Time and Place: Running Rebel
A casual jog through Grant Park, a Confederate flag resting on your shoulder.
Dec. 24, 2008, 9:45 a.m. at Grant Park
On my way to work, I spotted this guy with a full, white beard, dressed in white warm-ups jogging up Atlanta Street carrying a Confederate battle flag. His name is Alan Keck and he lives in Grant Park, although he's not a native Atlantan. A few years ago, he told me, he got interested in Southern history and realized that the Confederacy had gotten a raw deal in the Civil War. Recently, he said, he'd gotten up the courage to jog with the flag and has even carried it in the Peachtree Road Race.
(Photo by Scott Henry)