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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.
This article is a list of national symbols of the Confederate States of America enacted through legislation.Upon its independence (adoption of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States) on February 8, 1861, [1] and subsequent foundation of the permanent government on February 22, 1862, [2] the Confederate States Congress adopted national symbols distinct from ...
Nordic Cross Flag [6] Nova Scotia: 1929–present Saint Andrew's Cross [16] Ontario: 1965–present Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick: Orenburg Oblast: 1996–present Orthodox Cross [17] Orkney: 2007–present Nordic Cross Flag: Pärnu: 1934–present Nordic Cross Flag [18] Piedmont: 1995–present Christian cross: Portugal 1911 ...
The first Confederate flag and five other nations that have had sovereignty over Texas (Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, United States) appear above one of the side entrances to the Capitol. They also appear on the reverse of the Seal of Texas, which is the subject of a floor mosaic in the Capitol Extension.
"I mean, I feel like we’re not racist," Jones said of the photos. "I mean, people that know us, know that." Mother of Keaton Jones says Confederate flag photos were supposed to be 'ironic and funny'
Harold Kenneth Edgerton (born February 18, 1948) is an American neoconfederate activist, known for his advocacy of Southern heritage and the Confederate flag.An African-American member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, [1] Edgerton formerly served as president of the Asheville, North Carolina, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and is ...
Confederate Memorial Day is one of three Confederate holidays — along with the birthdays of General Robert E. Lee and Confederate States President Jefferson Davis — still on the books in the ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian ...