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There were no shortage of antiques up for sale at the annual Sussex Flea Market, but one relic of the past flapping in the wind caused a stir among some shoppers. “I passed one stall and I saw they were flying the Confederate flag,” said Katherine Piercey, a patron of the market. It was flying

For more than half a century, six historic flags flew over the entrance to Six Flags Over Texas, and one of them was the Stars and Bars, the First National flag of the Confederacy. The park defended that flag more than once. Then, in August 2017, it went from saying the flag would stay to

There has been a lot of controversy over Civil War monuments since the riots in Charlottesville. Many other states are in process discussing the legal and social ramifications of removing commemorative statues that were placed to honor vets. In many cases, the statues are seen as a symbol of hatred and prejudice but in many

A Texas historian named Michael Phillips is calling for the state to “exorcise the ghosts of the confederacy, which still haunt the Dallas landscape” by removing the Confederate War Memorial that stands in downtown Dallas. He is not advocating for the destruction of the statue, which has stood sine 1896, but instead removed from public

The Civil War was about states’ rights, not slavery. The removal of all things associated with the Confederacy should be accompanied by the removal of all things associated with Northern slavery. Advocates of the removal of Confederate Statues should consider that removing all artifacts that are linked to slavery might result in the removal of

Campers at a Rhode Island campground were concerned when they noticed a Confederate flag displayed on an RV parked in the camp. Many of the campers asked to have the flag removed, but according to a lawyer, the flag is protected by the Constitution as free speech, and can only be taken down if the

As Confederate monuments came down across the South in the summer of 2017, people in Catawba County, North Carolina, answered in their own way. Residents began raising Confederate flags on their homes, farms and businesses to show support for the soldiers who fought in the War Between the States. Local critics, including the NAACP, argued

Two paintings now on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park offer a vivid depiction of two unique perspectives of the Civil War. “The Armed Slave” depicts a slave reading a book with a cigar in hand and a bayonet-equipped musket close by, ready to spring to action in John Brown’s failed slave uprising of

North Fort Myers High School draws attention once more over the presence of confederate flags on their campus. Sky Hunter, a student, maintains that the school would not allow her to keep her confederate flag on her truck. This is the second time this issue has arisen, as the school came under fire last year

A brief account of the battery flag and what became of it. Mr. Jno. W. Todd recounts his experience and provides details of his time with the confederacy with the flag. There was more use for guns than a flag, but it was worn under his uniform by cutting two holes in the flag to