VMFA TALKING POINTS MYTH DEBUNKED...MYTH #3:
Two years after the Va Flaggers began their campaign to RETURN the flags and RESTORE the honor to the Confederate Memorial Chapel , officials at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) are STILL offering the same talking points that they released then, all of which have been completely debunked and refuted. As we have in several meetings with Museum officials, we offer the facts here, for your information...
TALKING POINT MYTH #3:
VMFA: “confederate flags are displayed within the Chapel where their historical significance is interpreted by the Lee-Jackson Camp No. 1, Sons of Confederate Veterans.”
Va Flaggers: This is obviously a case of “selective” historical significance/accuracy, fabricated to justify the discriminatory act of removing the Confederate Battle Flags. How can you POSSIBLY have “historical significance” inside and “historical accuracy” outside if you claim that 74 years of a Confederate flag on the grounds and on the Confederate War Memorial DIDN’T happen, but green tin roofs, handicapped ramps, and manicured round brick flowerbeds DID?!?!
The photograph above clearly show that the flag pole on which the Confederate soldiers are hoisting the Confederate Battle Flag is the same pole that, until recently, sat on the Benedictine High School property. If the VMFA is truly interested in preserving historical accuracy, then the flag pole that was originally located on the grounds, and flew the Confederate Battle Flag daily, should be restored to its historically correct location on the grounds of Confederate Memorial Park.
VIRGINIA FLAGGERS CALL TO ACTION: Grab your rain gear and join the VA Flaggers TOMORROW afternoon, Tuesday, November 26th, 3:00 p.m. - Dusk, as we forward the colors and protest the removal of Confederate Battle Flags from the portico of the Confederate Memorial Chapel.
RETURN the flags!
RESTORE the honor!
Grayson Jennings
Va Flaggers
Va Flaggers UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, November 26th: Noon - 3:00 p.m.: Flagging the Museum of the Confederacy, 1201 East Clay St.
3:00 p.m. - Dusk: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard
Saturday, November 30th:
9:00 a.m. - Noon: Flagging the Museum of the Confederacy, 1201 East Clay St.
Noon - 4:00 p.m.: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard
Sunday, December 8th: 3:00 p.m. - Mechanicsville Christmas Parade, Downtown Mechanicsville, VA - The Va Flaggers are participating in the parade and invite everyone to join us. We will have Flaggers walking, riding, and the Mechanized Cavalry is joining us again this year! Bring your flag and enjoy the afternoon in a VERY Confederate friendly environment. :)
Friday, January 18th - Saturday, January 19th, 2014: Lee-Jackson State Holiday/Flagging/Memorial Events, Lexington, Va
Saturday, February 1st, 2014: Susan will travel to Statesboro, GA to speak at the Lee-Jackson Banquet, held by the Ogeechee Rifles, Camp #941, SCV. RJ's Restaurant, 454 South Main St. (US 301 S.) @ 6 pm for the meal, preliminaries @ 7 pm and the program immediately following. Seating limited to 125. Ticket information forthcoming at a later date.
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the February meeting of the Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp #2141, SCV, Fredericksburg, VA. 4:00 p.m., Perkins Restaurant, 10 Simpson Rd.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the March meeting of the R.E Lee Camp #1589, SCV. Dolce Vita Italian Restaurant, 2401 Colony Crossing Place, Midlothian, VA 23112. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and meeting at 7:00 p.m.
April 19, 2014, 2014: Susan will be traveling to Quincy, FL to speak at the Confederate Memorial Day Service at the Soldier's Cemetery, sponsored by the Finley's Brigade, SCV.
Saturday, April 26th, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the Delaware Confederate Memorial Ceremony, Marvel Carriage Museum, 510 South Bedford Street, Georgetown, Delaware, Time: 11AM - 2PM
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Two years after the Va Flaggers began their campaign to RETURN the flags and RESTORE the honor to the Confederate Memorial Chapel , officials at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) are STILL offering the same talking points that they released then, all of which have been completely debunked and refuted. As we have in several meetings with Museum officials, we offer the facts here, for your information...
TALKING POINT MYTH #3:
VMFA: “confederate flags are displayed within the Chapel where their historical significance is interpreted by the Lee-Jackson Camp No. 1, Sons of Confederate Veterans.”
Va Flaggers: This is obviously a case of “selective” historical significance/accuracy, fabricated to justify the discriminatory act of removing the Confederate Battle Flags. How can you POSSIBLY have “historical significance” inside and “historical accuracy” outside if you claim that 74 years of a Confederate flag on the grounds and on the Confederate War Memorial DIDN’T happen, but green tin roofs, handicapped ramps, and manicured round brick flowerbeds DID?!?!
The photograph above clearly show that the flag pole on which the Confederate soldiers are hoisting the Confederate Battle Flag is the same pole that, until recently, sat on the Benedictine High School property. If the VMFA is truly interested in preserving historical accuracy, then the flag pole that was originally located on the grounds, and flew the Confederate Battle Flag daily, should be restored to its historically correct location on the grounds of Confederate Memorial Park.
VIRGINIA FLAGGERS CALL TO ACTION: Grab your rain gear and join the VA Flaggers TOMORROW afternoon, Tuesday, November 26th, 3:00 p.m. - Dusk, as we forward the colors and protest the removal of Confederate Battle Flags from the portico of the Confederate Memorial Chapel.
RETURN the flags!
RESTORE the honor!
Grayson Jennings
Va Flaggers
Va Flaggers UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, November 26th: Noon - 3:00 p.m.: Flagging the Museum of the Confederacy, 1201 East Clay St.
3:00 p.m. - Dusk: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard
Saturday, November 30th:
9:00 a.m. - Noon: Flagging the Museum of the Confederacy, 1201 East Clay St.
Noon - 4:00 p.m.: Flagging the VMFA, 200 N. Boulevard
Sunday, December 8th: 3:00 p.m. - Mechanicsville Christmas Parade, Downtown Mechanicsville, VA - The Va Flaggers are participating in the parade and invite everyone to join us. We will have Flaggers walking, riding, and the Mechanized Cavalry is joining us again this year! Bring your flag and enjoy the afternoon in a VERY Confederate friendly environment. :)
Friday, January 18th - Saturday, January 19th, 2014: Lee-Jackson State Holiday/Flagging/Memorial Events, Lexington, Va
Saturday, February 1st, 2014: Susan will travel to Statesboro, GA to speak at the Lee-Jackson Banquet, held by the Ogeechee Rifles, Camp #941, SCV. RJ's Restaurant, 454 South Main St. (US 301 S.) @ 6 pm for the meal, preliminaries @ 7 pm and the program immediately following. Seating limited to 125. Ticket information forthcoming at a later date.
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the February meeting of the Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp #2141, SCV, Fredericksburg, VA. 4:00 p.m., Perkins Restaurant, 10 Simpson Rd.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the March meeting of the R.E Lee Camp #1589, SCV. Dolce Vita Italian Restaurant, 2401 Colony Crossing Place, Midlothian, VA 23112. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and meeting at 7:00 p.m.
April 19, 2014, 2014: Susan will be traveling to Quincy, FL to speak at the Confederate Memorial Day Service at the Soldier's Cemetery, sponsored by the Finley's Brigade, SCV.
Saturday, April 26th, 2014: Susan will be speaking at the Delaware Confederate Memorial Ceremony, Marvel Carriage Museum, 510 South Bedford Street, Georgetown, Delaware, Time: 11AM - 2PM
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