Address on the Returning of Flags Carried by ... - Coolidge …
WEBLocation: Springfield, MA. Context: Coolidge accepts with reverence flags from returning troops of war at the Hall of Flags, Massachusetts State House. (Original document available here) Officers and Men of the United States Army.
President Returns Confederate Flags (The Civil War Diaries S4E26)
WEBJun 12, 2024 · In today's episode we look at an event that occurred on December 16, 1927, when Confederate veterans from Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas, along with a delegation of representatives from Maine,...
Flags of the Confederate States of America - Wikipedia
WEBThe flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy 's dissolution.
‘Why? I mean, we won’: The Century-Long Battle Over This Confederate Flag
WEBApr 27, 2023 · In 1887, President Grover Cleveland issued an executive order to return the colors of a few Confederate units as an act of good will. His order was largely ignored, with former Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, even scoffing that banners belong to the captors, by “all known military precedents,” writes The Atlantic .
WEBThroughout the Confederate memorial period, the presence of the Confederate flag quickly increased. At the unveiling of Lee’s statue in Lexington, Virginia in 1883, there was only one U.S. flag displayed, while four old Confederate battle flags surrounded Stonewall Jackson’s grave alone.
The Complicated Political History Of The Confederate Flag
WEBJun 22, 2015 · After a massacre at a church in Charleston, South Carolina's governor called for the Confederate flag to be removed from the grounds of the state Capitol. The flag has a long and divisive...
Captured Confederate Flags and Fake News in Civil War Memory
WEBNov 9, 2021 · The heart of the conflict was a 1887 Executive Order issued by President Grover Cleveland that mandated battle flags held in federal custody be returned to the states from which they originated. In theory, returning captured flags would strike a reconciliatory tone, signaling to both sides that wartime was over.
8 things you didn't know about the Confederate flag - PBS
WEBJun 21, 2015 · Following the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday in which a gunman shot and killed nine people attending bible study at a historic black church, the Confederate battle flag —...
The Truth About Confederate History: Part 1 - Snopes.com
Claim: A list dispels 'falsehoods and inaccuracies of Confederate and Southern history.'
· Fact checked by snopes.comThe United Nation - Coolidge Foundation
WEBMay 24, 2024 · We can now see clearly what that end is. It is the maintenance of our American form of government, of our American institutions, of our American ideals, beneath a common flag, under the blessings of Almighty God. It was for this purpose that our Nation was brought forth.
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