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Guy down the road is flying the Bonnie Blue flag
Rack Ops
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Wonder if I am the only person in the neighborhood other than him who knows what it is [:)]
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Wonder if I am the only person in the neighborhood other than him who knows what it is [:)]
What flag are you flying?
quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
Wonder if I am the only person in the neighborhood other than him who knows what it is [:)]
What flag are you flying?
Just Old Glory
"The Bonnie Blue Flag", also known as "We Are a Band of Brothers", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America. The words were written by the Ulster-Scots entertainer Harry McCarthy, with the melody taken from the song "The Irish Jaunting Car". The song's title refers to the unofficial first flag of the Confederacy, the Bonnie Blue Flag.
The song was premiered by lyricist Harry McCarthy during a concert in Jackson, Mississippi, in the spring of 1861 and performed again in September of that same year at the New Orleans Academy of Music for the First Texas Volunteer Infantry regiment mustering in celebration.[citation needed]
The New Orleans music publishing house of A.E. Blackmar issued six editions of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" between 1861 and 1864 along with three additional arrangements.
The "band of brothers" mentioned in the first line of the song recalls the well known St. Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V (Act IV, scene ii)i.
The Lone Star/Bonnie Blue Flag
The "Bonnie Blue Flag" (also known as the "Lone Star Flag") is often linked to the Confederacy. However, the flag had its origins long before any southern state seceded from the Union. The first recorded use of this flag was in 1810 when it was used to represent the Republic of West Florida, a republic of English speaking inhabitants of southern Alabama, Mississippi, and portions of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River who rebelled against the reign of Spanish government and overthrew Spain's provincial Governor de Lassus at Baton Rouge. The republic lasted barely three months, dissolved after the annexation of Louisiana's portion of the disputed land to the United States territory.
A flag with a single star showed up again later to represent the Republic of Texas, which adopted a lone star variation for its official flag in 1839.
But it was the "Lone Star" flag's use by Mississippi following that state's first week of secession from the Union in 1861 that linked the flag forever to the Confederacy. Irish-born actor Harry McCarthy witnessed the raising of the blue secession flag over Mississippi and was inspired enough to pen a song entitled "The Bonnie Blue Flag," linking the flag forever to the Confederacy. When the song was first played in New Orleans before a mixed audience of Texans and Louisianans, it was received with an outburst of approval that was nearly riotous. The song became one of the most popular songs of the Confederacy, second only to "Dixie." The popular tune had many versions, with troops substituting its original lyrics. The printed handout below shows one such example written by a member of the Washington Artillery, entitled The Lone Star Flag. In this version of the song, the "Lone Star Flag" refers to both the Texan and Confederate independence flags and praises Confederate General John Bankhead Magruder, commander of the District of Texas, who recaptured the city of Galveston from Federal authorities.
The symbolism of the Lone Star is independence and was used often during the 19th Century in the southern United States. Its blue field represented truth upon which was placed a single white star, representing purity. It was displayed originally in West Florida's independence from Spain, later in Texas' independence from Mexico, and at the outbreak of the War Between the States, in the South's attempted independence from the United States. The Lone Star was looked upon by many Southerners as a reversal of the US Flag Act of 1818, which allows a new star to be added to its flag on the 4th of July following the admission of any new State to the Union. Hence, Southern States looked at the single star flag as "taking their star out of the Union".
http://www.washingtonartillery.com/Def.htm
We are a band of brothers,
Beneath the Southern sun,
Fighting for the liberty
Our brave forefathers won.
When our rights were threatened
The cry rose near and far,
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag,
That bears a single star.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag,
That bears a single star.
As long as the Union,
Was faithful to her trust,
Like friends and like brothers,
We were kind and we were just;
But now that Northern Treachery
Does strive our rights to mar,
We'll rally 'round the Bonnie Blue Flag,
That bears a single star.
Wonder if I am the only person in the neighborhood other than him who knows what it is [:)]
I fly mine here at my house and they think I'm a Dallas Cowboy fan.
Now I need to wipe the tears from my eyes.