Frozen in time: The group that hauled down the ‘56 Georgia flag

[wyldwolf]

One late night in January 2001, a group of prominent men gathered at the Governor’s Mansion on West Paces Ferry Road to put the final touches on Gov. Roy Barnes’ lightning-like strike to bring down the 1956 state flag and its Confederate battle emblem.

The businessmen and politicians who were behind the move to dump the symbol of an out-dated South seated themselves in a wide circle. An official state photographer froze them all with a flash and a fish-eyed lens.



The hauling down the Confederate battle emblem was one of the issues that Perdue used to topple Barnes in 2002.

[Greeby]

1. "one of the issues that Perdue used to topple Barnes in 2002"

Well, that and his good friends Diebold

[billbuckhead]

2. Barnes might have been POTUS if he didn't take down the Confederate flag

Though Roy went down with Max Cleland, Diebold Black Box voting probably had something to do with it. Maybe they used the flag issue as a diversion.