The year 2017 produced an overwhelming volume of news ranging from the inauguration of President Trump, devastating natural disasters and deadly mass shootings. There is no doubt however, that a topic that sparked most controversy was the crusade for the removal of Confederate statues and flags, as it questioned something responsible for American culture – the Bill of Rights. The conversation began with Dylann Roof shooting nine people in a predominantly black church in Charleston and then posing with a number of Confederate flags. Then, it escalated to the Neo-Nazi riots in Charlottesville, Virginia where the Confederate flag was also used alongside the Nazi swastika. The ‘Stainless Banner’ was first developed during the American Civil War
