Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150710:01:06:00
>> theconfederacy had three flags, this was never one of them. this flag is the flag confederate balancing flag of the army of northern virginia. robert e. lee's army. and when robert e. lee surrendered at appomattox he asked all of his followers to furl this flag store it away he said, put it in your attics. he refused to be buried in his confederate uniform. his family refused to allow anyone dressed in the confederate uniform to attend his funeral. why? because robert e. lee said he considered this emblem to be a symbol of treason.
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