Rappahannock Mews

Rappahannock Mews

Published Thursday Morning at

Washington, Rappahannock

County, Virginia

Dial Washington 2851

LUCY CATHERINE BOWIE

Publisher

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Stars and Bars Is Not

Confederate Battle flag

The Richmond Times-Dispatch is going to catch it* The ladies of the U.D.C. aije going to jump down some throats!

A story appeared the other day (maybe Sunday) about the Air Force boya not being allowed to use the Confederate flag as an insignia. A picture showed the bbya of the Air Force with a Confederate Battle Flag and the caption under the picture called the flag the “Stars and Bars."

Now, according to the teaching in Virginia, the civil war—whoa! The War Between the States—was called to a halt in 1865, but there are times when one is inclined! to think that Appomattox was merely the date for cessation of hostilities of the gun-powder variety. The war’s still on.

Flag No. 1 of the Confederacy had the crossed field in the upper left corner, and three wide stripe*, red, white, red. This was the Stars and Bars.

Flag No. '2 was the Battle Flag, as seen today accompanying the Cavaliers of University of Virginia, especially .when they play in Pennsylvania.

Flag No. 3 had the crossed field in upper left comer, but the rest of the flag was pure white- This - was the Stainless Banner, or tho Jackson Banner.

Flag No. 4 was like No. 3 ex-t cept it had a wide red band down the outside of the white, running up and down rather than across, as the wide red and white of flag No. 1.

Quoting from a hand-painted, framed picture of the four flags of the Lost Cause, the following information is available:

“The first National Flag adopted by the Confederate States of America was the Stars and Ban. It was raised over the Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., att sunrise March 4, 1861, while the Provisional Congress was holding ii its first session, being unfurled