This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

Critics say it’s a racist symbol that represents a war to uphold slavery and, later, a battle to oppose civil rights advances. The Confederate states went through three official flags during the ...

But how did it get there in the first place? South Carolina's confederate flag hasn't been flying since the Civil War. The flag wasn’t prominently displayed in the South until southern ...

When the old Charleston flag turned up unexpectedly in Michigan more than 10 years ago, it piqued Dave Downing’s interest. He had been giving a talk about Civil War flags in Greenfield Village ...

When a mob of armed insurgents flooded the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, they brought an accessory: the Confederate battle flag ... the true history of the Civil War—and as the controversy ...

Battle-stained flags that survived ferocious fighting fill drawers in cabinets inside the Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center in Harrisburg. Each one serves as a memento of a fight ...

On a Civil War battlefield, the sight of a blue Union battle flag with an eagle seal flying in the wind meant you were surrounded by 1,000 of your closest friends. And in the midst of a battle ...