At the beginning of the school year, Dixie Outfitters T-shirts were all the rage at Cherokee High School. Girls seemed partial to one featuring the Confederate battle flag in the shape of a rose. Boys often wore styles that discreetly but unmistakably displayed Dixie Outfitters’ rebel emblem logo.Hey, nut jobs, HERE is your “heritage”:But now the most popular Dixie Outfitters shirt at the school doesn’t feature a flag at all. It says: “Jesus and the Confederate Battle Flag: Banned From Our Schools But Forever in Our Hearts.” It became an instant favorite after school officials prohibited shirts featuring the battle flag in response to complaints from two African American families who found them intimidating and offensive.
The ban is stirring old passions about Confederate symbols and their place in Southern history in this increasingly suburban high school, 40 miles northwest of Atlanta. Similar disputes over the flag are being played out more frequently in school systems — and courtrooms — across the South and elsewhere, as a new generation’s fashion choices raise questions about where historical pride ends and racial insult begins.
Official Flags of the Confederacy
March, 1861- May, 1863
May, 1863 - March, 1865
March, 1865
The Stars and Bars folks love to fly to show their pride in their heritage is actually the Confederate navy jack, meaning it was ONLY used at sea. So unless you’re loving the CSS Virginia (aka the Merrimack), you’ve got it all wrong.
Get your learnin’ on!
Thanks to AmericanCivilWar.com for the pics.
