about the history of the Confederate battle flag, and why it symbolizes so many different things. A hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the Confederate battle flag is displayed ...

There wasn't just one confederate flag, there were dozens. The confederate flag is a controversial symbol. What it means has changed over time and can depend on who you are and where you come from.

Being a Short Digression on the History of the Confederate Flag In the wake of the June 2015 racially motivated shooting that left nine people dead at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal ...

No matter where you grew up in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the Confederate flag. Perhaps on a bumper sticker or license plate, or hanging outside a home or government ...

In March 1861, the New York Times reported that, in Baltimore, “Cards were in extensive circulation, bearing the flag of the Confederate states, with a rattlesnake wreathed among its folds ...

And yet the full history of the banner is also richer and stranger than either its defenders or opponents may realize. Birth of a battle flag The Confederate Army was created out of the South’s ...

Here's a look at the history of the flag's presence in the state capital: 1938 - The Confederate flag is raised in the South Carolina House chambers. 1956 - The flag is raised in the Senate.

Lee, after having been previously rejected as the Confederate national flag in 1861. The Saint Andrew's Cross ("X") element, which was the flag of Scotland, was chosen out of disagreements that a ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network ... Bostonians awoke to news that a Confederate battle flag had briefly flown above the Massachusetts State House, just blocks from ...

Haley was not presenting accurate history. Indeed, the flag had long been tied to white supremacy, racism and racial violence. The Confederate flag was already tied to racism in 2000 when the ...

On Monday, a cascade of both Republicans and Democrats endorsed removing the Confederate flag from the statehouse in Columbia. South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley held a press conference ...

On Monday, a cascade of both Republicans and Democrats endorsed removing the Confederate flag from the statehouse in Columbia. South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley held a press conference ...