Quote Originally Posted by BUGMAN

I am a true Southerner and have no problem living with the won/lost battles in the past history at all... But all the flack about a damn flag just kills me. I think it actually gives some people a reason to live by the way they act.
Indeed.
Accurate history is both positive and negative in certain aspects. Whitewashing or glossing over it to please any group would be
a diservice to all.

When I lived in another fair southern city there was located not too far from my house a little known Confederate cemetary which among other things contained a mass grave of unknowns. Under the American flag which flew on a pole in middle of the grounds was also flown the flag which is discussed here. Some, whom I would characterize as 'ignorant', thought that flag should be removed. I thought it highly appropriate given the nature of how it was flown and the souls buried there.

Generally this small place was largely ignored and the confederate emblem became extremely weathered and actually became shredded and torn. One day a passing vacationing family interested in history stopped to read the plaque and inscription. Noticing the shredded confederate banner they contacted local authorities and out of their own pocket paid for a new Confederate flag to be used there.

As it happened, that family was from the north, decended from Union soldiers and although their heritage was of a 'different' nature they recognized the common bond of botherhood all Americans share and wished to show proper resect to the fallen in that cemetary by having proper emblems displayed.
Thank God not all people are ignorant of American history or its emblems.