Remembrance, respects and Southern goodbyes: Confederate veteran receives ceremony in Swain

fr confederateThe cemetery is up a dirt road, past an old barn and its bygone basketball  hoop. A tread-worn path leads up the hill, where Confederate reenactors have arrived in pickup trucks. 

Confederate flag flap in holding pattern in Haywood

The Haywood County Board of Commissioners have postponed voting on a controversial flag display policy until after the New Year, but that did not keep Confederate flag supporters from protesting outside the county courthouse Monday.

Confederate group refuses to surrender

fr confederateflagThe ongoing Confederate flag tug-of-war in Haywood County took an unusual turn last week.

Haywood leaders likely to clamp down on Confederate flag displays

fr confedflagsThe Haywood County Board of Commissioners seem poised to adopt a policy that would severely limit the display of Confederate flags on county property.

I’ve got Confederates in my attic, but let’s get over it

op frEven though there’s little room for compromise, I’m going to step into the fray.

Haywood County commissioners are trying to come up with a policy about Confederate flags and whether they should be allowed at the Confederate memorial that adorns the courthouse lawn. The flags — tiny, hand-held ones at that — were offensive to at least one person who raised the issue to the county, but I suspect there are many others who find the symbol just as offensive but are keeping their mouths shut.

Haywood commissioners wade gingerly into Confederate flag fray

fr civilwarflagsAbout 20 Southern heritage supporters lined a bench of Haywood County’s historic courtroom in Waynesville Monday, a show of force county commissioners were likely prepared for as they took on the perpetually controversial issue of Confederate flags: are they a symbol of hate or of heritage?

Confederate flag controversery still unsettled in Haywood

Haywood County temporarily backed off its hard-line stance against tiny Confederate flags being stuck in the ground around the base of a memorial for Confederate soldiers on the lawn of the historic courthouse in Waynesville, but has once again started removing the flags.

After getting a complaint about the divisive symbol being placed on the courthouse lawn by Confederate supporters, the county decided to remove the tiny flags. That didn’t last long, however.

Confederate supporters protest flag removal at courthouse

fr confederateA protest was held this week in front of the Haywood County historic courthouse by Confederate supporters who say their flag is being discriminated against.

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