Loretta, This article was authored by a staff writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. But, I'll see if there's a published list somewhere. N Loretta Mann wrote: > > You said that the wives of the Confederate soldiers are also buried in the > cemetery. Is there a published list of who is buried there. I know that > one of my husband's relatives is buried there but I don't know where his > wife is buried. Thanks, Loretta > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy" <lacywinston@earthlink.net> > To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:50 AM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Flags > > > Good Morning, > > > > >From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: > > > > >Gephardt wants Missouri Confederate flag pulled down > > > By Scott Charton > > > Associated Press Writer > > > 01/14/2003 > > > > > > JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Confederate flag should no longer be > flown at a > > Missouri historic > > > site where Confederate veterans are buried, nor should it fly anywhere > else, > > Democratic presidential > > > hopeful Dick Gephardt said through a spokesman Tuesday. > > > > > > The congressman had not previously called for removing the flag in his > home state > > because he ``did > > > not know'' about the state-run Confederate Memorial Historic Site, > which is on the > > opposite side of > > > Missouri from his St. Louis district, said Gephardt spokesman Erik > Smith. > > > > > > Gephardt said during the weekend after visiting South Carolina that the > Confederate > > flag should no > > > longer be flown ``anytime, anywhere.'' Of Missouri's decades-old > memorial, Smith > > said: ``He believes > > > that flag should come down also.'' > > > > > > The Confederate battle flag flies every day over the 192-acre state > site near > > Higginsville, about 40 > > > miles east of Kansas City. The site was the former location of a > Confederate veterans > > home and > > > includes a cemetery where remains of 694 Confederate veterans and 108 > wives are > > buried. > > > > > > The Confederate flag flies on a pole beneath the U.S. and Missouri > flags. A plaque at > > the park entrance > > > says it is ``dedicated to the valor of the Confederate soldiers.'' > > > > > > On Tuesday, the state leader of a Confederate heritage organization > criticized > > Gephardt's blanket call > > > for removal of the flag, saying the Missouri display is ``historically > appropriate, > > respectful and has > > > never been controversial.'' > > > > > > Gene Dressel of Jonesburg, state commander of the Sons of Confederate > Veterans, said > > his > > > organization is on record condemning hate groups and what the > organization > > considers the misuse of > > > the flag by white supremacists. > > > > > > ``I'm appalled that someone living off my tax money would be willing to > dishonor > > graves of soldiers by > > > seeking to remove a flag that has been flying very appropriately for > decades and which > > hasn't been the > > > slightest bit controversial,'' Dressel said. > > > > > > Gephardt was first asked about the flag's display during a campaign > trip to South > > Carolina last week. > > > > > > He initially sidestepped the questions, but issued a statement > Saturday, saying, ``My > > own personal > > > feeling is that the Confederate flag no longer has a place flying > anytime, anywhere in > > our great nation.'' > > > > > > Gephardt said the flag that flies at the Confederate Soldier Monument > near South > > Carolina's > > > Statehouse ``is a hurtful, divisive symbol and in my view has no place > flying anywhere, > > in any state in > > > this country.'' > > > > > > Smith said he didn't know if Gephardt planned to contact Missouri > officials to call for > > the flag's removal. > > > > > > Doug Eiken, director of Missouri state parks, said Monday that the > display at > > Higginsville, 40 miles > > > east of Kansas City, hasn't been controversial. > > > > > > Smith said Gephardt had never spoken against the flag's display at > Higginsville > > because ``it's not in > > > the metropolitan St. Louis area and he wasn't aware of it.'' > > > > > > In South Carolina, the flag was removed from the Statehouse dome in > July 2000 after > > a nationwide > > > economic boycott led by the National Association for the Advancement of > Colored > > People. In a > > > compromise to remove the flag from the dome, it was put up at the > Confederate > > monument that sits in > > > front of the Statehouse. > > > > > > AP-CS-01-14-03 1649EST > >