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From: James Kirby <>
Subject: Bonnie Blue Flag was Re: Dixie Scots
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:50:46 -0600


All,

Go to http://rampages.onramp.net/~jtcreate/csapol.htm fo a picture of the Bonnie
Blue flag.

Regards,

James Kirby

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> Ok guys,
> Here's another "Did it come from the Scots?" question.
>
> In Gone With the Wind... Melanie looks down at Scarlet and Rhett's baby
> and says,"Why, her eyes are as blue as the bonny blue flag."
> That statement always confused me. The American flag was red, white
> blue; the Confederate Stars and Bars was red, white and blue. The only flag
> I can think of that fits the situation is the Scottish flag. Am I right?
> But Scarlet O'Hara's heredity was Irish and Rhett Butler's was English
> wasn't it? So was the Scottish flag a well known one in the Southern US
> after the Civil War? Possibly there were Confederate units made up of men of
> Scottish descent who fought under that flag in the war???
>
> Just another one of those things that has been on my mind for ages.
>
> Cherri LaDolce
> The Bronx
> "You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to
> follow through." -- Rosalyn Carter
>

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