21.   Since the town ordered his flags removed about three weeks ago, local folks have lined up behind Reekie.

22.   Some large companies, like tire giant Michelin, with headquarters in Greenville, have lobbied to remove the flag.

23.   The bill would remove the flag from atop the Statehouse.

24.   The American flag was removed from the top of the column, folded and presented to Lou Mendes of the Department of Design and Construction.

25.   The flag flap follows a similar one in South Carolina last year, when calls for the Confederate flag to be removed from the statehouse resulted in a compromise.

26.   The fighting has intensified since the NAACP called for a tourism boycott of South Carolina until the Legislature votes to remove the flag from the Capitol.

27.   The flag was removed from the coffin by a military honor guard and folded, displaying its red-and-white checkerboard pattern.

28.   The flag was removed from the statehouse and moved to the grounds.

29.   The lawmaker, Arthur Ravenel, said the NAACP, which has fought to have the Confederate flag removed, should be called the National Association of Retarded People.

30.   The NAACP has threatened a boycott of South Carolina if the battle flag is not removed.