The Washington Post, August 20th, 1991
In his most recent column on the Confederate-flag controversy at Harvard {Aug. 10}, Nat Hentoff refers to the flag Brigit Kerrigan flew from her dorm-room window as the "Stars and Bars." Unfortunately, however, the term "Stars and Bars" does not accurately refer to Brigit Kerrigan's flag, the Confederate flag seen on T-shirts, visors, bumper stickers and license plates throughout the South. The Stars and Bars, the first national flag of the Confederate States of America, featured three horizontal bars of red, white and red, along with a blue union containing seven stars, one for each of the Lo...
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