[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Charles

I already have, but I'll run through it again.

The Old Confederates Home, to the best of my knowledge, was built, and funded by ex Confederates as basically a poor house/retirement home for Confederate veterans. Their pension wasn't much. The site also contains a graveyard of Confederate veterans.

It is now a Missouri Historical Site, it's upkeep funded by the Sate of Missouri. And the Confederate Flag flew proudly from it's inception until....

Gephardt was running for president, and made a statement to the effect that the Confederate Flag should not be flown anywhere at any time. He was ambushed by a reporter who knew about the Old Confederates Home. So as to provide political cover for Dick, Holden had the flag removed.

This really insulted a lot of people. Including liberal Democrats who hapen to be members of the SCV.

I've been summoned to supper, and I know my place. Otherwise I would take this further.

Chas

I always did like Gephardt.