Our Flag Still Flies Proudly in Virginia!
The Flag Is Still There – ( A Nice read from the Gates of Vienna – DD)
The Flag Is Still There – ( A Nice read from the Gates of Vienna – DD)
I’ve written in the past about the controversy over the huge Confederate battle flag that flies in a prominent place just off the exit from US460 to the east of the Virginia town of Farmville.
The flag was erected on private property by a non-profit called Virginia Flaggers in an arrangement with the landowner. I don’t need to tell you that the flag caused consternation among certain elements of the population as soon as it appeared.
Back in 2022, not long after the flag was first raised, locals who opposed it initiated a legal process at the county level to force its removal. This is from the summary that I wrote at the time:
All the brouhaha about the flag raised outside of Farmville was, of course, based on the fact that it was deeply offensive to all right-minded citizens. However, the flag’s detractors were well aware that lip service had to be paid to the First Amendment, and that opposing the battle flag based on its symbolic meaning could never succeed. The preferred strategy was, as it often is, to use zoning ordinances to force the removal of…
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