Date published: 8/17/2009 – Fredericksburg.com

BY PETE CIHELKA

Original Article

About a year ago, Jackson Lee Sulcer (above), 7, came to the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg looking for a dirty grave. He happened on the grave site of Virginia soldier Samuel Davis, which appeared unkempt to the boy, so he decided to tidy it up.

"The [headstone] looked scraped and I was kind of putting spit on my finger and cleaning it off," the Stafford County youth said.

Since that day, Jackson–who was voted "history hero" in his Ferry Farm Elementary second-grade class–has become a frequent visitor to the historic cemetery.

About every other week, he checks in on Davis’ grave to make sure it’s tidy. He removes any weeds that may have popped up near the Virginian’s tombstone, and brushes away any leaves that may cover the site.

On a recent visit, he placed a small Confederate battle flag at the base of Davis’ headstone and made an arrangement out of pine cones. Then he paused and said a prayer for the fallen soldier.

Jackson has tried to find information about Davis on the Internet, but hasn’t had any luck. Nonetheless, he believes Davis was a good man who deserves the respect of having a clean resting place.

"I’ve been wanting to do something like this for years," said Jackson’s father, Jason. "I think the fact that he’s remembering this soldier this way is amazing."

Webmaster Comment

  God bless this child for remembering those who sacrificed for what they believed in and God bless his parents for teaching him the importance of honoring those who served.  We can all learn something from his example.

It seems that a gentleman living in has Brooklyn decided to hang a novelty Confederate flag from the balcony of his 16^th floor apartment. The man who would only give the name of “Mike” has done this because he says he opposes “Political Correctness”. Mike was quoted as saying, “People who are politically correct don’t agree with that flag – It’s my one-man protest. The left likes to say they celebrate diversity, I guess that’s what I’m doing.”

“Mike insists that when he hung the Confederate flag more than a year ago, he wasn’t trying to promote racist views, but merely to show support for Southern heritage and values in a hotbed of Yankee liberalism”

According to the original article, his Yankee neighbors are none too pleased with his actions. One resident of his apartment building had the following to say.

“I want to stay far away from those people [who have Confederate flags],” said one resident of the Towers who requested anonymity. “We’re free to fly any flag we want, but I’m not crazy about it. We won the war. You should fly the American flag. It makes me feel angry and extremely uncomfortable,”

Isn’t that just like a Yankee to tell a Southerner or someone who loves the Confederate Flag what to think and do? I guess 148 years hasn’t changed their demeanor much.

Mike countered that sentiment by saying “I see other flags flying, so if they fly their flags, I’m going to fly my flag,”

It is unfortunate that Mike chose a novelty flag to display from his apartment building instead of the real Battle Flag. I am sure we could find him a proper Confederate flag to fly from his apartment building instead of some cheap nylon thing with a football mascot on it but unfortunately he didn’t give his last name or Contact info but I’m sure glad he’s making his statement! Kudos Mike, keep that flag flying and Deo Vindice!

Webmaster – GoodOldRebel.com

     MARYLAND – Earlier tonight, The Allegany County Board of Education denied an appeal by The Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization in which it sought to provide the district schoolchildren with a brochure educating them on the many historic Confederate flags and their meanings.  

     The organization had previously been granted approval by the county’s superintendant of schools to distribute the literature and had paid for its publication out of their own funds.  The Superintendant then reneged on his approval and refused to allow the distribution of the educational brochure after they had already been delivered to the schools.  His reason for not allowing their dispersal was they were “Covered in religious symbols”.  The Board of Education also has refused to refund the organization the money it has spent to have the brochures printed.

     I can only guess that by the Superintendant’s statement that the brochure was “Covered in religious symbols” that he must have meant the pictures of the flags themselves.  Most Confederate flags contain Christian imagery! Examples of this are the famous Saint Andrew’s Cross of the Battle flag of Northern Virginia and the Roman Crosses of the Missouri Battle Flag and the flag of the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry. These flags contain Christian Imagery because they are indeed Christian Flags and were carried by the armies of a nation that had declared itself to be a “Christian Nation”! The symbols were placed upon its flags to emphasize that they were fighting against what they saw as the invasion of a Godless and heathenistic Federal army that sought to impose its will upon the South.  You might have noticed by the distinct lack of God in our schools today that they unfortunately were not successful.

                                            Missouri Battle Flag

3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry

     It is absolutely ludicrous that the Superintendant of Schools would deny the education of the counties children on this basis.  It is no different from him refusing to educate children about art history because some of the paintings contain religious imagery.  This whole thing smacks of someone looking for any conceivable excuse to back out of something they had already agreed to do.

I implore you to contact the School Board of Allegany County Maryland to let them know your opinion on this travesty of justice. 

Contact Information

Superintendant David A. Cox can be reached at 301-759-2000 or by emailing him at ”david.cox@acps.k12.md.us”.