Courage at Knoxville TN.

Did parade honor all Veterans?
Story HERE

From: HK Edgerton [mailto:hk@csaweb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:24 AM
To: pop@thesouthernamerican.org
Subject: An Open Report / American Legion Post # 2, Knoxville, Tn. denies Sons of Confederate Veterans participation in Veterans Day Parade/ http://www.southernheritage411.com

An apology is in order from me to the Sons of Confederate Veterans in West Minster, South Carolina for not honoring my commitment to attend their Veterans Day Parade. However, upon learning of the ban imposed upon the Sons to participate in the Knoxville, Tennessee Veterans Day Parade by the host sponsor; the American Legion Post # 2 , my attention would focus on Knoxville.

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. As I read the Preamble of their Constitution, I could not help but to think that they could have been members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. My first thought was that maybe their actions to ban the Sons from the Veterans Day parade in Knoxville stems from the fact that their National organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, a Union State in the Great War Between the States. However, every leader that I have had the privy to meet from the Sons of Union Veterans and most of their men have shown a great respect towards the Sons and Daughters of Confederate Veterans. I had given the keynote speech for Lee / Jackson Day at John Hopkins University several years back and the Commander of the Union Veterans had issued a Proclamation in support of the memory of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and their honorable flag.

I would again return to the Legions Preamble to seek some merit or justification for their actions. Finding nothing but hypocrisy in their actions, I would turn to the Southern Legal Resource Center to determine legal merit for their actions, and that of the City of Knoxville who would associate itself with this content discrimination imposed upon the Sons and arguably the Daughters of the Confederacy and the ladies of the Order of the Confederate Rose who usually are alongside the Sons at these kind of events. Because of the lateness of the hour, I could not wait for a legal determination and resigned myself that for the first time I might have to break the law and spend some time in jail in defiance of this social injustice.

On Tuesday morning, I would don the uniform of the Southern soldier and make my way to the city of Knoxville. Arriving two hours before the parade would start, I would station myself on the corner of Gay and Church street where I would later be joined by Ms. Lisa Thomas who carried not only a insignia Battle Flag that read ; these colors are not coming down, but Ms. Thomas had purchase several Confederate battle flag kepi’s and began giving them away to others who were in support of the plight of the Sons. Before long , thanks to Ms. Thomas, we had a small army of supporters. A young police officer would ask of me because I was dressed in uniform, was I in the parade? I told him that I had come to support the position that the Sons should be allowed to be a participate in the parade and that I had planned to enter it. He told me to have a good day, and as I expected, he told his supervisors of my intent and shortly thereafter uniformed police officers began to show up at our position.

Five minutes before the parade would come upon us, a uniform police Captain would approach me . Very graciously, he would ask me not to enter the parade. I would abide by this request. He would remain close by and observed with some admiration the ovation the parade participants would bestow upon those of us who had posted the colors of the Southern soldier. I returned so many salutes until my arms still ache. After posing for many, many pictures and conducting several interviews before and after the parade, Ms. Thomas would so graciously take me to lunch. It had been a great day in Dixie in lieu of the egregious act of an organization composed in part of military minded people who had heaped a mountain of shame upon a great city who had in part supported their actions.





















PHOTOS
LisaTheBelle

Confederate flag jury having trouble reaching a verdict

A student fighting for the right to wear the confederate flag in school is getting some unlikely support.

"We are Southern, too, but don't come taking away our place of honor and dignity which is what these folks have done." ~ HK
Story HERE

Proposed Schedule of Events and March

From: HK Edgerton [mailto:hk@csaweb.org]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 10:00 AM
To: 'hk@csaweb.org'
Subject: FW: Hello Mr. Edgerton / Proposed Schedule of Events andMarch / www.southernheritage411.com/ An Answer

To those who might buy into the hatred and contempt that Ms. Williams often displays to me and may just wonder if there is some merit in her questioning about my Marches. God bless her , for I find that it is merit there. However, I would only ask that she allow me to answer the question that she puts forth and just if she will allow me to put it somewhat differently. For Ms. Williams information, I march almost six days per week with my flag and if she and others can visualize what I face:

There are times that I act as a cheer leader as I lead and join in with the chorus of Rebel Yells from the many passer byes as their spirits seem so uplifted by the sight of the Southern Cross and even so much more so that it is being carried by a man as black as coal. There are oft more times that I act as a teacher as I tell a different tale than that told in the public school system or in the media or by the poverty pimps who all fill their coffers debasing the memory of the many who love and defend the glorious banner that I strut with. There is never a time when I don’t have to act as a preacher carrying Gods Christian message of love and forgiveness to those who would hurl not only curses in my direction, but also sticks and stones to break my bones . And yes to admonish Ms. Williams comments about the chicken, there are days like this past weekend when I would strut around amongst the large crowds at the annual Sourwood Festival here in Black Mountain, N.C. adorned in my DixieOutFitter and Southern Heritage 411 apparel while carrying the Southern Cross, and after standing on the corner of Main street some four hours on both Saturday and Sunday of this event posing for pictures, answering questions; luckily a man would offer to buy me a piece of chicken, one would offer me a peach, another and his wife a glass of tea and a cone of ice cream, but more importantly a dose of Southern love and a prayer for god’s blessings on the work I would do before the day was done.

As far as money is concerned, sure could use some to travel the many miles to answer the daily cries that I receive from so many . Not that I am a great Messiah that can solve all, but it seems to help that a man that looks like me carrying the message that there was a love for not only a man called Master, Family, and Friend , but in lieu of what has been done to put asunder that love, it still exists in the Southland of America and like those of his ancestors a Black man like me is willingly to make a stand for his homeland and family.

From: Ellen Williams [mailto:jeffersondavis@wildblue.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:48 PM
To: hk@csaweb.org
Subject: Hello Mr. Edgerton / Proposed Schedule of Events andMarch / www.southernheritage411.com

What is the PURPOSE of these "marches?"
Does it begin with an "m" and is negotiable at Kentucky Fried Chicken?


----- Original Message -----


From: HK Edgerton


To:


Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:55 AM
Subject: FW: Hello Mr. Edgerton / Proposed Schedule of Events and March /

From: HK Edgerton [mailto:hk@csaweb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:36 AM
To: 'hk@csaweb.org'
Subject: FW: Hello Mr. Edgerton / Proposed Schedule of Events and March / www.southernheritage411.com

December 4, 2008---- March 5 miles into downtown Abbeville, South Carolina

December 5, 2008 --- Community event with Olde Abbeville Camp #39 Sons of Confederate Veterans in downtown Abbeville(Birth place of the Confederacy )

December 6, 2008 --- Community event with Olde Abbeville Camp # 39 Sons of confederate Veterans in downtown Abbeville

December 8, 2008 ----- March 5 miles from Salem High School to School in Conyers, Georgia ( March begins at 6:30 AM terminating with a vigil outside school.

December 10, 2008 --- March 5 miles Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama ( Hold one hour Vigil )

December 11, 2008--- Hold One hour vigil on courthouse grounds in Jena, Louisiana

December 12, 2008---March 5 miles to ( Laine’s school site to be determined in Louisiana; hold vigil outside school )

December 13, 2008--- March 5 miles into downtown Crystal Springs, Mississippi

December 16, 2008--- March 5 miles to Salem High School in Crockett, Texas; hold a vigil outside school

December 18-December 23, 2008 Texas culminating with a vigil at the Texas Supreme Courthouse on December 23, 2008

Former NAACP leader supports Confederate flag

Story and video HERE

God bless Dixie and Brother HK!

PoP
The Southern American

Hey Mr. Edgerton

Hey Mr. Edgerton,

My name is Bradley Morris I met you a few weeks ago in Crystal Springs,Ms when you were in town for our tomato festival. I was the young man at the SCVA tent and the supper at Amerigas. I'm not sure if this is your personal email or not but if it is I have some questions to ask you. I go to the University of Mississippi(Ole Miss) and a couple years back the banned the battle flag from campus and the football stadium. A lot of people were very upset and it was a serious blow to the pride of the fans. Now they are getting rid of our beloved mascot Col. Reb which is an old white man with white beard and walking cane. The inspiration for Col Reb was a old Black Confederate soldier who lived on the campus of ole miss after the war. They claim that the image of a white man in confederate greys is a sore part of Mississippi history. We are the Ole Miss Rebels. Our band "The Pride of the South" still plays Dixie after every game win or lose. Roads on our campus are named after confederate war heroes and battles. Or chant is Hotly Toddy Gosh Almighty who the hell are We.. Flim Flam Bim Bam Ole Miss by Damn.. which is a Mississippi confederate battle cry. What I'm getting at is what will be the next to go, and how do I stop it. People down here are to worried about what people will think or who they will offend to stand up for what is right and our southern heritage. After what happened in Selma, all know it will not be much longer before everything that was Ole Miss will be gone. If there is anyway you maybe able to help the people of Mississippi would be thankful. If I were to be out there with my flag giving my speech they would consider me a racist, a bigot, or just some ole redneck bitter about the war. With you it is different they see a man defying odds and breaking the mould. They see a man that defies everything they have ever been taught about the south and the flag you carry. I will help you in anyway I can.God bless you and all that you do..


----- Original Message -----
From: HK Edgerton
To: 'PoP The Southern American'
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:50 AM
Subject: FW: University of Mississippi / An Open Letter / www.southernheritage411.com


From: HK Edgerton [mailto:hk@csaweb.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:46 AM
To: 'bamorri3@olemiss.edu'
Subject: University of Mississippi / An Open Letter / www.southernheritage411.com



Dear Bradley,

First of all let me say that I enjoyed fellowshipping with my Mississippi family at the table of brotherhood at the Amerigas facility and the Tomato Festival was off the hook. I only hope that Commander Webb and the Sons will invite me again.



The University of Mississippi has decided to take the low road of political correctness like so many institutions in America that have climbed into bed with those who not only hate all things Southern,

but are afraid that if truths are ever discovered by our now searching young minds who have at their disposals an electronic network ; not only will bills have to be paid for the war crimes, but the planned modus operandi that was set up with the public school system after the War Between the States to inculcate into the minds of our national populous measures to divide and separate black and white Southern folks will crumble down upon them. People have to understand that the Confederate flag is the symbol of a people who believed in a Constitutional Republic and in adhering to the laws set upon them by the founding fathers in that document and were willing to separate themselves from their brothers and fight a war against incredible odds for those principles.



The victory did not come for the North when the Honorable General Robert E. Lee signed that so called treaty at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. It came when Southern Blacks and Southern Whites began to see themselves as enemies because of all the devices that this man from the region of the north did to make it seem so. Bottom line truth is that in lieu of the economic institution of slavery that was rammed down the throats of an honorable Christian people, they did all that any people can do against a government that rules them to make life bearable for those who were enslaved. So much so that a love was born between a man that was not only called Master, but also family and friend. Hollywood won’t tell the stories of that Southern Black man who went off to war with his White family , or about those who stayed home and made the implements of war, provided the food stuffs for the beleaguered Southern army, and help protect the home place from an invading army hell bent on all out war against a defenseless civilian population, or the place of honor and dignity that they all earned .



This new period of Reconstruction is not new, it is the same as the old. Pit the African’s against their old Masters with lies and distortions, parade out the poverty pimps and just keep saying slavery. These new Blacks will believe anything you tell them , they are too stupid to search out the real truths about the complicity of the whole world in the economic institution of slavery and the causes of the war. They have no concept of what being a traitor is because they take no ownership in being Southern.



I would love to come to Mississippi and walk with the Colonel, or take my place outside the stadium donned in the uniform of the Southern soldier with the Southern Cross in my hand. God bless you, and may God see to the vindication of and bless Dixie.

Your Brother,

HK Edgerton

The arrest of Bazz Childress(Wingate Wyndham)

Having heard all the particulars from the Honorable Bazz Childress and having had consultation with the Honorable Roger McCredie, Administrative Director of the Southern Legal Resource Center and past National Heritage Defense Chair of the Sons of Confederate Veterans about the incident inside the hotel room of Wingate Wyndham during the National Sons of Confederate Veterans annual Re-union in Concord, North Carolina, where Mr. Childress was subjected to arrest because he refused to remove the Southern Cross without some interpretation of the contractual agreement from the owner that specified or warranted such removal. I can only draw from my experiences as an expert witness , civil rights activist and civil rights official to include the many hours spent in the courtroom with the Honorable Kirk D. Lyons ; a conclusion that a huge window of opportunity has been opened for those in the legal community who that have fought for so long defending the outrageous charges leveled against those who choose to openly display their love for Southern symbols, the Confederate Battle Flag being foremost in that display.

My only hope is that those who have so generously in the past supported the legal pieces de resistance( an outstanding item, or work ) of the Southern Legal Resource Center in cases like the recent victory in the Duty Case in Kentucky, will immediately open their coffers and provide the necessary support that could lead to huge ramifications for successful outcomes for future defense of Southern Heritage issues in the jurisprudence system in America. Mr. Childress should be commended for his actions that has opened this paramount window of opportunity.

HK Edgerton

Southern heritage 411

The Presbytery Commission

Monday, July 21, 2008 10:07:05 AM (GMT-0500)
The Presbytery Commission / Friendship Presbyterian Church , Black Mountain, N.C. /An Open Report/
www.southernheritage411.com

On Easter Sunday morning past donned in the uniform of the Southern soldier, after spending several hours on the corner of Main Street in Black Mountain, N.C. flourishing his glorious banner, I would attend the church services of Friendship Presbyterian. Several months prior to that, I would attend a Monday morning Men’s Breakfast Club Meeting. I would sign several Confederate Flags for some of the men present and leave them on the table in the front of the dining hall. Evidently I signed one or two too many and they remained there until the next Sunday morning.

Apparently these two actions help lead the way for my dearest friend Doctor Neil Payne who was an Elder of the church to be served this notice by the Presbytery Commission that appeared in the church bulletin while he was away : Regarding the Presbytery Commission: This past week commission acceded to the congregational request and dissolved the official relationship between RE Neil Payne and the Session of Friendship Presbyterian Church without censure effective immediately. Please continue in prayer over these matters and all involved. The Commission is continuing its work and expects to have a fuller report by the next presbytery meeting on August 2.

It was reported to me that one of the white members of the church who has a mulatto grandchild felt that she might have seen the flags on the table and be offended. Never mind the number of times that I have hugged this baby girl while my Confederate tie was fully visible, or in my uniform. It was reported that because of Doctor Payne’s relationship with me, that he was conspiring to turn the church into an Aryan Nations Church. Never mind that my skin is black as the ace of spades.

It was reported to me that this so called Commission was told that Doctor Payne is a racist. I have seen the likes of the Salem Witch Hunt before by the so called Christians who are biased in their thinking against anyone who makes a stand in support of the Christian Cross of Saint Andrew. I find Doctor Payne to be one of the kindest and noblest of any Christian man that I have ever had the privilege of knowing on God’s earth. I love him and his family, and would prompt anyone that I know that they would do themselves proud to get to know Doctor Payne and they too would come to the same.

Had I known that the Northern born Pastor of the church, Pastor Bulkeley and some of his membership festered the now exposed feelings toward my Southland, it’s glorious flag and furthermore, the rankling racist attitude that they themselves have shown while pointing the finger the other way and the manner in which this so called commission would conduct itself ; I can assure all who read these accountings, I would have never entered the doors of this church. However, may God bless them all, and bestow a special blessing upon Doctor Payne and his family and may they forgive me for any shame and dishonor that I may have brought upon them because of my actions.

HK Edgerton