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How do symbols of hatred fly in our country? What are they and what history do they have? This week Joey Humnicky, a PhD student at Temple University who studies Early American History, and I talk about the Confederate flag and its proliferation in upstate New York.

Some Highlights: 

Civil War history, how the Confederacy created a flag

Remembering the Civil War and the contested past

The Confederate flag, memory, and hatred

Urban rural divide and the growth of the Confederate flag in the Northern United States

Free speech and symbols of hate

Weekly Suggestions:

Steven - Literature of the lost generation

Joey - A visit to the Adirondacks

Discussing the flag:

Confederate flag at Ticonderoga parade

NPR - Why a Confederate flag flies in upstate New York

Mass incarceration in the North Country

The first Confederate flag

 

The Blood-Stained Banner

 

The Rebel Flag - first the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, remembered as the Confederate flag

 

The Hour of History Flag - A symbol of Love