We read:
"A year ago, dozens marched to protest the Confederate flag a white woman flew from her porch in a historically black Southern neighborhood. After someone threw a rock at her porch, she put up a wooden lattice. That was just the start of the building.
Earlier this year, two solid 8-foot high wooden fences were built on either side of Annie Chambers Caddell's modest brick house to shield the Southern banner from view.
Late this summer, Caddell raised a flagpole higher than the fences to display the flag. Then a similar pole with an American flag was placed across the fence in the yard of neighbor Patterson James, who is black.
One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began about 20 miles away in Charleston Harbor, fights continue over the meaning of the Confederate flag. Some see it as a symbol of slavery and racism; others like Caddell say it's part of their Southern heritage.
"I'm here to stay. I didn't back down and because I didn't cower the neighbors say I'm the lady who loves her flag and loves her heritage," said the 51-year old Caddell who moved into the historically black Brownsville neighborhood in the summer of 2010. Her ancestors fought for the Confederacy.
Local officials have said she has the right to fly the flag, while her neighbors have the right to protest. And build fences.
Caddell isn't bothered by the fences and said they even seem to draw more attention to her house. "People driving by here because of the privacy fences, they tend to slow down," she said. "If the objective was to block my house from view, they didn't succeed very well."
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"Some see it as a symbol of slavery and racism; others like Caddell say it's part of their Southern heritage."
It is both - Caddell's Southern heritage consists of slavery and racism.
So does all of the United States' "heritage".
This is a lady who deserves a great deal of credit and respect for being one of the few Americans left willing to stand up for what they truly believe, even though it has been deemed politically incorrect by those who have turned racism into a highly profitable industry.
Her flag is a symbol of honor and courage, one that tens-of-thousands of brave and patriotic Americans died fighting for. What have it's critics ever done?
"Beware of those who cry racism, for they are the true racists..."
Good for her tell those PC crowd to GO POUND SAND
Many cities have ordinances against building anything that restricts the view of an existing residence. Do they not have such an ordinance in this locality?
This fences surely do obstruct Caddell's view.
Slavery and racism existed under the Confederate flag from 1861 to 1865. Prior to that, slavery had existed in the colonies since 1619 and under the United States flag since the union was formed in 1776. However, no one seems to remember that slavery lasted a far longer time under the Flag of the United States.
And slavery was upheld by none other than the SCOTUS with its Dred Scott decision.
AIB/44
I'm with Joey - I am surprised that the fences do not breach local laws on fence height, visibility/permeability.
JUst as the neighbour is entitled to fly the US flag so she is entitled to fly the Confederate flag.
Good luck to both of them I say.
A new years ago the voters of MISSISSIPPI voted to keep the conferate symbol in their flag despite calls for a boycott from the leftists NAACP
Is it allowed to fly the flag of Germany's 3rd Reich on a private property in the US? Just asking?
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