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The Daily Beast10y
Even Robert E. Lee Wanted the Confederate Flag Gone - The Daily Beast
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 ...
The Washington Post6y
The Confederate flag: A 150 year battle - The Washington Post
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.
Augusta Free Press11y
Chris Graham: Robert E. Lee, the Confederate flag, and Washington and Lee - Augusta Free Press
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 ...
Los Angeles Times10y
The Confederate flag: Where it flies, where it’s coming down and why it’s still used - Los Angeles Times
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, ...
CNN10y
Confederate battle flag: What it is and what it isn’t - CNN
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.
Talking Points Memo9y
Black SC Rep. Gives House GOPers A History Lesson On Confederate Flag - TPM - TPM – Talking Points Memo
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 ...
Yakima Herald-Republic9y
Robert E. Lee gets his wish with Confederate flag going down
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 ...
Fox News10y
Confederate battle flags removed from Washington & Lee University campus in Virginia - Fox News
LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee University says it is removing Confederate battle flags from its campus. The move was announced in a lengthy email from university president Kenneth Rusio to ...
Forbes9y
Lead Like Robert E. Lee? No Way - Forbes
(His Army of Northern Virginia flew the battle flag that has figured so heavily in recent controversies.) Confederates Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, GA ...
CNN10y
Confederate battle flag: What it is and what it isn’t | CNN
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.
CNN10y
Confederate battle flag: What it is and what it isn’t | CNN - CNN International
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.