streaming in this country now.
Exactly. Everyone except straight WASP’s qualifies for AA these days. Obama’s education puke is teaching little white boys to be queer.
Any word on if Six Flags over Texas will become Five Flags?
Please step away from the bong, it’s making you see things that simply aren’t there...
So what will they replace it with? An empty pole? Now that will raise a lot of questions from the young school kids visiting the site? When I visited there many moons ago the guide explained the significance of each flag.
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