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On Monday, President Klaus Iohannis signed the decree on the decoration of the Battle Flag of the 385th Artillery Battalion

Give him the idea when he sees that, but i think ultimately he bought the property with the flag there, so they probably could have come back and said you knew this was here, you purchased the restaurant anyway. but, ultimately, i do think i mean this was really straining for tommy and his family. and i think ultimately they're just -- they're exhausted from this fight and really just want to try and rebuild and move on as best they can. >> well, in the final idea, selling it to some activists to create a civil rights museum on hate. >> and there's been talk of that in the town. there are peop...

Sees a battle flag, that's what we want because they don't have anything to do with our heritage. they can have their heritage, we want to keep ours. >> you worry that there will be a day when a confederate flag does not fly in orangeburg? >> yeah. how can you help not to worry about it? i don't dwell on it, but there are times when i can foresee and i worry about there may not be a confederate flag flying in the city of orangeburg or the majority of the united states.

♪ forgotten look away, look away ♪ >> second coming of the klan used the bible. and some groups now carry a swastika and a battle flag. it got misappropriated, but that does not mean that it wasn't honorable when those men from 1861 to 1865 carried it. >> this heritage, this symbol of the south is part of dixie. >> segregation has been over for a while, and something like that to still be appearing in a small town like this, it's still creating division. >> why take it down? the blacks ought to be proud of that flag that they fought under

Over a dispute over the confederate flag flying near an orangeburg restaurant is unfolding before a circuit court judge. >> we are continuing here at an appellate hearing today. i'm standing before martin luther king, jr. quote which says injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere, and i feel that, too, on my heart. there's a real assault on our traditions, our history and particularly the confederacy. >> anybody here for jury duty? >> when i ride by there and i see that flag i think about the fact that as a kid i used to ride by there and be afraid. >> this is not a challenge to a flag and...