See that incredibly teeny-tiny little blue cross in the center of the shield? Somebody or somebodies got offended over that.
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They'll get no argument from county officials: They acknowledge the image was quietly removed in August 2004 to avoid an uproar.
"Any time you get a subject that broad, you can interrupt the entire county," said Leon Parrish of the Board of Supervisors.
Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and others opposed to the change have gathered hundreds of signatures protesting the flag's removal.
A small image of the flag was in the center of the seal, which was created in 1961 as part of the county's 200th anniversary. While celebrated by some, critics see the flag as a symbol of the South's segregated past and slavery.
The flag's removal came as the result of a resolution from the Board of Supervisors, according to David Proffitt, interim county administrator. A resolution does not require a public hearing.
"I don't think that the county should be promoting anything that's offensive to anyone," Parrish told The News & Advance of Lynchburg, in a story published Thursday. He said he proposed the resolution after receiving requests to do so from residents of his district.
Resident Leah Lovell said that she first discovered the flag was missing in April when she got her new county decal.
"That's the first thing I noticed," Lovell said. "It's part of our history. It affects thousands of people in the county."
At Dixie Outfitters, a Southern heritage memorabilia store in Madison Heights that prominently displays the flag on its storefront, county residents can sign petitions.
Brenda Beeton, who runs the shop with her husband, Dennis, said that she felt eliminating the flag from the seal took away a piece of Amherst County's history.
"When you change history, you burn a book, just like they did in Nazi Germany," Beeton said.
"You might as well live in Russia during the Communist regime."
Still, Parrish said that he and the board stood by their decision.
"People use the excuse that it's history, but if I want to know history, I go to the history books, not a symbol or a picture."
Revisionist BS history by the PC-cowed crowd. They're probably pressuring them to add the sodomite-homo rainbow triangle, as a sign of good faith. Sad.
So, it took almost two years before anyone even noticed? I'd guess it's not such a big deal, then.
For pete's sake...there must be more important things to deal with there in Virginia, I'd think.
"People use the excuse that it's history, but if I want to know history, I go to the history books, not a symbol or a picture."
Somehow I doubt this guy has opened a history book since he was in school.
According to this man's logic, perhap we ought to do away with every monument, museum or artifact of our nations past. Hey as long as it's written in a history book, we don't need any tangible links to the past. Sad to see that the people of this county have elected someone with such a small mind and lack of pride.
Wow. I grew up there and I never even knew there WAS a Confederate flag on the county seal.
I'm ashamed at my home folks being spineless about this. This is very sad...as much the fact that they removed it without telling anyone as anything else. If they wanted to remove it, they needed to have a public debate about it instead of sneaking around like this.
This county, by the way, is about 20 miles northwest of Appomattox, where General Lee surrendered. A lot of Amherst men fought and died in the Army of Northern Virginia (I believe they furnished a battery that served under Pickett at Gettysburg).
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Ping for you, suh.
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LoL. That was one "secret" which was revealed as soon as the first document was stamped.
What is next some German outraged because the Swastica has been removed from state documents?
I would expect something like this up in the DC area – but in the Hills of Virginia? That’s a long way to commute.
See that incredibly teeny-tiny little blue cross in the center of the shield? Somebody or somebodies got offended over that.
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Dixieping
It won't stop here. Other symbols will follow to be replaced by One World symbols. Brave New World.
Key sentence. Before the late 1940s it was rare to see a "Confederate" flag even in the South. The reason I put "Confederate" in quotes is that what is usually thought of as the Confederate flag was never a Confederate flag at all. The Stars and Bars was the Confederate flag used until 1863. Then a SQUARE version of what is incorrectly thought of as the Confederate flag was used in the upper left hand corner of a white flag which was used until early 1865 when a red stripe along the right edge of the flag was added.
The incorrect rectangular version only appeared frequently only around 1948 with the formation of the Dixiecrat Party and especially in the 1950s following the Supreme Court desegregation decision when many Southern states added versions of the "Confederate" flag to their state flags.
Even the Klan almost never used the "Confederate" flag prior to 1950. If you look at photos of the big Klan march in Washington in the 1920s during their high point, you see a lot of American flags but NO Confederate flags.
The fact is that the "Confederate" flag is revised history. The Confederate Battle Flag upon which the "Confederate" flag is based was ALWAYS square, NOT rectangular.
Liberals always try to do their dirty work secretly. Whey they are exposed, they will come with multiple excuses, like the Colorado "geography" teacher.
"the image was quietly removed in August 2004 to avoid an uproar."
Of course, the American flag is offensive to many, seen as the symbol of oppression and genocide of American Indians, the banner of privileged males of European descent, oppressor of women, etc. Obviously, the stars and stripes will have to go, too, in favor of some new flag that celebrates diversity and multiculturalism so as not to offend anyone. It really shouldn't be displayed even for historic purposes since it might be found to be hurtful to some. [sarc./off]
And these "brave" souls did it secretly - sure a sign that they realized what they were doing was wrong.
in Los Angeles because of the separation of church and state thingy, city leaders want to ban any place name with a saint in it i.e. Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Fernando. They want to change the name of the San Andreas Fault to the Bush Fault