NH Pastor’s Plea to Man Flying Confederate Flag in Exeter

Pastor Emily C. Heath penned an open letter on her blog to a man that was flying the Confederate flag on his truck.

The use of the Confederate flag continues to be a national debate that has even reached the north.

Emily C. Heath's wife took a picture of a truck flying the flag in front of the Rite-Aid in Exeter, NH. The Senior Pastor of the Congregational Church in Exeter, New Hampshire then penned an open letter with questions for the man who chose to display the flag.

She calls out the man by saying New Hampshire was not a part of the Confederacy, and asks why he would need to use a symbol that invokes hatred.

Here we are in a northern town, a place that gave her sons up to the Union Army and lost them on the battlefields of the Civil War. A place where locals organized early against slavery and led the charge against it across the country. A place where 150 years ago that flag would have been seen as a symbol of treason.

Heath continues that the owner of the flag may think they are a "rebel," but explains that the flag brands them as a racist. She closes by telling the anonymous man to search his soul for an answer.

Please. Our town doesn’t need those flags. And, if you look inside and find your better self, you’ll find that neither do you.