BOYCOTT HOLIDAY INN

There was a war. The South was invaded. Homes were burned, property destroyed, people killed, women raped. Most able-bodied Southern men responded, suffered wounds and death in a futile effort to defend what was theirs. A powerful British corporation, Bass PLC, bought Holiday Inns and now has responded to pressure from the malcontent NAACP by removing state flags that include Confederate symbols. They label Southerners who resorted to self-defense as racists, bigots and oppressors. To hell with them! Sleep in your car, if necessary, but never in a Holiday Inn.
Southern Patriots’ Pledge

WHEREAS, a British-controlled multinational corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Bass-PLC, owns the Holiday Inns system, doing business mostly in the South through franchisees, and

WHEREAS, this company has removed the state flag of Georgia from company-owned motels and pressured franchisees in the state of Georgia to do likewise because the flag incorporates the Cross of St. Andrew, a symbol from the Confederate Battle Flag, in response to pressure from the arrogant, malcontent NAACP, and

WHEREAS, all patriotic Southerners resent this insult to our traditions and to the memory of Confederate soldiers and sailors who fought so gallantly for the independence of their country and in defense of their homes and families, and

WHEREAS, it is unconscionable that foreign interests are deriving revenue from the patronage of Southerners while defying our traditions and insulting the memory of our honored dead, NOW,

THEREFORE, believing that simple self-respect demands a response on our part to this gratuitous insult and foreign intermeddling in local politics, we the undersigned resolve never to darken the door of a Holiday Inn as long as this arrogant policy is maintained. We will drive all night or sleep in the car if necessary. We will demonstrate true Southern grit by eating peanut butter sandwiches, if necessary, rather than partaking of Holiday Inns’ Sunday buffet. We shall punish these upstart Brits where it hurts - on the bottom line.