Dear South Carolina,
As your legislators debate the Confederate flag issue, please take a moment to reflect.
Philadelphia, PA
You were settled in 1663 as the Carolina province.
You were one of 13 original colonies. We shared a flag.
From 1777, with these words…
“WHITE signifies purity and innocence,
RED, hardiness & valor,
BLUE, signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice.”
Soldiers from all 13 colonies died for independence; we were the United States.
Just a reminder.
Please do your research. Know your true history.
Take it down.
It is long past time.
“Old times there are not forgotten. Look away, look away, look away, Dixieland.” 1850
https://jfb57.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week158-2/
vanbytheriver 
Terrific…couldn’t agree more. It’s long past time.
I wrote this just hours before the news…after 13 hours of debate, the measure passed the SC legislature. ☺☺☺
Total agreement.
Might come down by tomorrow…good news. Decency won. 💕
Sometimes victory comes to the just. Especially with supporters like you!
I was just one small voice, of a transplanted Yankee, who saw so many things I wish I hadn’t. Thanks, Debby. 💕
It is an ugly symbol.
Folks there used to say it was about their pride, their shared suffering, their heritage as Southerners.
BS..it was put up there in the 1960’s as a protest of the Civil Rights Movement. Do they think we are all so blind to that one ?? Glad it seems to have passed, John, thanks for the comment. ☺
Thank God they did the decent thing.
The world was watching. They were under some pressure. ☺
I was glad to see it come down. Hopefully others will follow suit and remove it from their own properties. Now we all need to deal with guns.
Amen to that. I understand the interest in handguns or rifles for sport, but nobody outside of the military needs an assault weapon. Give me strength ! Some day ???
Brilliant, Van. And: Finally!
Yep, it was a good day for South Carolina, and maybe a healing day for the nation. I was relieved to see there were not a lot of protesters when it came down…or maybe the locals just drowned them out. ☺ Either way…win, win !