That may be true.  Was the garrison fired on pre or post secession?  If post secession and called upon to surrender the fort they might have been lawfully an occupying foreign force.  At any rate this post is about my bike not racism perceived or otherwise.   I am as much to blame about hi jacking my own thread as anyone else I suppose, and for that I apologize.   I do like the helmet!  Many of our countrymen died for that flag in defense of their homes and neighbors, no small sacrifice that should not be discounted or misconstrued.   

Like I said before, I don't really care.

Nice paint job, I am envious, not of the paint job though.  It is well below freezing here in Mn and supposed to snow Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  I have really had it with winter....

Im not too sure abotu anyone else but that general lee joke didnt fly over my head.  Im guess some people on here have never watched the dukes of hazard.  That was a refereance to the color of orange used in this particular paint job.  Im sure there wasnt any racist undertone meant.