Canadian Confederates

[wondering]

Okay. I live in a quiet Canadian city out west on the prairie (sort of like Texas north, got hang ups with beef and oil and such, but not as many handguns). So I am pulling into my neighborhood this aft after getting the obligatory 15 pack on sale, and what do I see? A guy pulling out of my hood with a circa 1990 rusty-blue GMC pick-up. But on the front plate (we are only required by law to have a back plate), he has a confederate flag.

This catches my attention a bit, and I look up to see the driver (swear to God) looks like one of the ZZ-Top boys, huge mountain-man beard, dark shades and all! This is kind of weird. I have never seen confederate dudes driving around here before, but still, he looked like a nice guy.

 

[Linda Duff]

I live in Ontario...you know "the have not province" and there are guys here with Confederate flags on their pick-ups and the drivers just look like normal old Canadians...who knows maybe Alberta has more ZZ Top afficianados than Ontario does.

 

[Mosin]

I have no direct knowledge of this particular subject so I decided to Google it...please don't chastise me for using Google, . Anyway, one of the first things I found was this blog from several years ago. I'm not sure what the author was going for...be sure to read the comments.
http://watchingcanada.ca/displaying-the-confederate-flag-in-canada/

Mosin

 

[JRJ]

I was intrigued by the title, and I was not disappointed.
It reminded me of this picture:

and the song "The Newfie Stomp" then again, anytime I think of Canada, i think of that song.

 

[Freddy]

The claim is that 1ok Canadians fought for the South and 5k for the North. Perhaps just some folks honoring their ancestors?

 

[JRJ]

The claim is that 1ok Canadians fought for the South and 5k for the North. Perhaps just some folks honoring their ancestors?

That is quite a claim. I would like to see some reports/letters/pictures things like that.

 

[Linda Duff]

I was intrigued by the title, and I was not disappointed.
It reminded me of this picture:

and the song "The Newfie Stomp" then again, anytime I think of Canada, i think of that song.

Actually these guys are "Pioneers" ...pretty tough outfit according to my sons.

 

[Freddy]

That is quite a claim. I would like to see some reports/letters/pictures things like that.

Actually, it is 50k for the North as I left off a zero. Many Canadians were living in the US during the Civil War years. However, I have seen varying estimates.

http://pvtchurch.tripod.com/

 

[Robtweb1]

Okay. I live in a quiet Canadian city out west on the prairie (sort of like Texas north, got hang ups with beef and oil and such, but not as many handguns). So I am pulling into my neighborhood this aft after getting the obligatory 15 pack on sale, and what do I see? A guy pulling out of my hood with a circa 1990 rusty-blue GMC pick-up. But on the front plate (we are only required by law to have a back plate), he has a confederate flag.

This catches my attention a bit, and I look up to see the driver (swear to God) looks like one of the ZZ-Top boys, huge mountain-man beard, dark shades and all! This is kind of weird. I have never seen confederate dudes driving around here before, but still, he looked like a nice guy.

Now you just need more guns.