This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

So let's clarify some of the basic history about the Confederate Battle Flag, more accurately known as the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia. The flag has no meaning "regardless" of politics ...

‘My hope is that by removing a symbol that divides us, we can move forward as a state in harmony,” Governor Nikki Haley (R., S.C.) said Monday, in the aftermath of the terrorist massacre ...

adding that symbols such as the Confederate "battle flag" commemorate the region's history and culture. But most historians agree it was about slavery. Racial minorities, especially black ...

A debate has long been raging in pockets of the South over what the Confederate battle flag symbolizes and whether it belongs in public spaces. The Charleston, S.C., shootings have reignited the issue ...