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The First National flag: The Confederate battle flag: The Second National flag: The third National flag:
The first National flag of the Confederacy; the Stars and Bars banner:
The first official national flag for the Confederate States of America which was used by the Confederacy from 1861 to 1863, this came to be designed by an artist who was originally of Austrian decent who had recently immigrated from Europe to the United States before the Civil War had begun, William Thompson. The creation of the banner was quite simple really, he took his Austrian decent and the 13 stars of the original Revolutionary War banner that the American colonists had used to fight against the British Empire to preserve their newly found American independence and mixed the two designs together.
The Confederate Battle flag:
The Confederate battle flag was created some time after the first national flag of the Confederate States of America was deemed official by the Confederate government in 1861. It was mainly used as a military banner to rally troops into battle on the Confederate side of the Civil War and was later proposed to be entered into the second and third national flags of the Confederacy to better acknowledge that the Confederate States of America was a militarized nation.
The Second National flag of the Confederacy; the Stainless banner:
The second official national flag for the Confederate States of America was proposed to the Confederate government to be appointed to as a new banner design because the original banner would sometimes be confused with the flag of the Union States of America on the opposing side of the battlefield in the Civil War in from 1863 to 1864. This new banner was accepted into the government and rallied into battle.
The Third National flag of the Confederacy; the Blood Stained banner:
The third official national flag of the Confederate States of America was proposed by generals of the Confederate army in 1865 to replace the previous national flag of the Confederacy which was often confused with the flag of surrender a few months before the Confederate States of America surrendered to the Unions advance into the southern states of America.
The message found within the three national flags and the battle flag of the Confederacy:
The red field of all four of these combined designs of the Confederate flag represent the Blood of Christ.
The white border represents the protection of God.
The blue "X" in all three of the other flags represents the Christian cross of Saint Andrew, the first Disciple of Jesus Christ and Patron Saint of Scotland.
The 13 stars in these four flags represent the 13 southern states of secession in the United States during the American Civil War.
Thus, the message of the three national flags of the Confederate States of America and the Confederate battle flag is:
"Through the Blood of Christ, with the protection of God, We, the Thirteen States, are united in our Christian fight for liberty."
The white border represents the protection of God.
The blue "X" in all three of the other flags represents the Christian cross of Saint Andrew, the first Disciple of Jesus Christ and Patron Saint of Scotland.
The 13 stars in these four flags represent the 13 southern states of secession in the United States during the American Civil War.
Thus, the message of the three national flags of the Confederate States of America and the Confederate battle flag is:
"Through the Blood of Christ, with the protection of God, We, the Thirteen States, are united in our Christian fight for liberty."
Please note, I did not list the naval jack of the Confederate navy because the Confederate battle flag represented the Confederate military.
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I'm every bit as upset by the liberals as you are (believe me), but we should refrain from name-calling as much as possible, if we want to be taken seriously.
Do you know what I mean? Name-calling will only serve to make us look immature and at our wit's end.
I want to bring the good America back, for real. I know you do, too. For that reason, we must represent our cause in a manner that earns respect and trust.
It isn't my intention to be superior or holier-than-thou, but Galatians 6:1 says, "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." I believe many of these commenters have tried to restore you in the spirit of meekness, but you did not return that spirit. Please pray. Prayer makes all the difference.
May God bless you and I thank you for wishing the same blessing towards me.
May God lead you in His goodness.
Slavery was part of the American south before and during the Civil War and was the leading economy for those southern states because of the agricultural background of the warm climate. Slavery was not the leading cause of the Civil War, federal governmental oppression was because the federal government at the time was taxing the state governments of all of the states during the times before our Civil War to help pay for international governmental programs set up in nations allied to the United States like the French Empire, the western expansion of British Canada and some of the other British colonies around the Atlantic Ocean like the South African colony. By the federal government doing this, some of the state governments became furious because the money that they were using for state projects was being used in other countries by the US. federal government. That in all caused the American Civil War, not slavery.
Frankly, most of the racism affiliated with the Confederate flag came from the Klum Klux Klan and not the battles that took place during the Civil War which therefor is a slap to the face to all Confederate soldiers who fought and died under that banner while fighting for their own personal freedoms as Americans rather if it was to rebuild the American Republic to be free from Democracy, or to defend their own heart lands from foreign invaders from the north, the soldiers who fought in the Confederacy deserve the respect that all other American veterans have gotten because they to were fighting for their own American freedoms.
(added later - Thanks for the thumbs up, ebturner. I'd reply to you directly, but this guy blocked me for showing him primary source documents that refuted his claims)
This quote needs to be posted again:
"As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause.… Such a flag…would soon take rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations, and be hailed by the civilized world as the white mans flag.As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race, and a higher civilization contending against ignorance, infidelity, and barbarism. Another merit in the new flag is, that it bears no resemblance to the now infamous banner of the Yankee vandals."
- William Tappan Thompson, designer of the Confederacy's second national flag you're celebrating above.
That guy was proud that he designed a racist symbol and now you're helping him spread his message.
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He's clear that his symbol is about white supremacy.
Why are you claiming it's instead about Christianity?