Showing the Colors in Newberry

Some random thoughts on our day at the Newberry Watermelon Festival

Free Florida First had an excellent day at the Newberry Watermelon Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2022

The weatherman had been calling for a rainout, but we did not experience any rain during our setup on Friday or during the festival on Saturday. The overcast skies and the breeze actually made the temperatures more tolerable. 

We did have fewer folks sign up for our flag raffle than usual, but the threat of bad weather may have played a large part in keeping some away. Still it was a very productive day. We met many like-minded folks and had over 50 entries in our raffle, which then allows us to contact them one more time via email and postal letter. We also sold almost $120 in flags, which we hope will be on display around the area. Additionally, we distributed over 100 informational flyers about our organization and our beliefs to interested visitors. 

Several folks expressed their appreciation for what we were doing and encouraged us to continue on. Lord willing we began some relationships that will endure.

On top of it all we were able to consume some excellent catfish from one of the festival’s food vendors. 

Our little band remains committed to getting out before the public and showing the colors as we are able. We continue to advocate for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida. 

Our advocacy does not sit well with everyone, however. I had an interesting visit at the GOP booth just up the way from where we were located. Upon noticing that they offered a booklet on the Federalist Papers, I recommended that they consider adding some literature from the Anti-Federalist as well and that got an immediate negative reaction. One of the gentlemen, who recognized me from previous years, dismissed me as a “secessionist” (which I am), and he proudly lauded the Federal system and the Leviathan that is called the “United States”. So much for the GOP. 

Those who are trusting in elections and the Republican party to save them from our current disaster are lashing themselves to a rapidly sinking ship.

As always, we got an occasional nasty look, but I heard nary a word. It’s always interesting to see how some folks are suddenly struck deaf and blind when we attempt to engage them in pleasantries as they pass by our booth.

Our trust remains in a Sovereign Lord. He alone can open eyes and ears and hearts. He has ever worked through a remnant -- and by His Grace, we are determined to be a part of that remnant.

As taken from Mr. Shakespeare’s Henry V:

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . “

And from the Holy Scriptures:

Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

1 Samuel 14:6
. . . for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

Thus, we endeavor to persevere.

From The Outlaw Josey Wales

Stay Southern, my friends!

Free Florida First advocates for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Deo Vindice!

TRUST GOD!

STAY IN THE FIGHT!

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER QUIT!

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Free Florida First will have a booth at the Newberry Watermelon Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2022

This will be the tenth anniversary of our first participation in the Newberry Watermelon Festival. In the past we have always had a pleasant and productive day. 

Nevertheless, we remain alert to potential conflict in light of the current political atmosphere, particularly given Newberry’s proximity to the socialist enclave of Gainesville (home of the Marxist University of Florida). But thus far we have experienced very little negative feedback. Still, we never know when BLM or Antifa or some other group of communist agitators may discover us -- regardless, we shall soldier on by the Grace of God.  His will be done!

We always sell a significant number of our flags and meet many like-minded folk.

The event is scheduled to be held from 9am-3:30pm at the Country Way Town Square in Newberry, Florida. Why don’t you come out and introduce yourself to us! (NOTE: Admission is free, but there is a parking fee of $5 per vehicle.)

Newberry Watermelon Festival Web Page
(includes interactive map at the bottom of the homepage):
   https://newberrywatermelonfestival.com/

Newberry Watermelon Festival Facebook Page:
   https://www.facebook.com/newberrywatermelonfestival

Every year we set up booths at several area festivals. It is an opportunity to get ourselves before the public and let folks know that some of us still strive to stand in the old ways and ask for the old paths. We proudly display the banners of our fathers and encourage folks to work for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Jeremiah 6:16a
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. . . .

We believe that it is increasingly important for us to show our devotion to the principles that undergirded the Confederate States of America and to make our presence known in our local community.  We strongly advocate for individual liberty and a minuscule government that is truly by the consent of the governed. Won’t you consider joining with us?

Here’s what our booth will look like (we shouldn't be hard to find):

And here are some of our compatriots who have manned the booth with us:

So, come out to the Watermelon Festival, visit with us, and buy some flags to help support our efforts, and then go home and fly them, to show your own commitment to liberty and truth.

Here’s a sample of the 3’ X 5’ flags we offer for sale at the festival for $10 each or three (3) for $25.

The proceeds from our sales help us to continue our work for liberty and truth.

Stand up and show your colors and FIGHT FOR DIXIE!

By the Grace of God we will continue to do so!

Free Florida First advocates for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Deo Vindice!

TRUST GOD!

STAY IN THE FIGHT!

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER QUIT!

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Invitation to Confederate Memorial Day 2022 at Landmark Baptist Church

Remembering Those Who Fought for Southern Independence

On April 23^rd and 24^th, Landmark Baptist Church and Free Florida First will jointly mark Confederate Memorial Day 2022.

You will find an online invitation and details of our events here:
www.libcfl.org/invite/

According to Florida Statutes, Confederate Memorial Day is a recognized legal holiday.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0600-0699/0683/Sections/0683.01.html

In today’s political climate, it’s not surprising that attempts are made virtually every year to eliminate the Confederate Memorial Day holiday, but fortunately it has been avoided yet another year. But regardless of what carpetbagger and scalawag politicians may do, our celebration will continue on, by the Grace of God.

In 1900 a red St. Andrew’s cross was added to our Florida’s State Flag as a remembrance of our Confederate ancestors and defenders.

The Confederate soldier is most worthy of remembrance and recognition. Those soldiers fought in defense of their homes, their families, their way of life, and their state. In spite of the prevalent lie that the modern day storm troopers of the amerikan empire are fighting for our freedom, the truth is that the Confederate soldier was the last veteran to fight in defense of our God-given rights.

That amerikan empire is no less tyrannical today. So, more than a mere remembrance, we have dedicated ourselves to taking up the banners and the Cause of our Confederate forebears. We seek a truly Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida. 

You will find a large display of historical flags at our observance. You’ll see the Betsy Ross flag (designed by the Southerner, George Washington). You’ll see the 15 striped “Star-spangled Banner” of which Southerner Francis Scott Key wrote his memorable poem.  Ironically, the tyrant Ape Lincoln imprisoned two of Key’s grandsons within the walls of Fort McHenry when they spoke out against his unconstitutional and immoral invasion of the South. Mr. Key’s words ring hollow today.

You’ll see the Florida secession flag of Colonel William Chase, who removed the multiple stars of the failed union from the blue field of the US flag and replaced them with the single-star of a Sovereign and Independent Florida.

What you will NOT see are any modern US flags. We DO NOT honor the flag of the invaders of our country, not on this day – not on any other day. Nor will we ever pledge allegiance to the tyrannical union by reciting a “Pledge of Allegiance” written by a South hating, socialist yankee.

Above is a replica of the Battle Flag of Florida’s Marion Light Artillery, in which my G-G-Grandpa, Sergeant John Cauthen Strickland, served. As the banner declares, he fought for “God and Our Rights” as free men. By the Grace of God, we hope to continue that struggle against the increasingly evil and perverse amerikan empire.

Quite simply, when it comes to the striped rag of the amerikan empire: “Ain’t my flag; Ain’t my country.” It has not been so since 1861. It appears to me that the time is approaching when true Southerners will be called upon to fight against that banner once again.

In the words of Major Innes Randolph, C.S.A. (taken from his poem, “I’m a Good Ole’ Rebel”): “I hates the yankee nation and everything they do . . . I hates their striped banner, and . . . I'm glad I fit against it, I only wish we'd won, and I don't want no pardon for anything I done.”

From time to time, some folks will admonish us that the war is over and that we should simply forget and move on. We have no intention of doing so. We happen to agree with Pastor R. L. Dabney, who served as Chief of Staff for Lt. General T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson:

“What, forgive those people who invaded our country, burned our cities, destroyed our homes, slain our young men, and spread desolation and ruin over our land? No, I do not forgive them.”

Furthermore, it’s not over yet -- not by a long shot. It’s not over as long as there are any of us who remember. It is not over as long as there are any of us still committed to picking up the banner and the Cause of our fathers and to continuing their struggle for independence and self-determination. That is why they hate our banners, our monuments, our remembrances, and above everything else – why they hate us.

We pray along with our great chieftain, Robert E. Lee, that God may be pleased to “give us a name and a place among the nations of the earth.”

If you are likewise inclined, come out and mark this day with us. On Saturday there will be a special memorial service at our flag pole, followed by placing flags on Confederate soldiers’ graves in a local cemetery.

Sunday there will be a special Confederate Memorial Day church service, in which Pastor Wilson preach on the Christian symbolism of our Confederate Flags. Last year he portrayed Chaplain George Boardman Taylor and delivered a sermon from a tract that he had written for Confederate soldiers who were convalescing in the hospital.If you like, you can listen to last year's Confederate Memorial Day service here:
https://libcfl.org/sermons/042521.mp3

We do not mark this day simply because some of our ancestors served in the Confederate Armed Forces. Many who will celebrate with us have no Confederate ancestors. We mark this day because those who fought against the northern invasion were right in their actions and pure in their motives.

We do not seek simply to remember those who struggled against the yankee invaders, but  as our ancestors noted in the Declaration of Independence in the First War for Independence, “we mutually pledge to each other  our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” in the struggle against Leviathan in the 21st Century.

Come out and encourage yourself and others as you fellowship with like-minded Southern patriots.

More pictures from last year’s events may be viewed here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2862910227263589&type=3

Online invitation and details of our events here:
www.libcfl.org/invite/

Free Florida First advocates for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Deo Vindice!

TRUST GOD!

STAY IN THE FIGHT!

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER QUIT!

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Farewell to Masks; Hello to a Bicolor Banner

For those who know me, this may sound a bit strange, but I’m actually kinda’ sad to see the masks fading away. They were a reliable way to sort out the folks you could probably rely on in virtually any circumstance that you found yourself in. It was very easy to distinguish the critical thinkers from the blind sheeple.

I’m not saying that the mask devotees were evil people, just that they were obviously very gullible and pliable, probably lacking any strong foundation or intellectual curiosity. The sort of folks you probably could not depend upon in a rough situation.

Now that the mask is falling into disuse, it can be more challenging to distinguish between the sheep and the lions on first glance. I have, however, found a new indicator that should prove to be just as reliable -- that being the blue and yellow bi-color of the Ukraine. Indeed the same folks who fell for the Covid narrative are now embracing the Ukrainian narrative that is being spun by the media and the U.S. government. The saddest part is that some folks who realized that the media and the government were lying about Covid are now believing every tall-tale that is being spun about the conflict in the Ukraine. I should not be surprised, but I would have hoped for better.

Understand that I have nothing but sympathy for the suffering people of the Ukraine and I recognize that Putin is a politician and, as such, is not to be trusted. But I also realize that the government of the Ukraine (represented by that blue and yellow flag) is a puppet of the evil amerikan empire. The current government there was set in place by the corrupt Obama administration in 2014, after manipulating the overturn of what was a duly elected government.

War is a terrible thing, as noted by General Robert E. Lee shortly after the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia in December of 1862:

“But what a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world!”

So, I’ll not be flying the blue and yellow flag of the Ukraine; or the white, blue and red tri-color of Russia. Most particularly, I will not be flying the striped rag of the evil amerikan empire at whose feet most of the carnage in the Ukraine can be laid.

The only flags I intend to be flying for here on out will be those of the Confederate States of America – the only country I acknowledge.

Now I understand that the situation in the Ukraine is extremely complicated. No one really understands it all, but I’ll recommend just a couple of articles, should you be interested in educating yourself. I just caution you, once again, against believing ANYTHING you hear from the media or from the U.S. government. NOTE: I don’t necessarily agree with every word, but these articles are helpful and worthy of consideration.

‘Madman Putin’: The Globalists’ Misinformation Play
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/03/madman_putin_the_globalists_misinformation_play.html

Ukraine in the Membrane
https://thegoodcitizen.substack.com/p/ukraine-in-the-membrane?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&s=r

I’ll just encourage you to use you noggin and think for yourself!

Free Florida First advocates for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Deo Vindice!

TRUST GOD!

STAY IN THE FIGHT!

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER QUIT!

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amerika is finished!

amerika is FINISHED! I offer just one brief, but nauseating and indisputable example.

On February 22, 1884 the magnificent statue to the Christian warrior, General Robert E. Lee was dedicated at Lee Circle in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Approximately 130 years later on May 19, 2017 it was removed at the order of evil, godless, and tyrannical politicians.

On January 22, 2022 the demonic monstrosity pictured below was erected in its place.

If you can stomach it, you can read the details here:
https://www.nola.com/news/article_5317d664-7baa-11ec-81a2-bffe2d231139.html

I rest my case!

Rest assured, God will not be mocked!

Reckoning is coming!

Revelation 18:4-6
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.  (5)  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.  (6)  Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Separate from the evil empire!

Free Florida First advocates for a Free, Independent, Godly, Prosperous, and Traditionally Southern Florida.

Deo Vindice!

TRUST GOD!

STAY IN THE FIGHT!

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER QUIT!

CLICK HERE to view a PDF of our weekly paper, Just for Your Consideration.

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