The problem with remembering Southern history is that the South is now full of transplants from other parts of America.  I don’t necessarily think that is a bad thing but the transplants have no reason and dont want to remember Southern history.  The latest anyone in my family came to America’s shores is in 1830.  The earliest is 1632.  Virginia is my home and its history is my history.  Outsiders to any State do not see it like that however.

the ignorance of leaders we have let get voted in our societies will i believe be short lived!no-the ignorant leaders we have let get voted ins’terms will be shortlived…vote,please vote!the cities are gone,lets not loose all our counties also.

Freedom Died in 1865 When They Took Our SOUTH Now They Want Our History An The Right To Honor It I Say Sorry. It will Always Live In The Hearts Of All True SOUTHERNS

Anyone who’s been to Pole Green Park recently (say since 3/1/2010), knows full well that Greg Sager’s stated reason for denying access is bogus.  There is more than sufficient parking for 5-10,000 people (especially so since attendees wouldn’t all be driving individually nor would they all be staying the duration of the event.

Someone needs to investigate Greg Sager and his motives.

and so it goes…
the same thing will happen to Richmond with the Civil War 150th anniversary.  People just want to come to Hanover, Richmond, Henrico, etc. to see the battlefields and cemetaries.  However, due to exec directors of the Museum of the Confederacy ad infinitum, making it all about slavery and “the South was wrong”, it will turn most, if not all, visitors away from their vacations to Richmond.  People do not want to be preached to about this war-they just want to see the sites and study it for what it was, not what the exec directors’ agendas and PC commentaries are.

It appears to me that there is some other hidden reason why Dixie Days will not transpire at the Pole Green Park.  For years, both the Tomato Festival and Dixie Days have been a success and parking has always been well managed, thanks to all of those who participated in putting together these events. 

So, is the name “Dixie” becoming a little too revolting for Hanover’s taste these days?  With all of the talk of Tea Parties, Oath Keepers, Constitutionalists, and anyone sympathetic to the founders’ vision, is it possible that Hanover is attempting to make a statement?  Is “Dixie” synonomous with the word “rebel” or “fanatic” or “fringe”?  Is Hanover becoming elitist and hoping that Dixie Days will go away quietly in the night?

If the term “Dixie” doesn’t offend me, a black woman, then surely it should not offend Hanover officials.  I was once conditioned to believe that this term is supposed to offend me but fortunately, I met folks like Grayson Jennings and Ashleigh Moody who taught me a plethora of Civil War History that I had never learned in our government public schools.  After all, Dixie Days offers the local and outside community a taste of history, a history that is very important to the state of Virginia and ultimately the country.  This event can bring people together and increase their knowledge of Civil War history.  I had planned to attend this event, as the last time I participated, I had a joyous time throwing apples at Abraham Lincoln to dunk him in the water. 

I hope the Hanover officials will reconsider their decision.  Parking has never appeared to be an issue when I attended the Tomato Festival and Dixie Days.

Whatever happened to equal access to public parks? It seems that the sole reason for the myopic decision of the county parks dept is fear. Come on that is such a cop-out. The folks from Dixie days are your neighbors show a little back bone. Wasn’t this whole this decided a few years ago and then someone grudgingly gave in. That decision stinks so bad that I can smell it out on the Left Coast.

The sad part of this is alot of it has to do with HONOR which Hanover is showing a huge “lack of” in this situation. The county & the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp 3000 (organizers)  had a Gentleman’s agreement with the county - therefore, they went out lined up sponsors, vendors, re-enactors and speakers for the event to be held in April - then BAM! the county denies the organizers the permits necessary to hold the event with little time to re-organize and bogus reasoning-The county is the County wheather it’s Parks & Rec or Public Utilities - It’s still Hanover County. Come on do you REALLY think the Tomato Festival wont be held in 2010? And by the way the ball field was there in 2008. Where is YOUR HONOR Hanover officials, I hope your voters have more intelligence than you give them credit for come the next election. Other locations have responded and are very excited to have a chance to participate in the Heritage & display of LIVING HISTORY that Dixie Days brings to the table. Not to mention profitability for them. Maybe the Hanover County Officials would do well to go to Dixie Days and learn a little history themselves - If their families were living in Hanover Va @ the time of the Civil War they probably fought and some probably died in the fight for FREEDOM that is the Heritage of this once great County.

From the top to the bottom these people are all the same. The current occupant of the White House was born to Socialists, he was raised and mentored by Socialists, he sought Socialists, Communists and Radicals in higher education, he has surrounded himself with Socialists, Communists and Radicals. He is a Socialist at best. We must call him what he is. I dare say Mr. Sager carries with him the same doctrinal positions. Mr. Charles Stillwell, headmaster at St.Christophers, is a fellow traveler.
Whether it be “parking” or not “offending the little readers” at St. Christophers the message is the same. “NO WHITE SOUTHERN MALES WITH CONFEDERATE BELIEFS” WANTED HERE.

And so it goes. The newer, better (read: perverted) United States of America, an idea whose time has come.
It will go the way of other nations in history who rose to the top and eventually fell. Imperial China, Imperial Japan, Rome, Greece, Soviet Union, Great Britain. Israel ceased to exist for more than 2,000 years.
But Rome offers a better example of what happens to an immoral nation, caught up in its own debauchery.
The spirit of secession aught to be alive and well nowadays with this obamination of a president. That it is not is, to quote the greatest army commander this nation has ever produce, General Robert E. Lee, “Too Bad! Too Bad! OH, Too Bad!!!”
More and more, we need to recognise that more and more people either born in the South or moved to the South are to be referred to as “those people” as the great Lee used to refer to them as.