And certain parts of Spain still have a rebel streak after their 1930s civil war. But none of them compare to the longevity and prevalence of the Confederate flag. Nor did Confederate leaders or ...

Critics say it’s a racist symbol that represents a war to uphold slavery and, later, a battle to oppose civil rights advances. The Confederate states went through three official flags during the ...

Last week, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu oversaw the removal of four Confederate monuments. It was just the latest chapter in the contentious battle over the official display of Confederate ...

It was around this time that, after much delay, Congress finally authorized the return of Confederate flags captured by Union forces during the Civil War to the United Confederate Veterans.

But how did it get there in the first place? South Carolina's confederate flag hasn't been flying since the Civil War. The flag wasn’t prominently displayed in the South until southern ...

Catherine Wright talked about the American Civil War Museum’s collection of Confederate flags and told the stories behind some of the collection’s most historic flags. She also explained how ...

It’s a story of rebellion, racism, and disagreement over the true history of the Civil War—and as ... the Bonnie Blue Flag. But as secession got underway, the Confederate States of America ...

Let's talk about how the woman responsible for bringing down the Confederate flag in her state became the woman who failed to identify slavery as the cause of the Civil War. Of course, we're ...

Private Marshall Sherman of Minnesota stands in front of the Confederate flag he seized in the Battle of Gettysburg. It's believed he held onto the flag and eventually gave it to a Civil War ...

Four months later, the Civil War began when the South Carolina militia ... fire due to the similarities in the Union and Confederate flags, the Confederacy's military took a rejected flag idea ...