News; Alabama state flag: Vestige of the Civil War back in news after Charleston shooting. Published: ; Jun. 22, 2015, 8:14 p.m.

In addition, three other Civil War-era flags were also taken down. Bentley acted to remove “a distraction from other state issues,” a spokeswoman said in an e-mail Wednesday morning.

A flag marking Alabama's seceding from the United States prior to the Civil War has replaced a Confederate flag outside the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville on Nov. 12, 2020. (Paul Gattis ...

The coat of arms was designed during the Jim Crow era to include the Confederate flag. Underneath the shield is the state’s motto: “We dare defend our rights,” written in Latin.

During the Civil War, two Confederate national flags flew, and after the war, the U.S. flag returned. Alabama finally adopted a state flag, the crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white ...

Until 1993, Alabama had flown the Confederate flag atop the state Capitol. Mississippi's state flag is dominated by an image of the rebel cross. In 2001, voters there chose to keep the design as is .

From regimental colors to "Old Glory" to the "Blood-stained Banner," flags held a special meaning to soldiers, politicians and civilians alike in the Civil War.

In this Thursday, June 25, 2015. file photo, part of a Confederate battle flag is displayed on an elevator in the Alabama Capitol as part of the state seal in Montgomery, Ala. Keith Jackson, an ...

Florida's state flag thus strongly resembles Alabama's. Separately, a version of the Confederate flag known as the Stainless Banner flew over the west entrance of the Capitol from 1978 until 2001 ...

The Confederate battle flag was unceremoniously removed from the Alabama state Capitol grounds Wednesday morning following an order from Gov. Robert Bentley (R). In stark contrast to the commotion ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Long a symbol of pride to some and hatred to others, the Confederate battle flag is losing its place of official prominence 155 years after rebellious Southern states lost a ...

Nebraska will return a 145-year-old spoil of war to Alabama Wednesday in the nation’s capital. Representatives from the Nebraska State Historical Society will present a Civil War flag to the ...