The Confederate Battle Flag's Divisive History-- Part 3: Used by Confederate Veteran Groups and College Football

Continued from October 11 and 22, 2019.

Over the past half century, John Coski, who wrote a book about it, said it has evolved into "a widely and carelessly used symbol of many things, including the South as a distinctive region, individual rebelliousness, a self conscious 'redneck' culture, and segregation and racism."

There are several key periods in the flag's divisive history:

**  Post Civil War:  For decades after the war, the flag was used largely by veterans' groups at parades and as a symbol of Southern heritage.  Especially used by the United Confederate Veterans which was the main group for them.

**  1940s:  The flag appears at Southern college and university football games and some other cultural events that were not directly related to the war.

--Old Secesh