At 9 am, I would don the uniform of my Confederate ancestor
and travel to Elizabethton City Hall to fill out a form requesting the full
minutes of the Monday Evening Massacre of September 17, where the Elizabethton
Historic Zoning Committee met and denied the placement of a memorial dedicated
to the Confederate soldiers of Carter County.
From the office, I would walk down to the sidewalk in front
of City Hall, presenting the Southern Cross of St. Andrew. Within minutes car horns were honking and the
thumbs were up. A reporter and
photographer from the Elizabethton STAR were soon there, granting an interview. I had planned to flag the Elizabethton STAR
but found it no longer necessary.
From there, I would drive down to Green Hill Cemetery. Response was positive, lots of thumbs up and
honks with eight passers-by stopping to wish me well and to receive a flier
describing the mission of Tennessee Confederate Flaggers Holding the Line and
the CD, “The Truth Concerning the Confederate Battle Flag”.
One lady, Mrs. Janice Gentry of Chapter #754 of Johnson
City, United Daughters of the Confederacy had been shopping at Tractor
Supply. She drove over and wished me
success and commented on a woman slinking around with a movie camera, moving in
and out from and even under the large trailer parked in the lot of Tractor
Supply. I informed her it was Dawn
Peters, possibly called in by Janette Mann of the Watauga Historical
Association who had passed by earlier.
My, my……a man exercising his freedom must really be a worthwhile recording
project! I hope Peters recorded all the
folks who stopped. I only wish she could
have heard what they said!
I would retire the flag at 12:30 pm.
Bill Hicks
Tennessee Confederate Flaggers Holding the Line
9/24/2012
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