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1. Primarily History. Many of us had ancestors who fought and died in the Civil War. Many of those fought only for reasons to protect their homes from Union armies who came and burned their barns, killed their horses and cattle, and murdered innocent civilians, including children. This even at residences that owned no slaves. Not everybody who fought in the South did so for slaves.
2. Not normally; only when my town has historical civil war days/reenactments, etc.
3. Sure they do. No. First, there are a million things that are offensive to certain people. I can tell you that I have a neighbor who flys an Isreali flag on a main street in our city even though there are numerous families in our community who see that flag as a symbol of murder and oppression (rightly or wrongly). I would hope that people would be intelligent enough to realize that there are many reasons for displaying the flag and if interested, would ask why I chose to do so.