Mission Statement

Our Mission is to preserve the Confederate heritage in Alachua County, Fl., particularly as it relates to Hawthorne High/Middle School.

The Confederate Battle Flag is the flag of the confederate soldier and is the icon for our Southern Heritage.

Florida was a Confederate State from 1861 –1865 and many residents of Alachua County, Fl fought and died for the Confederate cause. The history of Alachua County is rich with Confederate history and heritage. For more on Florida's Confederate Heritage Click Here.

Alachua County’s Confederate heritage is not restricted to any race or color. There were soldiers from many races fighting on the side of the Confederates.

It is a fact that over 85% of the 4 million blacks in the South at the time of the War for Southern Independence stayed in the South and supported the Confederate cause. They worked on the farms and in the factories. They did so of their own free will as there was no one to force them to stay. All of the Southern men were fighting in the Confederate army. An estimated 50,000 blacks also served on the front lines as Confederate soldiers.

The Confederate battle flag is the flag of all who have Confederate heritage and that includes 85% of all black folks who had ancestors living in the United States during this period.

Hawthorne High/Middle School has allowed the Confederate Battle flag on apparel and other objects since the first day the doors were opened. There has never been one problem associated with the Confederate flag in the history of Hawthorne High.

And now comes principal Veita Jackson-Carter, who unilaterally and without cause imposes a ban on the Confederate Battle Flag at Hawthorne High/Middle School. In doing so, she violates the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and denies freedom of speech to her students.

Not only does she deny freedom of speech to her students, but she also denigrates all of those who cherish their Confederate ancestors and their Southern heritage. The implications of Carter’s Confederate heritage ban strikes directly at the self worth perception of all of the students who identify with their Confederate heritage. The denigration of their self worth has a tremendous negative effect on these students.

www.HawthorneHeritage.org is established to fight the injustice perpetuated by Principal Veita Jackson-Carter, to overturn her ban of the Confederate Battle Flag at Hawthorne High and to re-establish freedom of expression in this school.

We will do so by all legal means including, but not limited to, all political and judicial solutions.

www.HawthorneHeritage.org will serve as a center of communications for supporters of freedom of speech and Southern heritage. It will teach true history, inform you of related news and advise you of relevant resources. It will provide you with a place that you can express your views and suggest remedies for the gross conduct of principal Veita Jackson-Carter.

We urge you to get involved and join the fight to preserve your Southern heritage. Your children have the right to be proud of who they are. They have the right to be proud of their ancestors and their way of life. They have the right to express themselves without interference from school administrators who have their own agenda.

Visit us often and keep abreast of this struggle for freedom. We will not lie down and let our rights, freedoms and heritage be trampled. We will not succumb to political correctness.

It’s time to stand and fight for your children and their future.