What we know as the Confederate flag was actually never a flag of the Confederacy. Here's the history of a symbol that many are fighting to ban across the nation. | Brut

Salute! Happy Flag Day! The Confederate flag designed by Americans in America for Americans serving to defend their American homeland in the Confederate States of America military. Thanks to The Virginia Flaggers and others who have placed these beautiful memorial flags across The Old Dominion. “My heart is with Virginia, my home, my kin. I fight not for glory, but to shield them from the ravages of an enemy who would destroy our way of life.” - Private Henry K. Douglas, Stonewall Brigade (From