Southern "pride" rallies 'round flag
A crisp breeze flutters through hundreds of flags, spring sunlight illuminating the banners held aloft by demonstrators marching up Capitol Avenue as a uniformed Confederate color guard leads the way. The banners, instantly recognizable with their large Confederate battle emblems, are the old state flag -- Georgia's "real flag," according to the marchers, who came to Atlanta from all over the state to denounce Gov. Sonny Perdue as a turncoat and a scalawag. [more]