The Confederate flag was first raised atop the State House in 1961 ... He then led a boycott, for years urging national groups to stay away from the state and asking tourists not to come either.

In 1865 the Civil War ended and the first Republican President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Although the Confederate ...

In recent years, “Dixie” has been banned by a number of institutions because of its history.

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

And he is the first ... Sons of Confederate Veterans went to war with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration over 78 license plates bearing a small image of the Confederate battle flag.

Instead, the first Confederate flag had three thick stripes ... This new flag was a bit more similar to the US national flag. The vertical red bar was replaced by a blue one.

Most of the veterans were buried in August at Washington’s Tahoma National Cemetery. In a traditional service ... Among them ...