'Confederate Flag Day' a holiday from reason
By PennLive Editorial Board
on February 19, 2016 at 3:06 PM
... Organizers are planning a "Confederate Flag Day" celebration in Gettysburg next month.
The Gettysburg chapter of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans is hoping to hold the event on March 5 .. at an amphitheater in Gettysburg National Park. "Just like we have an American flag day" ...
... it's .. ill-considered and, given the nation's recent history regarding the Confederate flag, counterproductive ...
The flag isn't just a symbol of states' rights, or modern-day opposition to the federal government. Those who originally fought under it fought, in part, to defend the institution of slavery. The flag, historically, has been a symbol used by the Ku Klux Klan and the pro-segregationist Dixiecrats political party. It is a persistent presence in the imagery of white supremacists ...
Ideally, fans of the Confederate flag – instead of holding a celebration "like ... an American flag day" – would see the symbol through the eyes of those it sought to subjugate and terrorize for generations. That would be a true history lesson.
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