The official flags of Florida and some other Southern states include versions of the St. Andrew's cross. Florida Gov. William Bloxham, a Confederate veteran, successfully urged the Legislature to ...

With the push to remove the Confederate battle flag from ... During the civil rights period, Georgia adopted a flag combining a large "Southern Cross" with the state seal. In 1924, Arkansas ...

"You mostly see it now in the backwoods areas in Southern states or on Confederate memorials ... to greatly reduce the rebel cross' presence on the state flag in 2001, changing the state banner ...

There were no flags flown at his funeral, Confederate or otherwise. In their declarations of secession from the Union, some Southern states expressly mentioned slavery as a reason for their departure.

Editor's note: The Confederate battle flag featuring a starred blue saltire on a red background (sometimes called the rebel flag or the Southern Cross) is specifically the battle flag for ...

The Confederate Battle Flag is known as the "Southern Cross." As related above, it is true in literal historical sense that the term "Stars and Bars" properly applies only to the first Confederate ...

the Confederate flag predictably makes appearances at white supremacist gatherings. But how did the battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross, come to represent the Confederacy in the first place?

and spectacle and the flag and other Confederate symbols became less frequently seen. To many, it might have appeared as if finally the Southern cross would leave the public sphere and fly only in ...

But obviously, it was unfurled again. MATT WEBER: The Confederate flag, specifically the Southern Cross battle flag, began to make a reappearance in the late 1800s. CRAIG BENZINE: Memorial ...

The Mississippi flag incorporates the famous "Southern Cross" of the Confederate battle flag in a manner very similar to the second and third flags of the CSA. The current Georgian flag ...

The Mississippi flag incorporates the famous "Southern Cross" of the Confederate battle flag in a manner very similar to the second and third flags of the CSA. The current Georgian flag ...