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Confederate Flags in Cemeteries

Why is it that we have a cemetery with a mass grave for Confederate soldiers, but we are NOT allowed to fly the flag they fought under in their plot area??? This makes NO sense. Have we become a bitter nation who forgets our history AND our Confederate brothers? Seems more people place hate on that flag, and that is ridiculous. Good or bad, right or wrong...THAT FLAG IS PART OF AMERICA'S HISTORY. If anyone thinks that flag stands for hate or slavery...take a history lesson, possibly two or three.

My point...I want to fly a Confederate flag UNDER the American flag for these boys at this particular cemetery. I think it is fair, and it is HISTORY...our history no matter what side of the war our ancestors fought on. The cemetery treats the subject as Taboo. Come on, folks...get a grip.

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