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Heritage Not Hate
What “Heritage Not Hate” Really Means “Heritage not hate” is one of the most common phrases you will hear from people who fly the Confederate battle flag. For millions of Southerners, those three words sum up exactly why the flag matters to them. To these families, the flag is a memorial. It honors grandfathers and
Now More Dukes Of Hazard You Say…
The Dukes of Hazzard Still Ride For anyone who grew up in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Friday nights meant one thing: Bo and Luke Duke tearing down the back roads of Hazzard County in the General Lee. The Dukes of Hazzard ran on CBS from 1979 to 1985 and became one of the
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Gray Lives Matter
“They were fathers, husbands, brothers and sons…” The Families Behind the Uniform The old photograph in this image shows a Confederate soldier with his wife and little daughter. It is a reminder of something easy to forget when we talk about armies and battles: every soldier had a family waiting for him at home. When
American By Birth. Southern By The Grace Of God
“American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.” You have probably seen it on a bumper sticker, a t-shirt, a coffee mug or a flag hanging from a front porch. It is one of the best-known sayings in the South, and for the people who share it, those nine words carry a lot of
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Francis Marion Elam
Honoring Francis Marion Elam This photograph shows the gravestone of Francis Marion Elam, a soldier of the Confederate States Army, decorated with Confederate battle flags and Texas state flags and a fresh bouquet of red roses. It is the kind of scene you can find in cemeteries all across the South, where descendants and heritage
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I Have A Dream
A Dream of Respect for Southern Heritage This image shows the White House lit up with the colors of the Confederate battle flag above the words “I Have a Dream.” It was shared widely in 2015, shortly after the White House was lit in rainbow colors, and it was meant to make a point about
Preserving Our Heritage Is Not A Crime
Preserving Our Heritage Is Not a Crime In recent years, people who honor Southern heritage have often felt like they were being treated as criminals. Flags have been banned, monuments removed and schools, streets and parks renamed. Some people have even lost jobs or been harassed simply for flying a flag on their own property.
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First Amendment Only Applies to The US Flag?
Does the First Amendment Only Apply to the U.S. Flag? This question gets to the heart of a double standard many heritage supporters feel. In 1989, in the case Texas v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in protest is protected free speech under the First Amendment. If burning the
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