‘Stars and Bars’ a topic for commissioners (NC)
First Posted: 2:32 am - September 22nd, 2015
By Andy Winemiller
... Joe Davis, the spokesman for a group named Southern Cross, told commissioners that a pro-Confederacy rally had been planned and approved by the town of Dobson to take place on Saturday. However, Davis explained that only days ago he learned that he needed permission from county commissioners to fly a Confederate flag at the historic courthouse.
Davis asked commissioners to approve the flying of a flag, but Commissioner Eddie Harris expressed concerns regarding which flag would fly on Saturday.
“Is this going to be the Stars and Bars, the First National Flag (of the Confederate States of America) or what?,” asked Harris. “It would be unfair to the Sons of Confederate Veterans to fly any flag other than the First National Flag.”
Harris went on to explain that the Sons of Confederate Veterans has been the sole group which has been granted permission to fly a flag and only on Confederate Memorial Day and the anniversary of the end of the Civil War ...
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