By Michael Ware
With very little said about the decision, there has been a change to the rules concerning the Confederate Battle Flag. For many this is a superb thing. They hate the flag and all that it has come to mean. They wish for it to be removed so that its memory will be lost to the
American conscience.
The Washington Times reports
The Veterans Affairs Department quietly moved this month to ban flying of Confederate flags from fixed flagpoles at the cemeteries it runs, striking yet another blow against the controversial emblem.
Congress had debated and rejected that change, but the Obama administration decided to move forward anyway, saying it was unilaterally imposing the restrictions.
“In particular, we will amend our policy to make clear that Confederal
flags will not be displayed from any permanently fixed flagpole in a national cemetery at any time,” wrote Ronald E. Walters, under secretary for memorial affairs at the VA.
This change of policy is one that is based on perception rather than facts. The flag is not nor was it ever a symbol of hatred. It was the flag that thousands of our ancestors served under. It has religious symbols and serves as a reminder that there are causes for which men lost their lives to protect. But this is not how it is perceived by many.
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