The article stated that the mayor strongly 'urged' that the Confederate Battle Flag not be present, but it did not say that the flag would be banned outright. If it were, there would be immense free speech legal issues. Perhaps if every Confederate reenactor took an oath to refuse to be a part of any event where Confederate Flags are not welcome, this shit would stop. For example, about 15 years ago there was a reenactment in New Market, Virginia. The Confederate reenactors were told that no Battle Flags would be allowed because historically there were none at the original Battle of New Market. Of course that is bullshit. There is a museum at that Virginia State Battlefield that has a display showing the Battle Flag at the Battle of New Market. Because of the outrageous ban on the flag, every Confederate reenactor left or prepared to leave. By the time anyone knew what was happening, the ban was reversed because it was realized that if there were only Union reenactors, there would be no reenactment and no revenue. That boycott worked, but the truth is that not enough Whites care enough about this issue to make it stick.

I wish this event would have been know before yesterday because I will be in PA on the 31st. Believe me I would much rather be standing along side of a white brother than in Nigger Philly. I most definitely could have made arrangements to be in Franklin only if I could have had a 2 to 1 week notice.

I hope some people will turn up and stand by your side. If I were home I would not hesitate to drive down that way it is not that far at all.

If you need some help with signs Yankee Jim is excellent at making them.

Time for every white person town to put on a Confederate T shirt and carry a Confederate flag to the event.
Mass civil disobedience is the only course of action.
It might also be time to vote from the rooftops, when the mayor shows his face in public.

I look forward to the day, in the not to distant future, when there will be a press report that this [K]reature was banned from breathing Tennessee air.

It turns out Miller wasn't the one who thought all this up. He is merely the spineless pawn of a KOSHER TWAT.

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Battle of Franklin

Commemorative Illumination and Cancer Fundraiser

November 30, 2006

The Nov. 30 Battle of Franklin Commemorative Illumination will take place in downtown Franklin and is sponsored by the City of Franklin Battlefield Task Force.

It is the first-ever event in recent history that commemorates the Battle of Franklin. It is free and open to the public. The official point person for this event is Shanon Wasielewski, Historic Preservation Officer.

The event will take place on the square beginning at 4 p.m. and will feature period bands and 10,000 luminaries lit on the square representing the number of casualties on both sides. Period bands, one Confederate and one Union, will approach from each end of Main Street and play period songs. They will then come together and play patriotic songs symbolizing the reconciliation after the war.

Currently, the event needs volunteers! Folks are needed for the following shifts:

* Tuesday, Nov. 28 -- assemble luminaries in 2nd Avenue parking garage starting in the afternoon.

* Wednesday, Nov. 29 -- assemble luminaries all day.

- A section of the garage will be blocked off and the supplies will be in place starting on Tuesday afternoon ... so volunteers could stop by at any time after that to assemble bags as their schedule permits.

* Thursday, Nov. 30, 1-3:45 p.m. -- place and light luminaries on square ... need 100 volunteers.

* Thursday, 6-7 p.m. -- clean up

“This is a wonderful volunteer opportunity for individuals, families and groups,” says Wasielewski. “Anyone interested should contact me directly.”

Those interested in volunteering or taking part should contact Shanon Wasielewski, AICP, to sign up to volunteer. Shanon Wasielewski, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Franklin, 109 Third Avenue South, 615.550.6733, shanonw@franklin-gov.com.

http://www.sutler.net/beginners.asp

This link is to one of the top Civil War reenactment web sites. Look at the term for "person who insists on historically accurate costumes, down to the buttonholes"

STITCH NAZI

http://www.sutler.net/beginners.asp

This link is to one of the top Civil War reenactment web sites. Look at the term for "person who insists on historically accurate costumes, down to the buttonholes"

STITCH NAZI

I really jumped the shark on this one. Not entirely my fault, as I simply repeated to you what the fucking KIKE had reported in THE TENNESSEAN, but, in hindsight, I probably should've been a bit more skeptical about anything printed in the lamestream Jewsmedia.

What basically happened was this: Some fucking KIKE "NEWS" REPORTER who didn't want the ceremony to take place in the first place, planted a phony story about Mayor Miller wanting to ban the Confederate flag, in order to stir up as much anger and controversy as possible, and, hopefully, cause the whole thing to be cancelled, amid threats of possible violence. When I think how close I came to playing right into his hand, it makes my blood run cold.

Basically, he (Miller) had made the statement that he didn't want taxpayer money to be spent on erecting any Confederate flags in the Public Square, or on smaller, hand-held flags, to be passed out to spectators. He *NEVER* said anything about banning either re-enactors or spectators from bringing their *OWN* Confederate flags to the event, as he knew he would've been challenged on First Amendment grounds.

As for the alleged "protest pens", they never existed, and the statements about plans to create them seemed to have been made up out of whole cloth. (Probably by that baby-killing neo-con schwein, Donald Sensing. Typical Republicunt behavior. ) Even THE TENNESSEAN never mentioned them, because they knew they could be sued for making shit up.

All this I learned and/or deduced, after talking to two Confederate re-enactors and the woman in charge of the event. (Blonde with greenish-brown eyes. Probably not Jewish. Didn't look it. Maybe Polish. Or she could be married to a kike. Who knows.)

When the event finally began, there must've been *AT LEAST* fifty different Confederate flags flapping in the breeze, and that's not even counting the ones carried by the Confederate re-enactors who marched from Winstead Hill up to the Confederate Memorial. :cheers: It reminded me of the footage of some of the big segregationist rallies, back in the 50's and 60's. Needless to say, I was kicking myself for not bringing my camcorder. Definitiely a once-in-a-lifetime kind of moment, and I missed it.

But, anyway, that's the condensed version. I intend to write a much more complete account of what happened that day on my website, and I'll post a link for you to click on.

BTW, considering the way things turned out, I'm sincerely hoping none of you decided to e-mail that Wasielewski chick with any particularly nasty comments. If any of you did, I hope you at least had the good sense *NOT* to mention the name of Mr. SlashN'Burn, East Tennessee, or gave the URL of this forum. Because, if that had happened, it would make things kinda complicated on my end. (NOTE: I realize that no *SERIOUS* racial activist would ever do anything that stupid, but it's the newbies that I'm worried about, not really knowing "who's who" around here any better than I do.)

But anyway, the point is this: Mea culpa. And, believe me, I've learned my lesson. It'll be a cold day in Hell before I'll go out half-cocked like that again. Next time I hear of a Civil War re-enactment that sounds interesting, rather than taking some Jewspaper's word for it, I'll just go out and check it out for myself before I make any plans, instead of stirring up VNNers and scaring my relatives half to death. And, next time, I'll leave the frozen vials of my fecal matter in my freezer, and bring a charged-up, loaded and ready-to-go camcorder instead. :cheers:

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Confederate re-enactor firing cannon atop Winstead Hill. 11/30/'06.

Franklin remembers its defining battle

By KEVIN WALTERS
Staff Writer

FRANKLIN — Fought 142 years ago Thursday, the Battle of Franklin effectively ended the Civil War in a last, bloody gasp.
Franklin officials, re-enactors and residents alike hope the city's first-ever candlelight ceremony Thursday honoring the battle's 8,000 casualties becomes a fixture of life here.
"I've heard a number of our people say we need to do this every year," Mayor Tom Miller said after the ceremony. "I would hope (so), though it's going to be tough to top this."
The brief ceremony, held in the public square filled with thousands of luminarias, drew about 500 people who listened to Civil War-era music while re-enactors held flags of that era in somber reflection. The city allocated $5,000 for cost of the materials and to hire the band.
Miller focused on how the battle eventually led to the U.S. being reunited.
"The real message was reconciliation," Miller said. "The country started to heal at Franklin."
Though the event went smoothly, it didn't come without its fair share of close calls and controversy along the way.
Miller was quoted a month ago in The Tennessean urging that the Confederate flag not be flown during this ceremony. He later backed away from that statement after City Hall was swamped with phone calls and e-mails.
On Thursday, Miller focused on moving beyond any controversy and focused on the ceremony.
Said Miller: "Today was perfect."
Volunteers such as local real estate agent Pearl Bransford helped make and light the roughly 10,000 luminarias, the bags filled with sand and candles. While wind and rain threatened the event, the candles remained lighted.
Bransford, who was one of only a few African-Americans attending the event, said the Confederate flags used in this historical context were not offensive.
"The flag as it relates to the war is a part of the story," Bransford said. "Any flags that represent hatred and bigotry I did not see here tonight."
Some dressed the part
The event drew re-enactors who participated in numerous events, including an annual march several miles from Winstead Hill to the Carter House down Columbia Avenue. The route is considered the "hornet's nest" of the 1864 battle.
"I've been here since 8 o'clock this morning," said Edward Langham, a Nashville resident dressed as a Confederate cavalry general. "I think it's wonderful."
Franklin resident Valerie Golden dressed in a long mid-1800s-era women's skirt and brought her daughter, Laina Golden, 16, and friend J.D. Haley, 16, also in era clothing.
"I wish there had been more people that dressed up," Valerie Golden said. "I thought it was beautiful."
Memphis resident Winston Blackley, 76, dressed in Confederate gray, brought his nine replica historic flags — ranging from a "Navy Jack" Confederate battle flag to a replica of General Robert E. Lee's flag. He and other re-enactors seemed willing to forget about Miller's statements.
"This was one slip of the tongue about the flag," Blackley said of Miller's earlier comments. "He's a good mayor who's done a lot of good for the city." •

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Is this not frickin' Orwellian?

-Miller focused on how the battle eventually led to the U.S. being reunited. "The real message was reconciliation," Miller said. "The country started to heal at Franklin."-

Reconciliation?!? I don't think so.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/reconciled

Oh, I'm wrong. He could have meant the South was reconciled to accept their unpleasant fate after this battle.
But he probably was just talking out his ass.

No way will a majority black and brown America tolerate the American flag. White men flew it while defeating Mexico and "stealing" a million square miles of land from Mexico. And it flew over a slave-holding America for almost a century, and then during decades of racial segregation and discrimination.

The vast majority of blacks and browns therefore, dispise the American flag. In their eyes, it's the White man's flag. And with the jews' blessing, they'll vote to replace it once they've become the majority. Probably even sooner, since millions of braindead Whites will support them, and the White lemmings too yellow to put up much of a public fuss.

It is *NOT* only niggers and "Mexiscum" who hate that ANTICHRIST SHITRAG that brainwashed peckerwoods of your misbegotten generation (such as yourself) actually fought and died for in Vietnam, which flew from those Sherman tanks at Waco, (while our so-called "fellow racialist", Tommy The Commie Metzger was actually *DEFENDING* their actions) at the actual time that they were crushing little White children beneath their treads, it is also every *THINKING* White man in this country, apparently EXCLUDING you. When I attend that event tommorrow, I intend to *BURN* that shitrag, and, when I do, it will be a sign to this whole country that the WN movement is in the hands of a *NEW* generation, and the age of Der Boomenschwein is over.

You're both right. Americanism is the poison that's been as deadly to us as the Jews and their colored minions.

The US flag is like George Bush. Sure, our enemies can't stand him. But neither can I.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/reconciled

Oh, I'm wrong. He could have meant the South was reconciled to accept their unpleasant fate after this battle.
But he probably was just talking out his ass.

I saw him give the speech, but I couldn't make too much out of it. He was just basically screaming and yelling like a Baptist preacher. Kinda reminded me a bit of Huey Long, with his rhetorical style.

I caught a few phrases here and there, basically telling us how glad we ought to be that ALL races had their freedom now, not just White people. Made me want to fucking puke.

But you're right about the Orwellian part. Events like these are Orwellian in their very nature, I'm afraid, because, though the South may be allowed to give their side, and even do so in full Confederate uniform, carrying the Confederate battle flag, in the end, the speaker always makes us look like a bunch of bloody fools by claiming to speak for all of us when he says that, in the end, the "good guys" won, and we all lived happily ever after. Horseshit. If we felt that way about it, then why in the FUCK would we even don the uniforms and carry the flags in the first place? We wouldn't. Instead, we would march in sackcloth and ashes, flogging ourselves all the way, for being such bad little boys.

To me, I just see it in terms of "half a loaf" being better than "no loaf". ]RAT right at the center of it.