Flags pulled from gift shop shelves at Chickamauga Battlefield, Point Park
June 26th, 2015
by Ben Benton
The reproduction Civil War-era flag flown on the Confederate side of gunfire in the 1860s has been pulled from the shelves of the gift shops at the Chickamauga Battlefield and Point Park.
Both military park sites were among those told this week by the National Park Service to remove the symbol of the rebellious, slave-holding South of the 19th century.
"Our cooperating association, Eastern National, voluntarily pulled the Confederate flag. That is all that has been pulled," Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park spokeswoman Kim Coons said Thursday.
Coons said Confederate flags in the park gift shops near Chattanooga are the smaller, hand-held variety. Items like maps, soldier hats, videos, books and other items the gift shops sell in a historical context are still for sale ...
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