The first Confederate national flag was widely disliked for a number of reasons (primarily its aesthetic resemblance to the United States flag and its attendant confusion with the U.S. flag on the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The historic site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired is no longer flying versions of the Confederate flag above it.. The U.S. National Park Service ordered all ...

The flags were hung at the Alabama Confederate Memorial in 1994, a year after then-Gov. Jim Folsom Jr., ordered the removal of a battle flag that had flown over the state Capitol since 1963.

National First the Confederate flag. What’s next? By Steve Thomma and Anita Kumar. McClatchy Washington Bureau. Updated June 24, 2015 9:36 PM.

National First the Confederate flag. What’s next? By Steve Thomma and Anita Kumar. McClatchy Washington Bureau. Updated June 24, 2015 10:36 PM.

National First the Confederate flag. What’s next? By Steve Thomma and Anita Kumar. McClatchy Washington Bureau. Updated June 24, 2015 10:36 PM.

It is the Confederate Battle Flag. Click this story for a brief history on the Confederate National Flag, and why it is not the flag that has become an enduring symbol for Southerners. Skip to content ...