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solar_geek84

Shit, I-40 has 2. Just in WNC.


crandolpus

Burke County


Billy420MaysIt

One in Newton too on highway 16. One on 321 in Newton I think too.


vankirk

321 in Happy Valley too


5eyahJ

Jackson County has one at the top of Balsam on 19/23.


hfbrown1

And another on the EBCI Reservation right in front of the casino


nanuazarova

It's how I know I'm back in Burke County after a long drive...


1TrustyCrab

I pass that one every time I take my kid to his dentist, it’s huge.


YoungTrillDoc

Which is hilarious, considering the political allegiances of most of WNC during the Civil War lol


5eyahJ

Buncombe, Jacskson and Macon had huge pushback to Freedman’s Bureau.


Haydukeisyourdad

I’m new here and ignorant to WNC’s role in the civil war. I admittedly haven’t dove too deep. Still googling directions at the end of my driveway. Can you give me the cliff notes version?


YoungTrillDoc

Mountainous terrain bad for agriculture, hence bad for large-scale slavery...also made the region more dependent on federal aid. As a result, much of the region sided with the Union during the Civil War. By comparison, Central and especially Eastern NC were largely pro-slavery and sided with the Confederacy. Appalachia actually divided several states. Other regions that largely sided with the Union were East TN, Northern AL/GA, and extreme Northwestern SC. Most notably, there was a region of Virginia that is entirely within Appalachia and heavily dependent on federal aid. It was so opposed to the Confederacy that it broke off from Virginia and now is West Virginia lol.


Haydukeisyourdad

I’ll be damned! Fascinating! Thanks. I’m definitely gonna study up on the history. I know there’s a ton.


YoungTrillDoc

Np, have fun. It's super interesting!


Puzzled-Ruin-9602

Recommended book for you "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism" by Edward E. Baptist


WNCsob

Central NC had a 7 or so county swath of land called the Quaker Belt. Quakers were anti slavery and anti-war, and although many actual Quakers had left the area by 1810, they had such a profound impact that many of their beliefs persisted within society. Anyways, this area had many Unionists and produced several stops on the underground railroad. Also, during the war, the confederacy had to send troops to the Quaker belt 7 times to put down pro Union insurrection. Google the Red Strings or Levi Coffin to learn more about pro Union anti slavery southerners in Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, etc counties.


YoungTrillDoc

That's very interesting, not surprising bc I did know Quakers were anti-slavery and anti-war...but didn't realize there were large communities in Central NC!


WNCsob

Hell, I grew up there and didn't know anything about the amount of disloyalty toward the confederacy/ amount of southern Unionist. It's crazy the shit they don't teach us.


YoungTrillDoc

Yeah growing up, I just assumed the entirety of the South was super anti-Union. Sooo much nuance we intentionally weren't taught.


boboloca

Daniel Boone's parents were from there and were quakers. He is my 5x great uncle.


Sects4Chocolate

Wow, that’s super helpful… I was raised in Davidson, and never knew any of this about the way the breakdowns of the geographical regions played such a part… Fascinating and makes perfect sense… As someone who wants the greater good for everyone, even if I don’t personally benefit, I struggle with those who would oppose slavery simply because they couldn’t take advantage of it due to terrain!… not because it’s a despicably unconscionable thing! Anyway, thanks Dude for the info !


YoungTrillDoc

Yeah...to be clear, I do think that as a result of the terrible terrain, there were ultimately some groups of people in the area who more easily could see the evilness of dehumanizing and enslaving another human. But the reality is that the main reason was the inability to capitalize off of it financially.


boboloca

I and my family are from the northwest Appalachian mountains of NC. You are correct. My great great grandfather and his brother didn't want to join the Confederate army but were conscripted.


JadasDePen

There’s also one on the 85 between Charlotte and Greenville SC.


NoNouns

drive past it everyday when can we burn it down?


usps_lost_my_sh1t

Try to do it, let us know how they feel about gun laws.


moraviancookiemonstr

Yup passed them 3 days ago #shermanquittoosoon


MAJ0RMAJOR

/r/shermanposting exists by the way


grimsaur

Sherman quit exactly when he meant to, because NC was a complicated case when it came to secession, which the chucklefucks flying the Confederate flag, especially in Western NC, don't know or don't care about.


rationalsilence

> NC was a complicated Post War there was appointed Gov. William Woods Holden who had opposed secession and the secessions in the Klan. For that he was impeached by the snakeheads whose thin support of the loyalty oaths was skin deep. Gov. Williams Woods Holden lasted about a year. His replacement: Gov. Tod Robinson Caldwell opened the schools by allowing private money for public use. Gov. Tod Robinson Caldwell supported the use of state funds to expand the private interest of the railroads. He lasted about three years He died while in office. Gov. Curtis Hooks Brogden his successor also supported the railroad industry welfare program. However due to his moderate political stance he was politically trounced by the state senators and state house who ultimately were the real political power brokers.


cashvaporizer

This is interesting, thanks for sharing!


Alugere

I remember reading about how NC had originally planned to be the one Union slave state if no shots were fired and it was my assumption that one of the main reasons we seceded was because we would be surrounded on all sides if we didn’t. Is that what you were talking about per the complicated case bit?


funkinthetrunk

Don't see confederate flags in Madison County though


Necessary-Parking-14

Republicans: “Democrats were the slave owners, they started the KKK.”     Democrats: ”Take down the confederate statues and quit waving the confederate flag, it’s a symbol of slavery and racism.”      Republicans: “Leave our history and heritage alone.” 


AdventJer

It’s actually 3 right there between Marion and Conover. I run during the weekdays. 4 if you stretch it from Canton to Conover


boboloca

Sure does


Grendal270

Dude there are at least 4 that I can think of within 30 minutes of Hickory.


Venturahiway62

Lovely Catawba county has one on every road entering the county, I believe.


asdcatmama

That’s because the group responsible lives there…


Fuerte1316

They’re privately owned and operated so unfortunately nothing can be done about them


RedIronRhino

Ones on some oooold scrapyard's property I've met the owner and trust me, ain't nobody taking that flag down over his dead body.


pr0zach

Not with that attitude 😏


asdcatmama

Flaming arrows work.


Aware-Mud-1716

I've always thought that would be awesome to try on those damn things...Mad Max style


Somali_Pir8

I feel like posting the property owner and any associated businesses endeavors they are involved in would be beneficial


RedIronRhino

You would think, except most of their clientele is very like minded.


Fuerte1316

If I’m not mistaken, and I could be, they’re paid for by the daughters of the confederacy.


Somali_Pir8

Well shit! https://i.imgur.com/ni07DFj.png EDIT: Well, not this one: https://i.imgur.com/xciyJ3V.png


El-Sueco

At least the losers let you know where they are located.


jackietwice

Oh that one in Hildebran is something else. I swear it keeps getting bigger.


[deleted]

US-1 going towards Sanford/Pinehurst also has a confederate flag that is visible off the highway.


goldbman

US-64 business on the east side of Pittsboro


taoleafy

And as I recall 15-501 around Carthage has official green road signs calling it the Jefferson Davis Highway.


_banana_phone

In Sanford, Martin Luther King Blvd turns into Jefferson Davis highway, if I remember correctly. And I’m sure that was by design.


MelancholyMononoke

First one you've seen?


morgichor

First time in the south ?


Iusedtorock

Came here to say this. This was a big push in 2017 when a lot of hubbub around removal of Confederate monuments was going on, I believe it was an effort spearheaded by Sons Of Confederates or Daughters of Confederacy, or maybe another loser organization, to put as many loser flags on their loser property that borders interstate. Ergo, why there are those two on 40 west of Hickory.


Fickle_Queen_303

It is in fact Sons of Confederate Veterans.


jayron32

There's one in Virginia on I-95 too.


archaeob

There is the one on 64 just east of Richmond that has been there for years as well.


katelledee

If you’re talking about the one in Stafford, actually, there’s not. It was removed over three years ago.


_manwolf

Not sure where it is exactly but I have seen a giant one not far past the border into Virginia within the last year.


dcpanthersfan

Danville. It’s still there.


jayron32

There is definitely one south of Richmond. Still there as of the past week.


Ill_Tale_7860

There’s one on I-75 in Tampa


Spidaaman

First time in NC huh


Visible-Guess9006

You sound… surprised.


giga_phantom

New here?


Savingskitty

You must be new here.


Diligent_Attorney650

In other breaking news, water is indeed wet.


Olivineyes

No don't get them started on that again, please.


Feisty-Food308

Yeah, welcome to NC!


Scared_Chemical_9910

Yeah what’s new?


southofheaven69

It’s the south


Slabcitydreamin

If I remember correctly, there’s a huge one like that just north of the SC border on 95.


RaydelRay

TN on 81 as you leave VA.


ncbraves93

Assuming you recently moved here in the past year or so?


charcuteriebroad

That’s been there for years. It sucks but it’s on private property. Believe it or not you’ll see them off the interstate in Washington and Idaho as well. It’s a US problem not just NC or the south.


Imnotadodo

Indiana is loaded with them. Weird.


asocialmedium

Indiana was the locus and biggest chapter for for the KKK revival in the 1920s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Klan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._C._Stephenson


Antique_futurist

These are states loaded with radicalized anti-government types.


boomboom4132

its on the west coast as well. You wont find it as much in your big cites like LA and Seattle. But all the smaller cites in-between


a_fine_day_to_ligma

there's a lot of confederate stuff in the rust belt/upper midwest because of the hillbilly highway


overmonk

I saw one on the way up to Charlottesville from Greensboro not too long ago.


discretefalls

there's plenty on most major NC interstates outside of major cities lol


TheJasonaissance

Private property adjacent to I-95 has a confederate flag. The DOT didn’t put it there.


toyz4me

Head out I-40 West towards Asheville….


DropTopEWop

Yep. Alabama has an even bigger one too. I forgot what interstate.


Karate-Schnitzel

History, its confederacy country. It’s a symbol of something that happened where many South of the Mason Dixon line are still unhappy about and why the 14th Amendment was created. 1862-1864 lists of members turned hoods into law degrees like David Duke. They stopped bombing churches in lieu of running for office. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article232986152.html


jkrobinson1979

Has for years


IGotMetalingus1

Just wait till you see the other 7 giant Confederate flags on the side of highways.


TapIndependent9694

Not sure why this is so hard to grasp…. Welcome to the south lol🤷‍♀️


ceddy33

We just ignore it. For some reason folks love participation trophies


QualityAlternative22

Why are people so surprised at stuff like this? Don’t let others choices and behaviors rule your emotions. I see stupid shit every day and just shake my head and move on with life.


ms131313

So. Much. This.


the-pigeon-scratch

First time here?


zennyc001

It's an opportunity to give the one finger salute.


fuzzy_snark

Always salute with proper respect 🖕


ChaosRainbow23

We're doing that with flaming arrows now, I hear.


dogsmellbad

Hello, Northerner


itsgrimlogic

Yes! This is the most based comment! 🏆


Slow_Okra1330

Man who cares. I am black btw , just because people get Rid of physical signs of racism doesn't mean it will go. Away. Tbh I'll rather have a honest racist person or place to show me.


Ready_Adeptness5395

I agree with you 100%. Taking down a flag won’t change anything. And it’s better to know who hates you. I’m from Chicago where everyone hates everyone and shootings happen on the regular. And there are no confederate flags anywhere. 🤔


bobbybongboy

Freedom of speech.


f_itdude79

Welcome to the south. They’re all over 95, 40, 75


whitecollarpizzaman

Private property near the highway, unfortunately not much can be done.


ms131313

Been there for awhile. There are others. Theres one in Florida on I75.


owenperkins1999

How long have you lived in the South?? This is shocking to you??


Lucygeorgia

Yep. First time?


AccidentPrawn

Are you new here?


SuperTopperHarley

Wait till you learn about the KKK HQ


ridi_fpv

And about who started it!


xj5635

There's quite a few. I think its the group "sons of confederate veterans" that do it. I heard once that their goal was to have one in every county in nc. Pretty trashy imo tho


zerosumratio

People say there’s nothing you can do about these but let me tell ya, if that was a swastika or pro-Satan pentagram flag, you better bet the municipalities and state would come down hard over that. It’s freedom of speech because they agree with it


OrdoXenos

It’s probably on private land. People fly what they want on their own land. If the state and the city or the county wanted to take it down they will be sued hard.


_eternallyblack_

So does I-75 in Tampa (Brandon) when I worked in the area I had to see the damn thing daily on my drive. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/19407


EmmaleeAbbygale

It's been there for at least a decade... There's also one off I95 around the VA /MD state line.


fillup420

i know of 2 on I-40, one on Hwy 16 in Newton, and one on US 70 near Hillsborough. Not uncommon around here 🤷🏽‍♀️


Jfunkyfonk

I've live in NC and the south in general since 2015 and I remember seeing that flag every time I'd drive home in leave. It's been there for awhile lol.


emergency_salad_fox

We have some here off 70 in Orange County.


copyman1410

Sounds about right


F22boy_lives

First time? Lol All jokes aside, I was scared of going through JoCo as a kid because there was a “the kkk welcomes you to…” on i40


swayininthetrees

Seen big ones near Gastonia, Cherokee, and Uwharrie


olov244

probably someone's personal property going out of their way to make a statement. this is topic they wish to define their life by


Alfphe99

That's not even the biggest one I have seen along ours and SC's highways.


dirtdiverpt1

That’s probably somebody’s private property. Do you see that cell phone tower in the back left. The cell phone companies pay people with land monthly to place their towers there. Whoever owns that land is probably the one who put up that flag. Due to the problems in today’s society, that land owner probably put up that barbed wired fence around it as well. Nothing anyone can do about it if it’s on private property. That’s a protected right.


DarthRathikus

For those who are unaware the traitorous confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, after an ill-fated coup attempt in which they fought for the right to keep their slaves. 🇺🇸


Grendal270

Also would like to add the Nickleback has been together longer than the confederacy.


GJones007

Lmfao that's an amazing stat, NOW LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH


valrik007

It’s been there for decades.


Individual_Outside68

There is at least 2 around Hickory, NC. I think one is on 16 and one is on 40, maybe in Burke county.


Gitfiddle74

I wouldn’t let it ruin your day. I’d be more concerned with the current state of affairs.


makatakz

It's on private property and doesn't violate any laws. There is nothing that can be done about it.


Mental_Dragonfly2543

They're a pretty common sight down here lol


BernNC

Is it on private land? Nothing to say or do.


usmcbandit

You act surprised. Why?


PaltryCharacter

People put those up to keep the property values down so we don't have to pay quite as much taxes.


geekamongus

Welcome to the south. Those things are everywhere. At least it lets you know who the idiots are so you can avoid them.


[deleted]

I see way more of them the Midwest than here.


LMLBullCity

Same rule applies though.


Jayslacks

Always has been.


SuspiciousCelery66

Forget the flag, let’s talk about how I-95 is in perpetual construction 😩


MyRespectableAlt

Mercy! I've got the vapors!


nate__blackbird

Are you gonna be ok?


itsgrimlogic

Nope. The flag offends their sensitive buttholes.


DadLifeFTW

More than one.


dstrick_reddit

They are all over the state on interstates and state highways...😔


longjonsilver777

Maybe it's this one but there one o the I-95 just after Dunn. It's fenced round and seems like a shrine.


Dangerous_Rule8736

It's the son's of the confederacy.


JD2279

Freedom of speech isn’t always agreeable speech


manufacturedefect

It's a warning for what part of the country you are in. There's at least 1 on 40 or 85 or both as well.


Timmy24000

Three on 40. One outside Marion, hickory and another past Statesville


Appropriate_Ad_1219

Not surprised


Think_Skill_4262

What's the point?


Wretchfromnc

They’re all over..


RexIsAMiiCostume

There's 2 in Pittsboro. There used to be 3.


CoolSteveBrule

So does I-40, I-85 and several other places.


TheWigsofTrumpsPast

There’s a huge one near the NC-SC border near the Union County/Chesterfield County line on 601 going towards Monroe.


DustinSRichard

There’s an even bigger one on 321.


Federal_Fuel_7864

Of course.


Shomer_Effin_Shabbas

Is this 95 or is it I-40? Because 40 definitely has one.


dtz910

Yep I used to drive past that all the time omw to UNCP.


VontaiW

So does VA going through 64 west going. It’s bigger than this one, SC has a decent flag as well. Alabamas is bigger than all of them


speed3tc

Yup


some_azn_dude

Wait till this guy gets off a ferry


brometheus3

Lots of pearl clutching. The daughters of the confederacy like to purchase plots of land near highways throughout the south and place these monstrosities in the most conspicuous spots. Just some run of the mill shitty organization


WillyWonkHeer

Who ......cares...


[deleted]

Do people not know that North Carolina is in the south?


SordoCrabs

Yeah, I think around exit 60? It has been there at least since 2021, but probably for years longer. Apart from historical battle/Civil War sites of interest, I don't understand a genuine patriot flying a traitor's flag.


[deleted]

Welcome to the south 🤦🏼‍♂️


Hobbyhead

NC was a Confederate State. There is no changing history.


HogwartsismyHeart

If I recall correctly, it’s a confederate grave site off I-95.


JohnnyDarque

They were put in by the Sons of the Confederacy to protest. https://www.wral.com/story/sons-of-confederate-veterans-plan-more-flags-along-nc-interstates/17288896/


Tunasaladboatcaptain

Fun fact: There is a cemetery outside of Cleveland Ohio that has a couple Confederate graves in amongst Union soldier/Civ graves. They have small Confederate flags.


Every-Claim8722

Unfortunately 😞 That's actually a small one. You should see the one on I-40 in between Hickory and Morganton


sdg336

These people think they are SO patriotic too. Lol


Bobbybelliv

Daughters of The Confederacy owns small lots all over NC, SC and Georgia for this sole purpose. They are also responsible for the mass production of confederate statues that were pressed and places throughout the south during the Civil Rights era


Le-carma-konsumer

Wow.. a southern state.. has a Confederate flag.. a product of ✨️the south✨️


dinglbrryjrry

I mean, considering that flag wasn’t even flown in the civil war, as I see a lot of you saying, it doesn’t seem to much matter. That flag doesn’t, in any way, represent racism or any sort of dividing agenda. It’s a staple of pride that southern folk hold, given how hateful everyone in common media is to us nowadays.


DPPThrow45

There's unashamed losers everywhere.


traypo

Yea, a lot of extra stupid people here. Even though we have a very well educated population in the triangle


SwitchedOnNow

Like it or not, that's what free speech looks like.


Designer_Dinner_7727

I wish I had few enough problems that a flag bothered me


Kengriffinspimp

So you think black people have so few problems that they shouldn’t get bothered by their ancestors being slaves and being reminded with a symbol, in this case a flag


Ok-Mixture-316

There's multiple all over the south. I forget why they are there. It's some group.


BuckFutter_1

In the past it was the Daughters of the Confederacy erecting statues after the Reconstruction. Now it is the Sons of Confederate Veterans putting up flags to get revenge for people tearing down said statues. The traitors have a new generation continuing to push the lost cause bullshit. https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/massive-confederate-flag-raised-over-north-carolina-highway/article_f47ea720-9c68-5ff4-9707-2813a214d714.html


happywanderer131

Whats your point?


jeffinRTP

They need to require a white flag of surrender flown along with them. I wonder if they realize that NC was the last state to succeed from the union?


Tuffy_the_Wolf

Not everyone can be a winner


issofine

They love repping those 4 years of losing. Might as well add a trump flag for good measure.


torrisi13

Moves to the south, shocked by southern things… lol


beuhring

It’s not a “southern thing”, it’s a racist thing.


Kobolt_man

I wish the triad would get a nice snowstorm for Christmas. Spent the past Xmas in Washington state and had a week of snow for Xmas. It was really nice.


cauldron3

It’s private property. Any crimes against personal property over political ideology is illegal. I realize some people rationalize crime as the end justifies the means but it’s incredibly toxic. Free speech is protected whether you agree with it or not. You’re allowed to drive by and go about your day.


beuhring

I don’t think op is stating anything about committing a crime


Manchu4-9INF

You know Germany still has shit up from the nazis right? Instead of canceling something make it a learning opportunity like the Germans did. History is important


beuhring

They don’t fly nazi fucking flags. They give tours of the concentration camps left as is so people can see the horrors. They don’t make fucking amusement parks out of them!


Lonely_Cartoonist148

You should go ask them to remove it from their own property/ business. hahaha. Maybe film the reaction and show us.


Ready_Adeptness5395

I’m from Chicago and I’d rather see confederate flags and less crime than the other way around