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Hey, thanks for the link. Sincerely. Clearly, there is more to the story than I first assumed and understood. I do think there is still some debate about the t

Hey, thanks for the link. Sincerely. Clearly, there is more to the story than I first assumed and understood. I do think there is still some debate about the timelines involved, though. A 1984 article in the Harvard Crimson indicates that the Fort Sumter flag was raised prior to the California 100 flag: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alternative-pi-am-not/?page=single https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alterna... But the Snopes article indicates that Bradley brought down the California 100 flag in favor of the Fort Sumter flag. I didn’t intend to “revise history” by my post. Hopefully no one takes it that way.

wahern 6y ago
I didn't mean to imply that you were trying to revise history; I was referring to the article you cited, and in turn the Bayview article cited by that article. For sure one wonders exactly what was going through Feinstein's mind during those 3 days. She's a deft, successful politician so I have little doubt there was some self-serving motivations at play. But her defiance and obtuse expression of authority in the face of a lawless action (however just) is textbook Feinstein. And it taking only 3 days for her to order its removal is fast even by today's standards, and even in San Francisco.