Flaggers (movement)

Georgia Flagger with large flag on 20 foot pole at Alpharetta Old Soldiers' Parade, Alpharetta, Georgia, August 4, 2018.

Flaggers is a type of neo-Confederate activist group active in the Southern United States. Flaggers usually operate at the state level. Their primary purpose is to make the Confederate battle flag as visible as possible.

Group members carry the flag at demonstrations and other public events, and erect it on private land. These flags are frequently visible from major highways, and have often been the subject of controversy and legal efforts to have them removed.[1][2][3] Members, usually acting individually, also lobby or appear at meetings to speak against removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Some have come out against celebrating Abraham Lincoln,[4] while supporting the right of states to secede, i.e., claiming that the Confederacy was legitimate under U.S. law.[5]

  1. ^ Basham, Marc (July 22, 2018). "East Idaho Confederate flag display creates controversy". Idaho Journal Statesman.
  2. ^ Renkl, Margaret (January 29, 2018). "A Monument the Old South Would Like to Ignore". New York Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Holley, Peter (June 25, 2015). "The 'terrifying' Confederate statue some Tennesseans want to hide". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Bouie, Jamelle (2 November 2013). "Pro-Confederate Protesters in Richmond Rally in Support of the Flag". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ^ Veritas (pseudonym), Invictus (Latin for "Undefeated Truth"). "The Founding Fathers vs. Abraham Lincoln. A Constitutional and Legal Rebuttal of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address)". Virginia Flaggers. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.