Meeting about flag set at Confederate site Fred Hastings, spokesman for the Friends of the Confederate Memorial Site in Higginsville, has called a special planning session meeting for 1:30 p.m. Monday. The meeting will be held in the Confederate Chapel at the state historical site, one mile north of Higginsville. Higginsville is in Lafayette County on Missouri 213 about a mile northeast of Missouri 13 (about 30 miles east of Independence). Neil Block, lieutenant commander of the Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said anyone interested in seeing "the Confederate flags restored to their respectful and historical place" is encouraged to attend. Desoto Joe/The Record Man