The Confederate flag is about to fade from the nation's veterans cemeteries
By: Leo Shane III, Military Times, August 26, 2016 (Photo Credit: Bruce Smith/AP )
The Confederate flag is being blocked from positions of prominence at veterans cemeteries nationwide, but it won’t be banned entirely.
In a letter to lawmakers made public this week, interim Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Ronald Walters said officials will no longer allow the controversial flag to be flown on flagpoles at the federally funded cemeteries or allow other flag imagery to be prominently displayed there.
However, the department will not stop individuals from using smaller versions of the flag or items bearing its image on individual graves, as long as there is no cost to the government. Flags placed on gravesites will not be banned by local staff unless they conflict with other local rules on permitted displays.
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