This afternoon, in support of "National Raise Your Battle Flag
Day", the Virginia Flaggers and the Army of Northern Virginia Mechanized Cavalry
raised a 10x15 Battle Flag on a 50' pole on Rt. 460 at Southerland, Dinwiddie
County, Virginia.
This was the 7th Roadside
Memorial Battle Flag installed by the Virginia Flaggers since September,
2013...and the first joint venture for the organizations, involving many hours
of volunteer work and support from both groups. The flag was raised in a
small, private ceremony on private property along the busy highway. The ceremony
was interrupted constantly by the honks and shouts of approval as cars drove
by. Many motorists pulled over to take photos during the ceremony as
well.
The site is near the location
of the Battle of Southerland Station, where 600 Confederate soldiers were killed
and wounded, and 1,000 captured on April 2, 1865, the same day that Confederate
General A.P. Hill was killed. 
The Battle Flag will fly as a living breathing memorial to those men, and all of our Confederate soldiers and Veterans, and was dedicated...
To the
glory of God and in memory and honor of our Confederate heroes.
1861-1865.
"The
world shall yet decide in truth's clear far- off light
That the
soldiers who wore the gray, and died with Lee, were in the right."
June
28th, 2015
The Virginia Flaggers
would like to thank Willie Wells and the men of the Army of Northern Virginia
Mechanized Cavalry for their assistance, support, and co-operation with this
project, and all of those whose generous gifts made it possible.
#RaiseYourBattleFlag
Virginia Flaggers
P.O. Box 547
1 comment:
Love seeing all the flags being put up all over va.
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