REB VETS BAN PARADE AFTER YANK VET DENIES PERMISSION TO CARRY 'STARS & BARS'
Louisville, Kentucky (JFK+50) On May 31, 1923, twenty-four veterans of the Army of the Confederate States of America refused to march in a joint Memorial Day parade when they were denied permission to carry the 'Stars and Bars'* at the head of their column.
The permission was refused by the chairman of the committee of arrangements for the parade who just happens to be a veteran of the Union Army.
The Confederate veterans, ranging in ages from 75 to 90, enlisted in Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina & Georgia and are living at the Confederate home at Pewee Valley near Louisville.
JFK+50 NOTE
In January 1862, George William Bagby of Southern Literary Messenger wrote, "Everybody wants a new Confederate flag. The present one is universally hated."
To many Southerners, the 'Stars & Bars' looked too much like the Yankee 'Stars & Stripes,' and in fact caused some confusion on the battlefield for that very reason.
The Washington Times article refers to the flag in question as the 'Stars & Bars' but it is not clear if this reference is to the 1st Confederate flag or one of the other two adopted later in the war.
*The Confederate States of America adopted 3 different flag designs over the course of the Civil War, the 1st (1861-1863) was known as the 'Stars & Bars.' The 2nd (1863-1865), the Stainless Banner, is the better known Rebel battle flag & the 3rd (1865) called the blood-stained banner.
SOURCE
"Veterans Ban Parade, Their Flag Being Barred," The Washington Times, May 31, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress,www.loc.gov/
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