Charlotte is an Embarrassment to all Southerners!
“The People’s Republic of Charlotte” is an embarrassment to our state, and our region of the US.
Ignorance of history, especially the history of the Great State of North Carolina, is apparent in the Queen City. It’s just "laid out there" for the world to see.
Look, North Carolina’s contribution to the Confederate Forces, during the war of Northern Aggression, was historic in its numbers alone. The Old North State gave more of her sons, and material, to the war for Southern Independence than any other state in the Confederacy! By far! As a result, she lost more of her sons to that great struggle than any other state of the Confederacy! Nearly every native family of North Carolina has not just one, but a number of Confederate Veterans in its ancestry.
258,000 Southern men gave their lives in that war. North Carolina was hardest hit. As an example… when the NC 26th entered the battle at Gettysburg she had 800 men. When she left the field she had lost 714 of those men. That was one unit in one battle. On the first day of the battle, the NC 26th lost 584 men. The NC 26th had three (3) men left when it reached the stone wall at Gettysburg. Please note…NC troops reached that wall when others failed.
Look at the numbers. They are staggering! North Carolina had 20,000 men killed in action, 21,000 killed by disease, plus tens of thousands wounded and left maimed for the remainder of their lives. One quarter of all Confederate deaths were Tar Heels!
Now, the city government of Charlotte, N.C. appears to have decided these men don’t deserve to be remembered by flying the flag they fought under, the flag they died under, defending Charlotte, and all of North Carolina, over their graves at Elmwood Cemetery.
The people of the Old North State should be outraged at this act of Political Correctness gone mad!
North Carolina troops were proud of being “First at Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg, and last at Appomattox.” And now, the city they fought for is ashamed of them. How utterly disgusting!
Charlotte, you have shamed the South. You have shamed the people of North Carolina. You have brought shame upon the ancestors of the men who gave their lives in your defense.
Charlotte, by your actions, you have brought dishonor upon yourselves. Sad to say, you deserve it.
“Longstreet”
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” ... Daniel Webster ... These posts will reflect my personal opinions, and views, of the world in which we live from, of course, the viewpoint of a conservative "Southern American".
2 comments:
Longstreet,
As a concerned ancestor of a number of Confederate soldiers who gave their lives during the War of Northern Aggression, I think that you have shown real compassion for the likes of the members of Charlotte's Council members. (They do not deserve to be treated so "kindly" as you have treated them!)
How dare these few people think that they can make themselves judge and jury for the good citizens of Charlotte!
Why do they think that after all these years, that "they have a right" to remove the flag from the gravesites of these men, who can not speak up for them selves? These brave men gave their lives to protect their own families and more than likely, the ancestors of some of these "IDIOTS" that have made them selves feel so high and mighty!
This angers me to no end, and I hope that the citizens of Charlotte will stand up and let their voices be heard on this...the mayor and "the herd" might as well be robbing these graves of the bodies, because it is just as bad as what is taking place now!!
Ginger Morton
South Carolina
Dear Ms. Morton: My home, too is South Carolina, (a town due south of Charlotte.) My Confederate Ancestors were South Carolinians as well.
I understand the depth of your feeling, your anger. I share it. But I have learned, over years of dealing with public bodies such as the City Council of Charlotte, that name calling only serves to cause them to dig in their heels. Nothing is accomplished by it. It seems clear the only relief we are likely to get is through the courts. It appears the General Statutes of North Carolina forbids the actions taken at Elmwood Cemetery. Hopefully, our relief will not be long in coming.
Thank you for your comments. I invite you to visit this site often and comment whenever you feel the urge.
I remain,
Your Obedient Servant,
"Longstreet"
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