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Bookmark or Share- Modern display of the Confederate battle flag - WikipediaIt is also called the "rebel flag", "Dixie flag", "Confederate battle flag", or "Southern cross". Opponents of the flag have referred to it as the "Dixie swastika ". [16] [17] Due to misconceptions of this design being the Confederacy's national flag, it is often incorrectly called the "Stars and Bars" after the original national design. [18]
- Why the Confederate Flag Made a 20th Century Comeback - National GeographicThe Confederate national flag was the official flag of the Confederacy. The flag that southern capitols fly today was a Northern Virginia battle flag. Photograph by Don Troiani, Corbis. The...
- Embattled Banner: The True History of the Confederate FlagOn May 1, 1863, the Confederacy adopted a flag—known colloquially as the Stainless Banner—featuring the ANV battle flag emblazoned on a white field. For the remainder of the Confederacy’s life, the soldiers’ flag was also, in effect, the national flag. GET HISTORY’S GREATEST TALES—RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX.
- Flags of the Confederate States of America - WikipediaThe "rebel flag" is considered by some to be a highly divisive and polarizing symbol in the United States. A 2020 Quinnipiac poll showed that 55% of Southerners saw the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism, with a similar percentage for Americans as a whole.
- 8 things you didn’t know about the Confederate flagFollowing the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday in which a gunman shot and killed nine people attending bible study at a historic black church, the Confederate battle flag —...
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