And when THEY discover that the STARS AND BARS are a Confederate Flag, we
can always get back to #1, which though short lived, does boast the most
energetic song about it:

"Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star."

And since the subject of incorporating confederate flags into state flag has
come up:  What two Southern States still have a single star which traces
itself back to the Bonnie Blue Flag?  One immediately comes to mind... the
other is a bit more subtle.

Randy Cabell
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Subject: Re: Debate topic on the Confederate flag


> Also consider that the flag most people think of as the Confederate flag
( A
> rectangular flag with a St Andrews cross on it ) really isn't. The
Confederate
> battle flag, which has this cross on it, was square not rectangular. It
was
> developed to look different than the Federal flag which caused confusion
at 1st
> Manassas in 1861. The Confederate national flags (there were 3 versions of
> it) were nothing like what we see flying today as the Confederate
flag...the
> closest to that flag was the Confederate Naval Ensign.
> If one is going to change the flag then change it back to the original
state
> flag when the state entered the Union...that makes more historical sense
than
> the abortion Ga. has as flag.....ugly
>
> Bill Buser
> Fredericksburg Va
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