South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

Church services. Displays of Civil War relics. Placing of flags and wreaths on Confederate soldier graves and memorials. In ...

or the flag or emblem of the Confederate States, or any flag or emblem used by the Confederate States or the military or ...

Along with Georgia, Mississippi recognizes Confederate Memorial Day, which Sen. Derrick Simmons calls "racist" and ...

Salt Lake City adopts official versions of the pride and other flags just hours before a new Utah law banning unofficial ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed ...

Church services. Displays of Civil War relics. Placing of flags and wreaths on Confederate soldier graves and memorials. In states where Confederate Memorial Day is recognized as a state holiday ...

or the flag or emblem of the Confederate States, or any flag or emblem used by the Confederate States or the military or naval forces of the Confederate States at any time within the years 1860 to ...

States like South Carolina celebrate ... for Mississippians,” as public offices close and flags are lowered. “Celebrating Confederate Memorial Day is not only racist but is bad policy, bad ...