tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960732812801813184.post8273481966479309778..comments2024-02-19T01:24:09.839-06:00Comments on Faultline USA: What The Heck IS An Assault Rifle, Anyway? ... J. D. LongstreetFaultline USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691318732494110768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960732812801813184.post-40975149842110834302012-12-21T09:56:57.114-06:002012-12-21T09:56:57.114-06:00Sir:
Actually, the flag I would personally prefer...Sir:<br /><br />Actually, the flag I would personally prefer to display is the "Bonny Blue Flag", which originated in 1810 during the revolt against Spain by the Republic of West Florida.<br /><br />Later, variations of the Bonny Blue Flag were used by the Republic of Texas during their fight for independence, and of course, when Mississippi became the second state to secede, it displayed the Bonny Blue Flag.<br /><br />I remember a few years ago when I attended an NRA gun show in Virginia, there was a booth marketing Confederate flags during a time when no one wanted the Confederate flag to be visible.<br /><br />So, what did that booth prominently display?<br /><br />A large Bonny Blue Flag which very few folks are familiar with, due to our drastically lowered educational standards.<br /><br />Another flag I like, for historic purposes, is the Confederate Third National Flag, i.e., the "Bloodstained Banner".<br /><br />The reason I like that one is because it was the last official national flag of the Confederate States of America, and therefore, would be the CURRENT flag if the Confederate government were restored today.<br /><br />A lot of folks don't realize that the government of the Confederate States of America NEVER was officially surrendered!<br /><br />Instead, it merely closed its office doors and the sundry clerks scattered hither and yon.<br /><br />When General Lee, General Johnston, and General Watie surrendered, they only had authority to surrender the armies they were in command of, and NOT the government itself.<br /><br />By the way, MY ancestor, Corporal Jonathan Trueblood, North Carolina Seventh Regiment, Confederate Senior Reserve, was listed among those present at the surrender of General Joseph Eggleston Johnston to General William Tecumseh Sherman.<br /><br />They had just fought the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, the last major engagement of that war.<br /><br />Later, General Stand Watie, chief of the Cherokee, would become the last Confederate general to surrender.<br /><br />I apologize for my digression, but it's such a favorite subject.<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS ! ! !<br /><br />John Robert Mallernee<br />Armed Forces Retirement Home<br />Gulfport, Mississippi 39507 John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com