re: Favorite national flag

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When the Louisiana Purchase was finalized 
in 1803, France had no control or legal title to 
West Florida. Spain still occupied the region 
and Spanish troops held posts at Mobile, 
Baton Rouge and elsewhere. The growing 
United States coveted the region, but had no 
legitimate claim to it.

Many of the citizens of West Florida in 1803 
were former Americans who had migrated 
down into the area to gain rich farmland in 
the Florida Parishes. Disappointed at finding 
themselves still under Spanish rule, they 
staged an unsuccessful revolution in 1804 
but were put down by the Spanish military.

In June of 1810, many of these people began 
a series of secret meetings (and three public 
ones) to plan another revolt. They quietly 
armed themselves, organized a military and 
prepared for action.

The long-awaited revolution began on 
September 23, 1810, when an armed force 
led by Philemon Thomas attacked and 
captured the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge. 
Two Spanish soldiers were killed and three 
wounded in the attack, but when the smoke 
cleared the flag of the new Republic of West 
Florida was raised over the fort.

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When I was at LSU, they banned putting "Confederate flags" on fraternity shirts. To get around this, we put this flag, the flag of the Confederate States of America. This society is so fricking dumb and up its own arse about the Confederate battle flag that they are too stupid to realize we were using the actual flag of the confederacy. Glad they are well-versed in the social justice fight they are waging. fricking idiots.

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