After the Civil War, the Confederate Battle Flag used to be followed through a couple of companies, which include the Ku Klux Klan

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After the Civil War, the Confederate Battle Flag used to be adopted with the aid of several communities, which includes the Ku Klux Klan, which reworked its that means into one linked to racism and segregation.