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The First National Flag flying in front of the Grimes County Courthouse
in Anderson, Texas, as part of Confederate History and Heritage month.

"...governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."

"The Principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form."

"Governor, if I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no sir, not by me. Had I foreseen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in this right hand."

"I hope the day will never come that my grandsons will be ashamed to own that I was a Confederate Soldier."