Confederate Flag Vs Confederate Flag

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What the Confederate Flag Originally Stood As vs. How Its Interpreted Today There are many arguments today over the different beliefs about the Confederate Flag and what it meant when it was created and today. Some believe it on what it was originally created to mean and represent and some believe in what it has been interpreted as today. As long as the flag has stood it still doesn’t matter. People today try and do anything to get a controversy going. Although the Confederate Flag is a well-known historical symbol, others do not approve of it and are trying to have it removed from everything. The Confederate battle flag was originally flown over the battlefields in which the confederates fought on while battling the North. This flag stood distinguishing a line between the two to be able to tell the South from the North. For many the flag gave many soldiers the feeling that they were fighting for a good cause while the South was trying to succeed from the North. The reason that started the war was that the north was trying to control the south and another factor is that they were trying to abolish slavery down in the south. The flag to many carries on a part of southern heritage, in which many people from all over the United States somewhere down the line has family members from …show more content…
Whether people that are for the flag or against it, there will always be different beliefs over this matter. We could all make it a little better if we left the past in the past and moved forward together to help make the future a better place for everyone. We all ought to strive to become people who can get along no matter what the differences are. We all should work together to help show the world how we can work together to accomplish all goals. However, as time goes on people with still have different view over this

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