re: Why did SC start flying Confederate flag in 1962?

Interesting statement about the MS flag

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The State Flag of Georgia: The 1956 Change In Its Historical Context by the Georgia state senate research office

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It must also be remembered that despite the controversy over Georgia’s and Mississippi’s flags,
the two were created under very different circumstances. One determining factor of whether a symbol is
racist is if it is adopted at a time when the symbol had racist significance.4 Therefore, it is doubtful that the
state flag of Mississippi – adopted in the nineteenth century – has the racist connotations of the 1940s and
beyond. Mississippi’s flag was simply adopted too early to have the racist connections that would come
later. Georgia’s 1956 flag and South Carolina’s and Alabama’s respective raising of the battle flag in 1962
and 1963, however, have a different meaning when placed in their historical context.

An interesting tidbit to show just how closely connected we are to our Confederate past

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Private Pleasant Riggs Crump, ofTalladega County, Alabama, who died December 31, 1951, as the last confirmed surviving veteran of the Confederate States Army.[

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Born in Crawford's Cove, St. Clair County, Alabama, Crump and a friend left home and traveled to Petersburg, Virginia, where Crump enlisted as a private in the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment in November 1864. Assigned to Company A, Crump saw action at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, and participated in the siege of Petersburg before witnessing General Robert E. Lee's surrender atAppomattox Court House to Union GeneralUlysses S. Grant. Returning home to ruralAlabama, Crump soon relocated to Lincoln, in nearby Talladega County. There, at age 22, he married Mary Hall, a local woman. They had five children from their marriage, which lasted until she died on December 31, 1901. Crump married Ella Wallis of Childersburg in 1905. After her death in July 1942, he lived with a grandson's family. The United Confederate Veterans awarded him the honorary title ofcolonel in its organization. In 1950, he met with 98-year-old "General" James Moore, who was recognized as the only other Confederate veteran remaining in Alabama.

Pleasant Crump died shortly after his 104 birthday. He is buried in Hall Cemetery, in Lincoln.[1]

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My father was 11 yrs old at the time of his death.

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It must also be remembered that despite the controversy over Georgia’s and Mississippi’s flags,
the two were created under very different circumstances. One determining factor of whether a symbol is
racist is if it is adopted at a time when the symbol had racist significance.4 Therefore, it is doubtful that the
state flag of Mississippi – adopted in the nineteenth century – has the racist connotations of the 1940s and
beyond. Mississippi’s flag was simply adopted too early to have the racist connections that would come
later. Georgia’s 1956 flag and South Carolina’s and Alabama’s respective raising of the battle flag in 1962
and 1963, however, have a different meaning when placed in their historical context.

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If I am reading this correctly Mississippi adopted it before it had racist connotations? When did those connotations come?

Sorry I meant Alabama. Wallace started flying it in 63 when Kennedy came down to promote integration .

Good one.

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Was something happening in the early 60s that triggered southerners to remember their great southern heritage?

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I don't know, but, could it have been the Centennial Anniversary of the Civil War?

I agree, however, that for many white folks back then, the Centennial was not the reason. They were strong advocates of segregation and used that flag as a symbol of their convictions.