Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-20-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Hello again, readers. I hope you enjoyed the summer and are now as eager as I am to jump back into our conversation about the Confederate flag. Although I spent the summer at Minute Man NHP, the Civil War was never far from my mind. Even in a northern park dedicated to the American Revolution, I still heard a lot about the Confederate monument debates, and as I spoke with visitors who were following this topic in the news, I was reminded of a similar debate several years ago concerning the Confederate flag. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Ortman, Olivia, "Finding Meaning in the Flag: Furl that Banner" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 282.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/282
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.