The Blood Stained Banner

Smitty's been distracted lately because he's just finished his four years of school in Colorado and is headed back to his home, the South.  Where the air is humid, the sun is hot, the tea is sweet, the fish bite, the nights are cool, the ducks are plenty, and the buck racks are big.  So how about an EVE update, and then a history lesson about the Confederate Flag, which has a very interesting past.

Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to scramble together a fleet of 6 in ~2 minutes to break up a small hole camp adjacent to our C3 which had failed to catch me in my Helios. Unfortunately the camp had dispersed and a cloaky Loki didn't feel like tangling with my Myrmidon. I'm really excited to get some combat time in my Myrm- it's a MWD+MJD, Neut, Tackle, 2xLocal Reps setup.  I've been using it to troll holes for a fight after I've scanned down the chain a ways.

In other new, the awoxer fuckbois have reinforced a POCO in our ally's C2 so we're suiting up for a fight tonight.  I'd bet 100mil that they won't even show up though.  Which is why we're going to get the residents to engage them first and then bring in the heavy cavalry.  Should be good practice either way.

So most people don't know that the beautiful flag up there ^^ is actually the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, which is now commonly referred to as the "Confederate Flag" and a symbol of the American South.  But first, let's take a look at the 3 National Flags of the Confederacy.

"The Stars and Bars"

The First National Flag of the Confederacy was referred to as the Stars and Bars.  It resembles the Flag of the Austrian Empire because it was designed by a Prussian in Alabama.  Its similarity to the U.S. flag caused some confusion on the battlefield and ultimately disliked because of the similarities. So a new flag was designed

"The Stainless Banner"

Designed by a newspaper editor and blockade runner from Georgia, the Stainless Banner was often referred to as "The White Man's Flag".

As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause.
—William T. Thompson (April 23, 1863), Daily Morning News

Although it was never officially stated that this was the reason for the white-colored field.  The primary complaint was that it looked too much like a battle flag on top of a truce flag, and could be confused for a truce flag while resting with no wind.

"The Blood Stained Banner"

My favorite,the Third National Flag of the Confederacy, was adopted.  The red stripe gets rid of the truce flag confusion.

Nowadays, the Confederate flag can be seen in the Mississippi state flag, and obvious influence in the Arkansas State Flag (Smitty's home).  It meets a lot of controversy nowadays, especially from people who dropped out of high school cuz they got their baby mama pregnant and never had a proper history lesson.

How bout those new Sleeper structures? Pretty cool.

=@= Smitty =@=