THE REBEL FLAG

[HairOfTheDog]

That flag didn't start being flown on the capitol grounds of some southern states until the 1960s, when the same states which had fought to keep slavery in-tact and blacks regarded as property were protesting against civil rights for blacks and racial desegregation.

Didn't it start flying to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the start of Civil War?

To the best of my knowledge, it hadn't been flown in that capacity for previous anniversaries. And, in South Carolina, it wasn't taken down after the 100^th anniversary.

It's my opinion that the states' opposition and resistance to desegregation, freedom rides, and various other civil rights movements in full swing at the time had a lot to do with why the Confederate flag was erected in governmental capacities in the South.

For 100 years the Confederate Flag was equally part of the south's "heritage", but didn't become a wide-spread symbol of it until the Dixiecrats, the Civil Rights movement, and then the 100 year anniversary of the Civil War? I don't personally believe the 100^th anniversary was the primary or only reason the flag was erected on state grounds and kept flying afterwards.

Alabama removed the Confederate Flag from the capitol after 100^th anniversary celebration. Two years later, it put it back up. I'm glad it was recently removed there as well.

I understand if you and others view it differently.