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The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed". [46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react.
Use: National flag : Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: March 4, 1865: Design: A white rectangle, one-and-a-half times as wide as it is tall, a red vertical stripe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five-pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire.
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical [1][2] and historical negationist myth [3][4][5] that claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. [6][7] First enunciated in 1866, it has continued to influence racism, gender ...
August 9, 2024 at 9:55 AM. A Davidson County Chancellor ruled this week that Williamson County can remove the image of the Confederate flag from its county seal because it is not considered a ...
If the flag had no power or meaning, they said, people wouldn’t still be flying it, in Harrison or anywhere else. “It may be just a flag to some people,” Grubbs said. “But it’s not to ...
Gadsden flag; Use: Banner: Proportion: Varies, generally 2:3: Adopted: December 20, 1775: Design: A yellow banner charged with a yellow spiraled timber rattlesnake facing toward the hoist sitting upon a patch of lush green grass, with thirteen rattles, representing the thirteen colonies, the words Dont Tread on Me positioned below the snake in black font
March 21, 1861; 163 years ago (1861-03-21) Location. The Athenaeum, Savannah, Georgia. Participants. Alexander H. Stephens. The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was an oration given by Alexander H. Stephens, acting Vice President of the Confederate States of America, at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21 ...
William Porcher Miles (July 4, 1822 – May 11, 1899) was an American politician who was among the ardent states' rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the " Fire-Eaters." He is notable for having designed the most popular variant of the Confederate flag, originally rejected as the national ...