We Are Here

We're here. We've been here all along. We've been quiet, as we survey the broken landscape of our country, as we watch you try to wipe away our heritage, slander our Fathers and steal their honor. We've been raising our kids, taking care of our lives and minding our business. But, you're making us angry. You won't like us when we're angry. You've taught your lies in schools, repeated them in magazines and in so-called documentaries on television. You've mocked the way we speak, the way we worship and the way we love our families. But it's over. No more. YOU were the aggressor, YOU were the thief, YOU were the liar. And we are calling you out to the world on it. The Sons and Daughters of the ones YOU murdered and crushed are waking up, and we're not in a good mood. We're here. We're right here...

DEO VINDICE!

History Of The Ownership Of The Confederate Flag

The Confederate Battle Flag was used by many (but not all) Confederate military units during the War for Southern Independence (1861-1865). It was the Confederate soldiers’ flag, and they alone had the right to interpret its meaning.

When the War was over, the Confederate soldiers became Confederate veterans and formed an organization known as the United Confederate Veterans. The Confederate Battle Flag was still their flag, and they alone had the right to interpret its meaning.

In 1896, many of the Confederate veterans were old, ill, and dying off so the Sons of Confederate Veterans was formed as the successor organization to the United Confederate Veterans. The legacy and authority of the United Confederate Veterans was transferred to them. Since April 25, 1906 the Confederate Battle Flag has been the flag of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. They alone have the right to interpret its meaning. They have interpreted its meaning, and explained repeatedly that meaning – and it is not hatred, nor is it bigotry.

No group preaching hatred, bigotry, or the supremacy of any ethnic group has a right to use the Confederate Battle Flag. All such uses are unauthorized.

Anyone other than the Sons of Confederate Veterans who uses or attempts to define the Confederate Battle Flag does so on grounds at best shaky, and any interpretation so given is questionable.