[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Raewynne Whiteley]

Last night at the memorial service I attended, a state legislator made the
point that we too have historic flags in our statehouse, some with blood
and/or bullet holes on them.  Some of reside in display cases in the "Flag
Room", which has flags from 1812 through the Gulf War.  It is clearly a
historical display.  Seems to be the correct place for them, rather than
being flown.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You got it, Allen. And there was more than one southern state that
> included the battle flag as part of their state flag until fairly recently.
> A. Carolina may have been the last. Then they got the compromise of flying
> it on the capitol grounds as an artifact of their history.
>
> Around here the flag indicates hatred and bigotry. I get a clutch in my
> stomach every time I see it. A few years ago I was having some windows put
> in, and one young man showed up wearing a bandana of the flag. I told him
> he would have to remove it before he came in my house. He did.
>
> > On Jun 20, 2015, at 1:32 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Seeing a photo of what I've now learned was the Confederate battle flag
> > flying over the state capital in South Carolina reminded me that
> > I've casually wondered, ever since coming from Canada 70 years ago, why a
> > flag with what looks like a St Andrew's cross was called the stars and
> bars.
> >
> > So, I looked it up. I don't think I'd ever seen pictures of actual
> > confederate flags before, which actually do have bars.
> >
> > So in South Carolina they still fly a flag that was actually a battle
> flag,
> > apparently symbolizing the Civil War is actually not yet over?
> >
> >
> > On Friday, June 19, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> This reminds me that I have wondered why the name for the French
> >> speakers in Belgium
> >
> > --
> > Allan Carr
>