The Confederate flag: ... Georgia lawmakers previously had voted to greatly reduce the rebel cross' presence on the state flag in 2001, changing the state banner for the first time since 1956.

In adapting his flag to take these criticisms into account, Miles removed the palmetto tree and crescent and substituted a diagonal cross for the St. George's cross. In a report to the Confederate ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The first Confederate national flag bore 7 stars representing the first seven states to secede from the U.S. and band together as the Confederate States of America: South Carolina, Mississippi ...

The power of flags after the Charleston shooting. Texas is another story. That state fought all the way to the Supreme Court, and won, for its right to refuse the Confederate flag on its license ...

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, white Southerners flew the Confederate battle flag at riots — including violent ones — to oppose racial integration, especially in schools.

The second National Flag of the Confederacy was issued by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863. This flag was designed to have a distinct difference from the Union's Stars and Stripes.

ASHEBORO, N.C. — The first unpleasant tug of history came before the election, when the yards around Dexter Trogdon Jr.'s house started blooming with Confederate flags. Then last spring, the Ku ...

The Confederate battle flag’s design is no accident. According to vexillologist Ted Kaye, it's simple, meaningful and distinctive from other flags. But that's just the half of it.

The Arkansas state flag oozes Confederate battle flag vibes: The St. Andrew’s Cross with stars has morphed into a diamond shape, but the angles and colors are all the same.

The Saint Andrew's Cross ("X") element, which was the flag of Scotland, was chosen out of disagreements that a standard cross would too easily resemble religious iconography.