I would like to thank Richard Boarts, without whose help and donation of a beautiful 3x5 sewn cotton two-sided 1956 flag, money, and personal connections this wouldn't have been possible. Thanks to American Grafics of Tallapoosa for the final and wonderful artwork. Steve Scroggins gets mucho kudos for his excellent computer wizardry in creating my proposal in JPG format, and to say a heartfelt thanks and wish you were here to Rodney Waller and John Sammons Bell. None of this could be possible without my very loving, patient, understanding and enduring wife Janet.

Inspired by the 2002 Trenton, Georgia, City Flag, tonight I went before the Mount Zion City Council and pitched my idea for a City of Mount Zion Flag. It was not all smooth sailing as I hoped, but in the end it passed unanimously. Today, April 10th, 2007 at 7:43pm - Mount Zion is the proud flyers of a modified 1956-2001 / 2007 flag.

I had begun my proposal by beginning a petition drive. My self-imposed time limit was about one month long, beginning in early March. At first I felt like going door to door but a new job and child care responsibilities removed that thought and I was left with a sporadic 'do it when I can effort.' I wound up with three full pages of signatures by Council meeting tonight at 6PM.

Mount Zion has near 1,500 residents, and is located in Carroll County six miles from Carrollton and eight miles from Bremen. The 1956 flag has been a popular sight here in the city, with three new sightings this year. Mount Zion has always been very accommodating to Southern Heritage by signing Confederate Heritage and History Month Proclamations - finally making perpetual in 2006. They have also flown the First National and Robert E Lee HQ Flag. Finally this January they made 2007 the Year of Lee via Proclamation.

In a strange twist of hilariously funny fate, one of the petition signers, Mount Zion Godfather Jack Dorsey (Former Mayor, historian, and Mount Zion political busybody) was # 3 signer on the petition, but when the vote came up, Mr Dorsey said he not against the flag, but wanted the Mount Zion citizens to be allowed to vote on such a decision like a city flag because "controversy will surely follow". One of the Councilwomen held up the petition and said it looks "as if the citizens have already voted - including you!" Mayor Griffin stated it is controversial to someone when he bangs the gavel on the table instead of the little round wooden block.

After that stumbling block, Councilman Neal said "I make the motion to adopt the flag" then Councilman Newman seconded, and the vote was unanimous. A reporter for the Carroll Star was there, who are very Heritage friendly as well.

Please send Mayor John Griffin and the Mount Zion City government thanks and support -- contact info below.

I will now begin working on mass producing them. I will be taking orders in the near future.

Mayor John Griffin

Council members

• Sue Bloodworth
• Jane Cammons
• Jay Neal
• Don Newman