[VAcourier] Confederate Flag at the Capital

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

      *The below "Letter to the Editor" is by Compatriot Linny Kammeter,
      1^st Lt. Cmdr of The Hanover Dragoons Camp # 827.  It was printed
      in the August 24 issue of the Richmond Times Dispatch*


      *Rob Millikin *


      *Old Richmonder Wants Battle Flag Put Back*

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

Regarding the editorial "A Banner Furled": I was raised in Richmond all 
my life. I grew up in old Richmond, a true Southern city and Mecca of 
Confederate history -- not a Mecca for Northern transplants and 
politically correct wimps. I am a veteran of the U.S. Army, Vietnam era, 
a proud American and Southerner, and a proud descendant of a Virginia 
Confederate soldier. The fact the "Battle Flag" mysteriously was not put 
back into the old House chamber is not only a disgrace, but could only 
happen under Gov. Tim Kaine's ultra-liberal administration.

Seeing as Virginia and the Carolinas are rapidly going Yankee liberal 
(two Democratic governors in row in Virginia) due to the never-ending 
flow of transplants in our state, this newspaper and the P.C. police 
don't fool anybody. Native Virginians (the true minority) who are white 
and Southern male are being portrayed as dumb good ole boys who can't 
match historical fact with the ideological views of the educated.

Wrong! As a weekend tour guide and front-desk person for over 20 years 
(Richmond Discoveries, the Richmond Center, and The Museum of the 
Confederacy) I do know Southern history. What the current politicians of 
this state are doing to cover up Confederate history is spineless and 
one reason why Richmond continues to be a ship without a captain.

Virginia lost over 17,000 soldiers in the War Between the States, had 
over 170,000 enlist in the Confederate Army and Navy, and suffered like 
no other Southern state -- not to mention Richmond was the glue that 
kept the Southern Confederacy together for four years.

This devotion and sacrifice deserves to be remembered in the old House 
chamber. Return the flag that Virginia's sons fought and died for, a 
battle flag of honor and sacrifice.

Linny Kammeter. Richmond.



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