I'd like to remind people that this is not strictly a Southern mailing list. Although the great number of postings here track Southern Queens, the name is more widespread across the U.S., as is exemplified by my own Massachusetts ancestors. The assumption by some of the recent postings that I would be elated by the flying of a Confederate flag in my home state of Maryland is offensive. Furthermore, it alienates people who potentially might be subscribers to the list. John Queen At 09:09 PM 1/30/01 -0800, you wrote: >QUEEN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 24 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland [Mimiw1@cs.com] > #2 Re: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland ["Donald Queen" > <donqueen@inreach.c] > #3 [QUEEN] Carter [O Eugene Queen > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > #4 [QUEEN] Indiana Queens [O Eugene Queen > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > #5 Re: [QUEEN] Indiana Queens ["pelikan2" <pelikan2@netins.net>] > #6 [QUEEN] Wade Hampton ["James B. Hardin" > <golddragon@mind] > #7 [QUEEN] Chasing down family rumors ["Charlton Queen" > <safetydude@minds] > #8 [QUEEN] 179 Queen Graves ["Charlton Queen" > <safetydude@minds] > #9 [QUEEN] Questions...Indiana/Iowa Q [O Eugene Queen > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > #10 [QUEEN] Point Lookout Victory ["Charlton Queen" > <safetydude@minds] > #11 Re: [QUEEN] Chasing down family ru ["betty knight" > <bettyknight@hotmai] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from QUEEN-D, send a message to > > QUEEN-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:53:51 EST >From: Mimiw1@cs.com >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <73.a8aa71e.27a859af@cs.com> >Subject: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi, > >To anyone that is interested, in today's Washington Post, it states, A >federal judge in Baltimore ordered yesterday that the Confederate battle flag >be allowed to fly at the cemetery in Maryland. Where more than 3,000 Southern >prisoners are buried. > >Nancy Q. Wiley >Burke Va. > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:05:34 -0800 >From: "Donald Queen" <donqueen@inreach.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <001301c08aef$a619cf20$a443d1d1@oemcomputer> >Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >It's a site we should all visit. I went there a few years ago, unfortunately >there's not much left of the prison grounds. I bought the book about Camp >Life, it's full of diaries and sketches by prisoners, nothing from any >Queen. >I'm wintering in the Desert and the book is up north. I'll be back home in >March and I'd be glad to look up any other names. >This was the place where many Confederate prisoners, including John >Henderson Queen, were sent to take the oath at the end of the war. >Must have been a long walk home to Burke Co. N.C. > >Don > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Mimiw1@cs.com> >To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:53 AM >Subject: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland > > > > Hi, > > > > To anyone that is interested, in today's Washington Post, it states, A > > federal judge in Baltimore ordered yesterday that the Confederate battle >flag > > be allowed to fly at the cemetery in Maryland. Where more than 3,000 >Southern > > prisoners are buried. > > > > Nancy Q. Wiley > > Burke Va. > > > > > > ==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== > > Search for a Surname, GenConnect Family Association: Queen > > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/srchsite.pl?site=88QUEEN > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:29:42 -0500 >From: O Eugene Queen <EQueen@lexcominc.net> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <3A775C75.4CE03049@lexcominc.net> >Subject: [QUEEN] Carter >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Y'all know that I have to ask it.... > >Any relationship between the Giles/Jiles Landon Carter (b. ca 1780?) who >married Selah/Seley Queen (dau of Henson) and the Ross Carter (b. ca >1811) who married Olive Queen, daughter of Wm L. Queen, Jr.? Olive >would have been Selah's first cousin, once removed, I believe. Sure, I >know that you would have posted it to the list if you had found a >connection, just wanted you to think about it. Thanks, Gene. > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:07:33 -0500 >From: O Eugene Queen <EQueen@lexcominc.net> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <3A776555.1FCE782@lexcominc.net> >Subject: [QUEEN] Indiana Queens >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Hi all, > >James Queen (b. ca 1774), son of Francis Queen, reportedly died in >Clayborn (Claiborn?) Co, TN. > >Hampton Queen (b. ca 1796) married Hannah Williams in 1820 in Wayne Co, >IN and she died there in 1849. Hampton died in Polk, Iowa in 1855. > >Mary Ann Runkle married Hogan Queen, son of Hampton Queen (b. ca 1796 >Rutherford Co., NC) in Indiana on 2-5-1846. Left Bartholomew County, IN >in 1853 and "came to Iowa by wagon trail (train?), 16 days on the >road". (Ref: Madison Co., Iowa webpage obituary.) > >Mary Queen, dau of Francis Queen and Aunt of Hampton Queen, married >Samuel Correll and died in 1872 in Sullivan Co., Indiana. > >Looking for a time-line here, who went first? When did James (b. 1774) >die in TN? >Did James have any children other than Hampton? Where did they go and >when? > >And....does anyone have the 1850 Bartholomew Co., IN census data which >should include Hogan and Martha A. Runkle Queen and their children: >William Henry, Susan Isabelle, Sarah Elizabeth and Phoebe Jane? > >Recommended website for those interested in Hogan's family in Iowa and >haven't yet visited:: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamadiso/index.html > >Check out the marriages, obituaries and Young Cemetery, Truro, Iowa. > >Thanks for any assistance with the 101 questions. > >Gene > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:00:19 -0600 >From: "pelikan2" <pelikan2@netins.net> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000e01c08b32$30b88a80$5d05b1cf@pelikan2> >Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Indiana Queens >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Question? Is James really Hampton's father??? > Mary is aunt of Hampton....Which Hampton?? > > >Indiana 1830 census >Hampton Queen is in Bartholomew Co. (p214 or 426) >3100010000000 - 10000100000 >Hampton 30-40yrs > >Indiana 1840 census (pg 141) >Listed as Hampton Quinn, German Twp Bartholomew Co. >012200100000 - 11110010000 >Hampton would be 40-50yrs > >1850 Hampton and children in Madison Co, Iowa. >Hampton listed at being 54 yrs > >Hampton died in 1855 in Polk County, Iowa, but buried in Madison Co, Iowa. >***************************** >Hogan Queen & Martha Runkle were married in Bartholomew Co, IN. 5 Feb 1846 > >Sorry, can't find my1850 Indiana census but can provide the following: > >Iowa State1856 Census, South Twp, Madison Co, Iowa >Hogan Queen 32 >M.A. Queen 30 >W.H. Queen 10 Ind >P. J. Queen 8 " >J. L. Queen 4 " >Thos H Queen 2 Iowa > >1860 Iowa Census, South Twp, Madison Co, Iowa >Hogan Queen 38 >Martha Ann 39 >William H 14 >Phebe Jane 11 >John L 9 >Thomas H 6 >Mary E. 2 > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:19:15 -0500 >From: "James B. Hardin" <golddragon@mindspring.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010130181332.0095e770@pop.mindspring.com> >Subject: [QUEEN] Wade Hampton >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Queen Cousins, > >Who was Wade Hampton? > >Per <http://www.aoc.gov/art/nshpages/hampton.htm> > >Wade Hampton was born on March 28, 1818, in Charleston, South Carolina, to >one of the wealthiest landowner families in the state. His early years >were spent on the family estates at "Millwood" and "Cashier's Valley." In >1836 Hampton graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of >South Carolina). After the death of his father, he retreated to his >grandfather's Mississippi plantation and assumed the life of a planter. > >He was elected in 1852 to the South Carolina legislature from Richland >County and served until 1856; he then served in the state Senate until he >resigned in 1861. Though he had not favored secession, he supported the >Confederacy from the outset. He offered his cotton for exchange in Europe >for arms and he raised a legion of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. His >experience and skill as a horseman made him a superior cavalry officer. In >1862 he was advanced to brigadier general of the cavalry. He was involved >in many major battles, including Gettysburg. > >Hampton was promoted to major general in 1863 and lieutenant general in >1865. From 1876 to 1896 Wade Hampton was a symbol of South Carolina >politics, serving as Governor from 1876 to 1879 and as U.S. Senator from >1879 to 1891. From 1891 to 1897 he served as United States Railroad >Commissioner. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 11, 1902. > >This should put him in perspective. > >James B. Hardin > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #7 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:13:29 -0500 >From: "Charlton Queen" <safetydude@mindspring.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <08a301c08b33$c958b200$652856d1@default> >Subject: [QUEEN] Chasing down family rumors/leads >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >A recent conversation with one of my Georgia cousins revealed a family story >of some of our ancestors going to Arkansas and Texas. These QUEENS would be >related to my elusive James William QUEEN of N. Georgia (Married Adra >PATTERSON then Mary Ann "Polly" PATTERSON in Fannin County, GA 1870's). > >Does anyone have folks meeting this description? > >Thanks, > >Charlton > >______________________________X-Message: #8 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:22:45 -0500 >From: "Charlton Queen" <safetydude@mindspring.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <08ab01c08b35$15de6d80$652856d1@default> >Subject: [QUEEN] 179 Queen Graves >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Follw this link to view 179 QUEENS buried in various national cemeteries. > >Happy hunting, > >Charlton > >http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSln=queen > >______________________________X-Message: #9 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:20:15 -0500 >From: O Eugene Queen <EQueen@lexcominc.net> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-id: <3A77846F.FE9434FF@lexcominc.net> >Subject: [QUEEN] Questions...Indiana/Iowa Queens >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Hi all, > >Thanks Pelikan2! > >All right! It's time to "mix it up" in a friendly and helpful way. > >Is the James Queen who married Zilpah Hogan the father of Hampton Queen >(b. ca 1796 Rutherford)? Why or why not and what are the facts or >clues? I have none. > >Was the Mary Queen (b. ca 1784 and married Samuel Correll) a sister to >the above James Queen? If that's true and if Hampton was the son of >James, then Mary Queen Correll would have been Aunt Mary to Hampton?? > >Now, this is interesting: Hampton and children reported as being in >Madison Co, Iowa in 1850. Hogan reportedly left Indiana for Madison Co, >Iowa 3 years after that. So, dad led the way from Indiana to Iowa? > >Someone else's turn now. > >Thanks, > >Gene > >______________________________X-Message: #10 >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:20:26 -0500 >From: "Charlton Queen" <safetydude@mindspring.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <08c601c08b3d$241389a0$652856d1@default> >Subject: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Victory >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >More on the Point Lookout situation for those who are interested in the >cause for which many QUEENS fought (and continue to fight) for. > > >- ----------------------------- >Today, Federal District Court Judge William M. Nickerson ruled in favor of >Plaintiff's motion for a Preliminary Injunction and struck a blow against >political correctness for all those who enjoy flying Confederate flags over >the graves of their ancestors at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery. > >In a sweeping decision demonstrating vindication for people with >"Confederate Rights", Judege Nickerson basically and categorically handed >the Veteran's Administration and the Justice Department a pronounced and >stunning defeat by dismantling all of the governments faulty notions, weak >arguments, misperceptions, and intimidation. In a word, previous actions by >the Veteran's Administration and its employees which prevented flying the >Confederate Battle Flag at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery are >"UNCONSTITUTIONAL". > >Judge Nickerson related that the Veteran's Administration interpretation of >its flag manual policy was insonsistant with the court's view and that >"Plaintiff's speech is protected speech occurring in the context of a >non-public forum and that Defendant's reasons for excluding the speech fail >to satisfy either the reasonableness or view-point neutrality requirements. >Accordingly' Plaintiff's request for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief will >be granted." > >Further, "The form of relief granted is that Plaintiff shall be permitted to >display, on a daily basis between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., a >full-sized, historically accurate Confederate battle flag from its own pole >at Point Lookout. The pole shall be at least three feet lower than the U.S. >flagpole at Point Lookout. The placement of the flag is to be agreed upon >by the parties but in close proximity to either the Federal or State >monument. Plaintiff is to provide all material and labor necessary for the >daily placement and removal of the flag. A sign shall be erected at the >base of the flagpole clearly indicating that the flag is provided by a >private party or parties." > >In his opinion, Judge Nickerson tells the public what we've known all along >in the context of Point Lookout, a cemetery established for the sole purpose >of honoring Confederate dead, the only rational assumption is that the flag >is being displayed because it is the flag under which those buried at Point >Lookout fought and died. > >Fellow supporters, we have a huge Confederate Victory for our ancestors and >their good names as a result of Judge Nickerson's ruling. The VA has thirty >days to decide if they wish to appleal. > >______________________________X-Message: #11 >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:35:08 >From: "betty knight" <bettyknight@hotmail.com> >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <LAW2-F10xapzhad2VqK0000058e@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Chasing down family rumors/leads >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >Charlton, > Patterson living inbetween Queens here. Also, A TALLENT mixed in. >Betty Knight > >1870 Union Co Census >111 QUEEN, ALFRED 64 M FARMER 100/100 NC > >112 QUEEN, LEWIS 64 M FARMER 250/200 NC > SALLIE 55 F KEEPING HOUSE NC > JOHN 20 M FARM LABORER GA > SALLIE 15 F GA > >113 PATTERSON, JOHN 54 M FARMER 150/200 NC > MAVAN 50 F KEEPING HOUSE SC > JAMES 19 M FARM LABORER SCHOOL GA > POLLY A. 17 F SCHOOL GA > RHODA C. 13 F SCHOOL GA > FLORIDA 10 F SCHOOL GA > LILLA 7 F GA > ELIZA 5 F GA > >114 TALLENT, JESSEE 61 M FARMER 450/600 NC > SADA 52 F KEEPING HOUSE NC > > > > >>A recent conversation with one of my Georgia cousins revealed a family story >>of some of our ancestors going to Arkansas and Texas. These QUEENS would be >>related to my elusive James William QUEEN of N. Georgia (Married Adra >>PATTERSON then Mary Ann "Polly" PATTERSON in Fannin County, GA 1870's). >> >>Does anyone have folks meeting this description? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Charlton >> >> >>==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== >>Visit Reiley Kidd's homepg to view Queen information >>compiled and catagorized by first name: >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2864/ >> >>============================== >>Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >>Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

John, I'd like to remind you that there is a DELETE key on your keyboard. Should you happen to see a post you don't like in the future, simply find and press that magic little key and save yourself the trouble of getting offended. Next, I'd like to remind you that Maryland would have likey seceded from the union if Lincoln hadn't dissolved the state legislature before it could vote on the secession issue. As such, there are thousands of Marylanders rejoicing at the Point Lookout ruling. Lastly, I will continue my fight as long as people like you try to tell me what to say or think, try to pretend that the years 1861-1865 didn't happen, and most importantly, seek to curtail the manner in which I choose to honor the thousands of brave southern men who fought, suffered and died for FREEDOM from an oppressive federal government. An UN-reconstructed Southerner, Charlton Queen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Queen" <jqueen@glendale.cc.ca.us> To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:01 PM Subject: [QUEEN] Re: QUEEN-D Digest V01 #24 > I'd like to remind people that this is not strictly a Southern mailing > list. Although the great number of postings here track Southern Queens, > the name is more widespread across the U.S., as is exemplified by my own > Massachusetts ancestors. The assumption by some of the recent postings > that I would be elated by the flying of a Confederate flag in my home state > of Maryland is offensive. Furthermore, it alienates people who potentially > might be subscribers to the list. > > John Queen > > >Today's Topics: > > #1 [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland [Mimiw1@cs.com] > > #2 Re: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland ["Donald Queen" > > <donqueen@inreach.c] > > #3 [QUEEN] Carter [O Eugene Queen > > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > > #4 [QUEEN] Indiana Queens [O Eugene Queen > > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > > #5 Re: [QUEEN] Indiana Queens ["pelikan2" <pelikan2@netins.net>] > > #6 [QUEEN] Wade Hampton ["James B. Hardin" > > <golddragon@mind] > > #7 [QUEEN] Chasing down family rumors ["Charlton Queen" > > <safetydude@minds] > > #8 [QUEEN] 179 Queen Graves ["Charlton Queen" > > <safetydude@minds] > > #9 [QUEEN] Questions...Indiana/Iowa Q [O Eugene Queen > > <EQueen@lexcominc.n] > > #10 [QUEEN] Point Lookout Victory ["Charlton Queen" > > <safetydude@minds] > > #11 Re: [QUEEN] Chasing down family ru ["betty knight" > > <bettyknight@hotmai] > > X-Message: #1 > >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:53:51 EST > >From: Mimiw1@cs.com > >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <73.a8aa71e.27a859af@cs.com> > >Subject: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Hi, > > > >To anyone that is interested, in today's Washington Post, it states, A > >federal judge in Baltimore ordered yesterday that the Confederate battle flag > >be allowed to fly at the cemetery in Maryland. Where more than 3,000 Southern > >prisoners are buried. > > > >Nancy Q. Wiley > >Burke Va. > > > >______________________________X-Message: #2 > >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:05:34 -0800 > >From: "Donald Queen" <donqueen@inreach.com> > >To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <001301c08aef$a619cf20$a443d1d1@oemcomputer> > >Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >It's a site we should all visit. I went there a few years ago, unfortunately > >there's not much left of the prison grounds. I bought the book about Camp > >Life, it's full of diaries and sketches by prisoners, nothing from any > >Queen. > >I'm wintering in the Desert and the book is up north. I'll be back home in > >March and I'd be glad to look up any other names. > >This was the place where many Confederate prisoners, including John > >Henderson Queen, were sent to take the oath at the end of the war. > >Must have been a long walk home to Burke Co. N.C. > > > >Don > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Mimiw1@cs.com> > >To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:53 AM > >Subject: [QUEEN] Point Lookout Maryland > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > To anyone that is interested, in today's Washington Post, it states, A > > > federal judge in Baltimore ordered yesterday that the Confederate battle > >flag > > > be allowed to fly at the cemetery in Maryland. Where more than 3,000 > >Southern > > > prisoners are buried. > > > > > > Nancy Q. Wiley > > > Burke Va. > > > > > > >Queen Cousins, > > > >Who was Wade Hampton? > > > >Per <http://www.aoc.gov/art/nshpages/hampton.htm> > > > >Wade Hampton was born on March 28, 1818, in Charleston, South Carolina, to > >one of the wealthiest landowner families in the state. His early years > >were spent on the family estates at "Millwood" and "Cashier's Valley." In > >1836 Hampton graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of > >South Carolina). After the death of his father, he retreated to his > >grandfather's Mississippi plantation and assumed the life of a planter. > > > >He was elected in 1852 to the South Carolina legislature from Richland > >County and served until 1856; he then served in the state Senate until he > >resigned in 1861. Though he had not favored secession, he supported the > >Confederacy from the outset. He offered his cotton for exchange in Europe > >for arms and he raised a legion of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. His > >experience and skill as a horseman made him a superior cavalry officer. In > >1862 he was advanced to brigadier general of the cavalry. He was involved > >in many major battles, including Gettysburg. > > > >Hampton was promoted to major general in 1863 and lieutenant general in > >1865. From 1876 to 1896 Wade Hampton was a symbol of South Carolina > >politics, serving as Governor from 1876 to 1879 and as U.S. Senator from > >1879 to 1891. From 1891 to 1897 he served as United States Railroad > >Commissioner. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 11, 1902. > > > >This should put him in perspective. > > > >James B. Hardin > > > >______________________________ > > > >More on the Point Lookout situation for those who are interested in the > >cause for which many QUEENS fought (and continue to fight) for. > > > > > >- ----------------------------- > >Today, Federal District Court Judge William M. Nickerson ruled in favor of > >Plaintiff's motion for a Preliminary Injunction and struck a blow against > >political correctness for all those who enjoy flying Confederate flags over > >the graves of their ancestors at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery. > > > >In a sweeping decision demonstrating vindication for people with > >"Confederate Rights", Judege Nickerson basically and categorically handed > >the Veteran's Administration and the Justice Department a pronounced and > >stunning defeat by dismantling all of the governments faulty notions, weak > >arguments, misperceptions, and intimidation. In a word, previous actions by > >the Veteran's Administration and its employees which prevented flying the > >Confederate Battle Flag at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery are > >"UNCONSTITUTIONAL". > > > >Judge Nickerson related that the Veteran's Administration interpretation of > >its flag manual policy was insonsistant with the court's view and that > >"Plaintiff's speech is protected speech occurring in the context of a > >non-public forum and that Defendant's reasons for excluding the speech fail > >to satisfy either the reasonableness or view-point neutrality requirements. > >Accordingly' Plaintiff's request for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief will > >be granted." > > > >Further, "The form of relief granted is that Plaintiff shall be permitted to > >display, on a daily basis between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., a > >full-sized, historically accurate Confederate battle flag from its own pole > >at Point Lookout. The pole shall be at least three feet lower than the U.S. > >flagpole at Point Lookout. The placement of the flag is to be agreed upon > >by the parties but in close proximity to either the Federal or State > >monument. Plaintiff is to provide all material and labor necessary for the > >daily placement and removal of the flag. A sign shall be erected at the > >base of the flagpole clearly indicating that the flag is provided by a > >private party or parties." > > > >In his opinion, Judge Nickerson tells the public what we've known all along > >in the context of Point Lookout, a cemetery established for the sole purpose > >of honoring Confederate dead, the only rational assumption is that the flag > >is being displayed because it is the flag under which those buried at Point > >Lookout fought and died. > > > >Fellow supporters, we have a huge Confederate Victory for our ancestors and > >their good names as a result of Judge Nickerson's ruling. The VA has thirty > >days to decide if they wish to appleal.