Confederate Flag Research Paper

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Controversy over the flying of the Confederate flag is rampant in today’s society. Specifically, whether the flags should be flown in public places such as schools, courthouses, and capitols. The Confederate flag has been flown over many state capitol buildings. Men across the southern half of the United States died simply for the ideas of that very flag. The flag memorializes the sons of the South who died during the Civil War. The men who lost their lives battling for the Confederacy were not simply fighting over slavery, they were engaging in battle for other very important factors such as trade, tariffs, and state rights. The Confederate flag should be allowed to be flown over public places such as schools, courthouses, and capitols because it captures the essence of American …show more content…

The removal of the flag supports the idea that citizens should forget the bloodiest battle on American soil. History is used to aid in the understanding of a complex nation. However, flying the flag as an emblem of white supremacy is undoubtedly wrong and inappropriate. Toleration should only be granted when the flag is flown for historical purposes. The flying of the Confederate flag reminds individuals that the soldiers’ lives then, just as soldiers’ lives from battles today, were not lost in vain. Remembrance and reverence to those who fought in one of the bloodiest wars in United States’ history are offered through Confederate monuments and namesakes. The removal of Confederate monuments and names of schools brings in a whitewashing of the American past. Citizens learn from the past, and if it is erased the lessons to be learned are lost along with it. Americans should constantly be

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