21.   And so all these kids learned that no flag is forever.

22.   And the courts can have a lot of sport figuring out what a flag is.

23.   Are you suggesting the union flag could be more humorous?

24.   Any piece of art with a flag in it is going to generate some kind of response, mostly because the flag itself is art.

25.   As the methodic thumping of a drum led the procession up Gervais Street, the Confederate flag was visible, fluttering gently above the hilltop capitol.

26.   At first, one American flag was enough.

27.   At right are the flags from the U.N. countries.

28.   At the head table were flags of the United States, Egypt, Canada, Syria, Sudan, Germany and Zimbabwe, representing the nationalities of the victims.

29.   Back on Peachtree Street, the rebel flags are again unfurled and the parade again floats by in ghostly slow motion.

30.   Away down south in Dixie, the Confederate flag is in the thick of battle once again.