PEMBROKE, Kentucky – As a child I used to visit The Jefferson Davis Kentucky State Memorial Park and Historic Site with my family.
My father and I were active members, once, in the Sons of the Confederate Veterans (S.C.V.) – The General Lloyd Tilghman Camp (an infamous Confederate States of America General) in Paducah, KY.
We participated in what the S.C.V. called, “encampments” at the park, along with annual birthday commemorations of Jefferson Davis, rallies and meetings, along with other camps from across the country and around the world, for years.
And in so far as I know all S.C.V. Camps and offshoots still make regular pilgrimages to the birthplace of the first, last, and only President of the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy – Jefferson Finis Davis.
And as the calls continue to go out to Take Down the Flag – per this MoveOn.org petition and others like it. (I agree!) It is past time, even in the wake of the Charleston Church Massacre, a week ago today mind you, to Take Down The Flag, removing it, not from our Sovereign Nation’s History (because those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it), entirely from public and or municipal parks and buildings such as this one in Pembroke – where the Confederate Battle Flag STILL flies today.
And I say this because, in my opinion, THE ONLY flags that should be flying on, over or near public buildings and places that belong to the People of the United States of America should be the Flag of the United States of America and your State’s Flag. Period. But, that’s just my opinion.
And to give you an example of how I think that this opinion will work in my hometown of Paducah, Ky. there are three places of note. One is the The Metropolitan Community Church of Paducah – an inter-non-denominational church that WELCOMES all faiths, and lifestyles. The other is Hope Unlimited Family Care Center – a pro-life, pro-traditional family (values) organization. And then. There’s Kentucky Legal Aid: Paducah Office.
All three of these erstwhile and civic-minded organizations with Independent backgrounds, faiths and beliefs fly respective flags – along with the American flag and Kentucky’s State flag – on a daily basis. And neither one condemns or makes light of the others’ choice to do so. They all go along to get along, and the only flags that fly over our community’s public buildings are the American flag and the Kentucky State flag.
It is time for the Stars and Bars to Shine Bright, along with any other flag that you want, at your homes, places of worship and other concerned organizations.
— Rhett.
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