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Who owns the original confederate flag?

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I’m not aware of a single “original” Confederate battle flag. There were three iterations of flags throughout the war. The first was the famous “Stars and Bars.” The last featured a circular blue field of white stars in the upper left corner, while the rest of the flag was three large stripes, red, white, and red. read more

Three successive designs served as the official national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Confederate States" or the "Confederacy") during its existence from 1861 to 1865. Since the end of the American Civil War, private and official use of the Confederacy's flags, and of flags with derivative designs, has continued under philosophical, political, cultural, and racial controversy in the United States. read more

The First National flag was changed due to a resemblance of the US flag. The Second National flag was subsequently modified due to the similarity to a flag of truce. The Third National flag was the adopted flag of the Confederacy. The Confederate Battle Flag was never a National Flag of the Confederacy. read more

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