During the United States’ long Civil War ... flag – the red banner with the starred blue cross commonly shorthanded as “the Confederate flag” today – was not the official ensign of ...

And the white stars formed a circle, much like the original Betsy Ross American flag. The original Confederate flag ... a blue St. Andrew’s Cross with white stars on a red field.

Ben Jones is the chief of heritage operations for the Sons of Confederate Veterans ... also commonly display the Christian cross and the American flag. Do those symbols also inspire racism?

“Like the Confederate cross of St. Andrew ... but that’s not us anymore. This flag overwhelmingly pulls all Marylanders together, and we want it to represent that, not these other things.’ ...

While heated debate is taking place over whether or not the flag should ... apart from the United States, eventually deciding on the "Star and Bars" design as the official Confederate national ...

The Confederate Battle flag is a square featuring two bars crossed in an X at the center with stars along with a white border set over a red background. This would colloquially be known as the ...

But how did the battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross ... prominent designs of the Confederate flag and states that the images "help in keeping within us recollections of those who ...