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Civil War Legacy and Military Memory: Why Commemorative Flags Still Inspire

Walk through an old town square in Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, or Georgia on a holiday weekend and you will see something that still surprises people who assume public memory has gone flat and uniform. A flag rises. Sometimes it is the Stars and Stripes. Sometimes it is a state flag. Sometimes it is a regimental color reproduced from a museum collection, or a cavalry guidon, or a naval jack tied to a local dedication. People stop. Veterans notice the details first. C