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Battle Flag Research Paper

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As we know the confederate flag is the most debated topic as, in should we take it down or keep it up to represent the horrible past by it has behind it.The war the blood and the sweat the history of this flag is so bad and wrong and should be taken down why would anyone love a flag like this and know the true meaning behind it.
The flag is actually the Battle Flag of Virginia. It was placed to represent white supremacy it was only used as the official flag for two years. Yea thats the heritage they're so fast to claim a flag that didn't last long like barley 2 years.The Battle Flag was adopted in the 1950s as a statement against desegregation so every single bit of it is racist and the only heritage it's part of is the effort to keep black

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