earth. a lot of people don t understand the sons of confederate veterans. the confederate battle flag is the soldiers flag. our ancestors. that s why we so proud of it. to you sons of confederate veterans, it is your duty to see that the true history of the south is presented to future generations, and that s what we try to do. and that s a tough job. here s a picture of maurice. we was right down there by the flagpole, selling confederate stuff. i m maurice bessinger, chairman of the board of piggy park incorporated. mr. maurice was a member of this camp. he owned and operated nine barbecue restaurants and one in
maurice bessinger planned it just so he could shove that flag up everybody s ass in the stiff orangeburg for eternity. he said he sent them a message saying if they want their flag and marker they need to come and get it. what if i donate the whole property to the confederacy and they put flags and swastikas and everything, is the city going to be on board with that? i m getting ready for pickup. the sons of confederacy, i m done with them. no days go by without something happening. okay. since we were here last, you can see where he s been digging around the monument.
i think they ve got someone telling them make sure it don t come down. but i don t know if i ll ever get to the bottom of it. it sucks. the controversy over a confederate flag continues tonight. justin and i have tried to exhaust all reasonable avenues, and it s just not working. tommy darris is now threatening to remove the flag and confederate marker himself. maurice bessinger planned it just so he could shove that flag up everybody s ass in the city of orangeburg for eternity. what if i donate this whole property to the sons of confederacy and they put flags and swastikas or whatever. is the city going to be okay with that? no. so they better get their asses on board.
this is the actual zoning map. we can zoom in, and you ll see, that s us right here. that entire area is zoned business commercial. that s it. this is the little piece that this fight is over. how is 0.003 acres a legitimate business commercial piece of property? it s not. the sons of confederate veterans want to use that piece of property to keep maurice bessinger s hateful legacy living on in to perpetuity. in orangeburg, a battle to remove a confederate flag that flies next to an ice cream shop continues tonight. they took their concerns to the city with the hopes of where the zoning where the flag sits could be challenged.
a bitter debate, south carolina removed the confederate flag from the state house. after 38 years, the flag began its descent down the flag pole. july 1st, 2000, the flag was taken off the dome in columbia. how the flag got here on the bean pole, to protest the taking down of our heritage flag. it went up in orangeburg that same day. mr. maurice called me one day and asked me if we would like to are the little piece of property where the flag is. that was one last thing he needed to worry about. after the incident in charleston, the whole emphasis changed to the flag. i said if the flag is going to be under attack, the bigger the better.