Probably a coincidence though

Racists in the south in 1911 would have been of course very common. That symbol simply did not mean then what it means now. Here is the wikipedia entry for the historical use for that symbol prior to Nazism. None of the uses listed have a negative connotation...
[Post edited by JoesterVT at 04/28/2022 2:24PM]

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Posted: 04/28/2022 at 2:22PM

Caption the Pic -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 1:32PM

Size of those lots indicates trailer park. ** -- DonHo-kieHi 04/28/2022 10:53PM

...wild how far pre-nazi-S-heads that really does go... ** -- bourbonstreet 04/28/2022 9:26PM

Reading the thread, I find it amusing that people think racist covenants -- Coach McGuirk 04/28/2022 3:18PM

Everywhere still the 70s -- Vippie1 04/28/2022 4:07PM

It was illegal to be black and live in Oregon until 1926 ** -- typed by ben 04/28/2022 8:24PM

But was that literally due to racial deed covenants -- Tafkam Hokie 04/28/2022 4:20PM

Yeah you are probably correct -- Vippie1 04/28/2022 4:47PM

Depends on the timeframe we're talking. Up until certainly the 50's, I -- Tafkam Hokie 04/28/2022 3:28PM

They were definitely made illegal with civil rights laws. But the -- Coach McGuirk 04/28/2022 3:33PM

Before the nazzis got a hold of it it was a good luck symbol ** -- HokieDan95 04/28/2022 2:13PM

It was also a divisional patch in the us army -- Vippie1 04/28/2022 2:28PM

Friend's uncle managed to get a giant vertical banner out of Germany as a -- HokieDan95 04/28/2022 2:33PM

Oh my dad had all kinds of -- Vippie1 04/28/2022 3:54PM

See response below... -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 2:18PM

I saw the 1911 at the bottom, not the 1992 up top ** -- HokieDan95 04/28/2022 2:24PM

Was that the backward Indian symbol? ** -- AZHokie59 04/28/2022 2:17PM

See my reply below..it's been used by dozens of cultures back to prehistory ** -- JoesterVT 04/28/2022 2:23PM

Was that where the guy had a big swastika on top of his house in Tampa? ** -- Major Kong 04/28/2022 1:58PM

Not this subdivision - but Ive seen that on Google Maps before as well ** -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 2:04PM

My dentist is from there -- No Clue 04/28/2022 1:43PM

^^^has a Clue, after all^^^ ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/28/2022 4:05PM

LOL ** -- Brown Water 04/28/2022 1:53PM

Thats wild. I really don't even understand why its even on the doc? -- VT Pez4Life 04/28/2022 1:42PM

I've found a reference to -- `lag 04/28/2022 3:00PM

You should see some of the fine print..... -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 1:56PM

Looks like the doc is pre-World War 1. Maybe it had a different meaning -- Brown Water 04/28/2022 1:56PM

My bad, I saw the clerk day of 1992, completely missed the 1911.... ** -- VT Pez4Life 04/28/2022 2:16PM

Nah.... not the case here -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 1:57PM

That symbol has been around forever...and in 1911 there was no association -- JoesterVT 04/28/2022 2:06PM

What Im saying is... -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 2:17PM

Probably a coincidence though -- JoesterVT 04/28/2022 2:22PM

I don't believe in coincidence's -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 2:30PM

Ok...as long as you understand that... -- JoesterVT 04/28/2022 2:33PM

Happy town is probably the least happiest of the 3 too....lol ** -- Hokie 4 MG 04/28/2022 2:35PM

Probably a coincidence though

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