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The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...
The flag will fly on a 50-foot pole, and will be visible from the northbound lane, said Susan Hathaway, founder of Virginia Flaggers, the group behind the flag. It’s tentatively scheduled to go ...
This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...
LEXINGTON — A Confederate flag too big and too tall to be missed is not harmonious with commercial development in a tourism corridor and cannot be flown, a review board ...
The Virginia Flaggers on Saturday erected a large Confederate battle flag overlooking Interstate 64. The flag, which the group named the “Charlottesville I-64 Spirit of Defiance Memorial Battle ...
In August 2015, the Danville City Council voted to only allow the U.S., Virginia, Danville and POW/MIA flags on city property, effectively banning the Confederate flag from the mansion area.
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle ...
Raymond Agnor’s flag, which he has had since April, flies atop an 80-foot pole. It is one of three flags that fly on private property in the Lexington area, placed by the Virginia Flaggers.
Christiansburg High’s dress code has barred Confederate symbols since 2002. But the school’s policy prohibiting the flag from vehicles in the parking lot didn’t take effect until this school ...
You will hold the flag high. And .. you will fight, fight, fight and you will win, win, win,” he said. President Donald Trump arrives in Marine One at Fort Bragg to speak on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.