surrounding the Confederate Flag. I have no dog in this
hunt as my mother's side of the family came to America
from Ireland in 1879 and my father's father arrived at
Ellis Island in 1903 from Germany. Needless to say, the
War Between the States was fought in the 1860's.
Currently the State of Texas is considering license
plates to honor descendants of Confederate Veterans. To
deny these people would be an open door to shut off
other organizations such as the environmentalists, the sports
fans, political braggers, universities, and others from having
personalized license plates. If you refuse one, you have to refuse them all to be fair.
Since the United States has gone 'politically correct' on
everything, both Georgia and South Carolina have been
forced to remove the Confederate Flag from atop their
state capitol buildings. I can understand not having the Confederate
Flag fly from government and public buildings, but to try
and prohibit it altogether would be an attempt to deny the
war ever happened. In Germany today it is against the law
to manufacture, sell, or display the Nazi flag, but it continues
to show up at demonstrations across that country. You can not
deny an event in history ever happened. That would be the
same as saying the holocaust was pure fabrication and
eleven million Jews were not killed by the Nazis....but back
to the flag.
There is already too much divisiveness in our country.. Each
nationality wants to proclaim their heritage in such lingo as
African-American, Mexican-American, or Anglo-American.
I would speculate that most of those individuals have never
been to Africa, Mexico, or England....That brings up another
burr under my saddle,... Being a white dude, how come I am
an Anglo?? That term comes from being a member of the
Anglican Church of England. As stated above, my parents
came from Ireland and Germany, both of which are not exactly on
friendly terms with England.
When the United States entered World War I my grandfather
had been in this country twelve years, but left his family
because his country needed him in the fight against the very
country he immigrated from. In World War II my father was
joined by six uncles in the conflict and I am happy to say all
came home with only emotional battle scars. I, too, had to
answer the call when the Vietnam 'conflict' rolled around and
I came home without a Purple Heart, indicative of being wounded.
When we fly a flag at our home there is never any consideration
of the German or Spanish (wife's family from Spain) banner. We
are Americans and my family has paid the price to proudly make
that assertion. If some group wants to have the Confederate Flag on
their license plate, let them. Whose business is it what that
individual does with his automobile, home, or his personal property?
American is the land of the free....because of the brave. In all of recorded history, only two people have ever volunteered to die
for you... Jesus Christ died for your soul..and the American soldier
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