Close to 150 years ago, the United States quelled a rebellion which cost the lives of 500,000 men and boys but which also led to the freedom of some 4,000,000 African Americans from the shackles of slavery. (Note that the number of slaves does not include the generations of African Americans who died in slavery’s grasp.) But as the years have gone by, Southern people have cried out that their illegal rebellion was one defending states’ rights, ignoring the hatred and racism that fueled their war and even their way of life, antebellum and today.
Well, some people in southern Delaware seem eager to continue propagating this outrageous lie of Southern honor in a recent celebration of Lee and Jackson reports The News Journal.
Confederate soldiers who returned to their native state [Delaware] sometimes faced hostility, and today there are many who see Confederate flags as a symbol of slavery and racism.
But members of the Delaware Grays say they’re only honoring their ancestors, men who fought for a cause in which they believed.
“We’re not here representing hatred,” Eldreth said. “That flag is a symbol of our heritage.”
Yes, that flag is a symbol of your heritage, if your heritage is slavery and racism.