Where Confederate battle flag replicas once flew at Washington and Lee University in the chapel above Robert E. Lee’s tomb, controversy now hangs as Virginians prepare to observe the January 19 ...

In 1863, the battle flag was officially recognized by the Confederate Congress, ... But it was originally the battle flag of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.

While railing against a House amendment to preserve the display of the Confederate battle flag, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) on Thursday chose to use an anecdote about Gen. Robert E. Lee to convince ...

Do we get rid of our Robert E. Lee statues, ... That battle flag is such a powerful code for white supremacy that the skinheads of Europe, where flying the Nazi swastika is against the law, ...

The symbol comes from a square battle flag flown by Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. It was never an official banner of the Confederacy, ...

It’s the battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s army unit While it wasn’t the Confederate states’ official flag, the battle flag was flown by several Confederate Army units.

WASHINGTON — The past may not be past, as William Faulkner once put it. But it sure seems to be leaving. As I watched the broadcast of the Confederate battle flag being brought down from its ...

It’s hard at first glance to imagine Washington and Lee University scrubbing its Lexington, Va., campus of Confederate flags and other signs of the Old South, but that’s what a group of law ...

“For me, Robert E. Lee’s battle flag is a symbol of freedom. Stonewall Jackson was my fathers (sic) hero. “I’ve supported Ted Cruz for many years.

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, will remain during a period of "public dialogue" on race and slavery. But the battle flags will be replaced with plain glass. The Two-Way. America.

It’s the battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s army unit While it wasn’t the Confederate states’ official flag, the battle flag was flown by several Confederate Army units.

It’s the battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s army unit While it wasn’t the Confederate states’ official flag, the battle flag was flown by several Confederate Army units.