Posted on 10/04/2005 12:33:44 AM PDT by injin
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An organizer of a planned memorial to honor Confederate soldiers who died at an Illinois prison camp says the rebel flag will be displayed at the memorial's dedication, despite opposition.
"We consider this an honorable flag. This is a soldier's flag," said Ron Casteel, national chief of staff for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, one of the memorial's planners. "There will be no substitute."
Camp Butler, just east of Springfield, was a training facility for Union troops during the Civil War and a prison camp for more than 3,500 captured Confederates. More than 800 of the prisoners died and were buried there, and the site is now a national cemetery.
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Does it ever occur to you that the present crop of virulent and vehemenent Yankees , as typified by those at the New York Times (etc)and how forward in their attack and hatred of President Bush they are , because he happens to be a good Southern man ? With good Southern values....seems pretty clear to me what's going on here.
"Does it ever occur to you that the present crop of virulent and vehemenent Yankees , as typified by those at the New York Times (etc)and how forward in their attack and hatred of President Bush they are , because he happens to be a good Southern man ? With good Southern values....seems pretty clear to me what's going on here."
Yes. I totally agree. This is exactly what is happening. The exact same states(with some newcomers) who attacked the South during the Civil War, are now attacking Bush. Now the question is, "Why didn't they learn their lesson? They even won the first conflict... Which means that winning cannot be the point, and I guess they're not about to learn a lesson. They just like conflict for the sake of conflict-it's what makes the sad and sorry bunch feel alive. They've been bred that way. The cowardliness is shining through, like there's no tomorrow. So, history has it that the South was the troublemaker in the Civil War. But the idiots are showing the country otherwise.
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"(Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to GOD. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)"
This is a tagline that everyone should pay attention to, and their troubles would soon fall by the wayside.
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we southrons will eventually win. southrons are PATIENT. (time is on our side!)
first will come Le Republique de Quebecois, then Los Estados Unidos de Azatlan will be established & then we southrons can (peacefully) form a NEW & MUCH IMPROVED southron republic.
wish i thought i'd live to see it.
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I was told on another thread that there are actually people who do not believe the Civil War ever occurred. Is this really true? I have never heard of such a thing... Any and all answers are welcome.
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