"That flag represents the worst of America, and we must not only take down the flag but what the flag represents," rails NAACP's Ben Chavis.  Well, to better men, long ago, it meant something else. In High Tide at Gettysburg , Glen Tucker described what that flag meant to the men of North Carolina 's 26th regiment at McPherson's Ridge.  "Though he belonged with the staff, [McGreery] foolishly seized the regimental flag...and rushed out in front of the line. He was shot instantly through the heart. Lt. George Wilcox of Company H ran forward and pulled the blood-covered flag from under the body; Wilcox had taken only a step when two bullets struck him...  "Seeing the regiment waver, Burgwyn seized the flag as it fell from the hands of Wilcox and shouted, 'Dress to the colors'... Pvt. Frank Honeycutt of Company B ran from the ranks and requested the honor of advancing it. Burgwyn had turned to hand over the flag when a bullet struck his left side, passed through both lungs, spun him around with its force, and dropped him mortally wounded. He carried the colors down with him. Honeycutt seized them, but almost instantly he was shot through the head. Thus for the thirteenth time in the attack, the flag of the 26th North Carolina was on the ground."  That's what the battle flag meant to the men who fought at Gettysburg . What has happened to South Carolina that she would permit a pair of noisemakers like Gibson and Chavis to frighten them into hauling down these colors of courage? Patrick J. Buchanan New York Post July 27, 1994

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