RichardShelby

Northern Virginia Confederate Army battle flag Raised at South Carolina Statehouse in Protest by Secessionist Party: by Kalhan Rosenblatt and Corky Siemaszko The Confederate battle flag was raised outside the South Carolina Statehouse again Monday, but it rose on a pole that was planted in a temporary plastic stand — not in the earth. The ceremony was timed to mark the second anniversary of the state’s decision to remove a Civil War banner that for many southerners was an emblem of pride. But the flag-raising was also a protest against recent moves by lawmakers in Southern cities like New Orleans and elsewhere to remove Confed