51. Later in the war, the Confederacy embraced two more official flags and each of those had a replica of the battle flag in its upper left corner. 52. Last year in Iowa, the state speaker of the House complained to the transportation department when he saw a battle flag flying at an interstate work site. 53. Lawmakers decided to fly a smaller, squarer battle flag at the Confederate Soldiers Monument in front of the Capitol. 54. More than a century ago Bostonian George Preble snipped fragments of the battle flag as mere souvenirs. 55. Now he is at UConn and he already has raised the battle flag to BC and every other school that wants New England high school talent. 56. Now, many believe the NAACP and other civil rights organizations will turn their attention to Georgia, which incorporates the Confederate battle flag on its state flag. 57. On Monday, Hodges met with NAACP representatives and agreed to poll members of the Legislature in an attempt to find the votes to bring down the battle flag. 58. One displayed the Confederate battle flag while the other bore the Confederate seal. 59. One of the old plaques, depicting the Confederate battle flag, carried a quote from Robert E. Lee praising the valor of a Texan Confederate regiment. 60. PHOENIX - To carry the Confederate battle flag onto the fields of the Civil War was to take the death march. |