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Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
Men say Rebel flag flies for freedom
TIM ISBELL
THE SUN HERALD
For an hour, the Confederate battle flag flew over the former
site of the Eight Flags Display on U.S. 90. Dressed in
Confederate gray, a black man named
Anthony Hervey marched with the banner clutched in his hands.
His brother, Harry, accompanied him, wearing jeans and a Robert
E. Lee T-shirt.
Hervey's devotion to the flag began when he discovered that a
great-great-uncle, James Hervey, was a black American who fought
for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. James Hervey
served in the Army of Mississippi and was killed at the battle
of
Shiloh.
Further research helped Hervey discover records of at least
100,000 black Confederates who fought in the war.
"I am marching for freedom," Hervey said. "The battle flag
stands for freedom and states' rights. The U.S. flag is the flag
of slavery. It flew over 100 years of slavery, and Native
Americans were annihilated under that flag."
For his march, Hervey chose the site where a Confederate flag
once stood, one of eight representing entities that have
governed
the Coast. Harrison County removed the flags because of protests
over the Confederate flag, a racist symbol to many, flying on
the
public beach.
Hervey's crusade also has taken him to Jackson. In the Jackson
City Council chambers June 13, Hervey showed up wearing his
battle grays, wrapped in the flag. A scuffle erupted between a
Jackson man, who said he supported Hervey, and a city councilman
who exchanged words, according to published reports. Hervey was
not involved in the shoving match.
Hervey sees a correlation between the past and today's
controversies over the flag.
"We currently live under a psychological form of
reconstruction," he said. "Whites are made to feel guilty for
sins of their ancestors, and blacks are made to feel
downtrodden.
This keeps all of us from communicating. The political
correctness of today is killing the pride of the people."
Hervey is the founder of the Black Confederate Soldier
Foundation, an Oxford-based, not-for-profit organization. Its
stated mission is to foster new thought on the Civil War. Claims
that the Confederate flag is a racist symbol are, to the group,
part of a nonissue. Black Confederates, the group says, have
been
misrepresented in historical texts.
Hervey wants to build a memorial that will include the names
of
the black Confederates who fought and died in the War Between
the
States.
As the Hervey brothers continued their march, shouts of
support
and anger could be heard from passing motorists. A group of
young
black men hanging from car windows shouted at the pair. Hervey
instructed his brother to look forward "like a true soldier."
"Don't even look at them," Hervey said, citing the young men's
behavior as an example of black psychology today.
"They will yell a lot and want you to confront them, but they
will not do anything," Hervey said.
"I found it appalling what happened in South Carolina, and I'm
afraid this is going to happen in Mississippi." Hervey said. "We
seek only to correct the errors in history - to right the wrongs
done to the memories of these brave soldiers.
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