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Numerous-Mix-9775 t1_iv5ocs5 wrote

Reply to comment by bobone77 in Flying north over intersection of present day Highway 60 and 65 in 1956 by var23

Basically my opinion. I said I thought the old flag looked like it had been designed by fourth-graders (turned out it was high schoolers but still) and the elements chosen had virtually no significance (unlike the new one where everything was chosen due to significance), and I didn’t understand why people were suddenly freaking out about “preserving the history” of the old flag and trying to find ways of buying one, and maybe they should take that money and give it to organizations that were trying to preserve ACTUAL history. Little Dick Crabtree didn’t like that.

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var23 OP t1_iv5uifd wrote

He is a bit of a loon in that regard.

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Globalksp t1_iv8dgdp wrote

Woah this is Crabtree’s group? Tell me more (new to SGF and his name has come up recently when looking into researching the history of our home).

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Numerous-Mix-9775 t1_iv8x5q0 wrote

He does a lot of historical research - he’s also a real estate agent, I believe, and he’s worked with a lot of historic properties. Great stories and he gets a lot of pictures from the News-Leader archives. He also rules the group with an iron fist and will instantly kick out and block anyone who dissents in any way. I joined another local history FB group and there are a dozen stories of people who pissed off Richard Crabtree.

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