Flags -

also see the Pledges to the Flags below (more flag info and links to follow)

Bonnie Blue Flag       

The first recorded use of the lone star flag dates to 1810. On September 11, 1810, a troop of West Florida dragoons set out under this flag to declare their independence from Spanish rule. They were joined by other republican forces and captured Baton Rouge, and on September 23, raised their Bonnie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge. Three days later, the president of the West Florida Convention signed a Declaration of Independence, and the flag became the emblem of the new Republic of West Florida. By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after President Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisiana Territory. 

With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1839. 

On January 9, 1861 the convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession. With this announcement the Bonnie Blue flag was raised over the capitol building in Jackson. 

Harry Macarthy, an Irish actor who billed himself as the Arkansas Comedian, was so inspired that he wrote a song entitled "The Bonnie Blue Flag" which became the second most popular patriotic song of the Confederacy. 

The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in 1861. 

Pledges 

United States Flag

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Palmetto State Flag

I salute the Flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State, love, loyalty and faith.

Confederate States Flag

I salute the confederate flag with affection, reverence and undying remembrance to the cause for which it stands.