Monday, July 25, 2016

In protest of City Council decision, Virginia Flaggers raise largest flag yet

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“I want to thank the Danville City Council for taking down a tiny 3 by 5 flag,” said Virginia Flaggers head Susan Hathaway, after a bagpiper led a procession of re-enactors bearing the colors of the Confederacy.
 On August 6, 2015, the City Council of Danville, Virginia voted to pander to the PC demands of a handful of agitators and passed an ordinance that prohibited the flying of any flags on city property, other than the Va State Flag, US Flag, Danville City Flag, and POW/MIA flag. Minutes after the ordinance was passed, and under cover of darkness, city workers cut down the Third National flag from the soldier’s monument on the grounds of the Sutherlin Mansion, the Last Capitol of the Confederacy, where CSA President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet met for the last time. The tiny 3x5 flag had flown at the historical site for years, without incident.

One year later, to mark the anniversary of the cowardly decision, the Virginia Flaggers, with the generous support of Danville area residents, will raise our largest Battle Flag to date THIS SATURDAY, July 23rd on private land adjacent to the 29 Bypass in Danville. It will be the 14th massive roadside Battle Flag raised in Danville in the 12 months since the tiny 3x5 flag was ripped down, and the 27th raised in the Commonwealth since the fall of 2013.

Sky High Poles of Danville installed the 119’ pole this afternoon, which will fly a massive 30’ x 50’ Confederate Battle Flag.   

12 comments:

  1. Can't wait to ride by and see it. I hope its "popping like an angry cannonball" when I go!

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  2. Saw the one on the Danville Rt. 58 bypass site Saturday on our way to and from Floyd County (putative permanent Apocalypse destination site). I think that flag is 20x20. Looked impressive from the road.

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  3. I was born in New York and now live in Oregon. I have always admired the South's attitude. That's why I fly the Confederate flag and tip my hat to you....true Americans.

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    1. .true Americans.

      :) So were some other ones from up north. One of my heroes below.

      http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2013/01/samuel-whittemore-my-hero.html

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  4. http://strike-the-root.com/how-to-make-confederate-flag-respectable

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    1. Thanks.

      http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-to-make-confederate-flag-respectable.html

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  5. Two pieces of property owned by Abe Kolpin of Abe Koplin Clothing in downtown Danville were bought and now display the colors of the confederacy. Koplin was instrumental in getting the flagged removed and the new property owner didn't share with him what the land was to be used for. The two sites are at the end of the Robertson Street Bridge on Memorial Drive and next to the exit ramp off Central Boulevard going to Riverside Drive; two of the busiest interchanges in Danville. ;-P

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    1. Thanks! :)

      http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/07/confederate-sleight-of-hand.html

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