Civil War historians told PolitiFact the flag does not represent a Confederate flag. The first Confederate flag had a varying number of stars based on how many states seceded from the Union.

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A rumor that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended a decision to fly a Confederate flag at Facebook's Menlo Park, California, headquarters circulated online in early January 2025. We received reader ...

Jan. 26, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: In these times when so many “with it” people are trying to tell others what to do, how to live, and most dastardly of all, what to think, I admire the spunk of ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended a decision to fly a Confederate flag at Facebook's headquarters. Rating: Labeled Satire (About this rating?) A rumor that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended a ...

18. Members of the organization raised the Confederate flag, sang “Dixie,” and added Anthony Cohen to their ranks. If Cohen was looking for attention, he got it. He’s been hailed as a hero ...

During his first term as president, Trump defended the Confederate flag as a freedom of speech issue and condemned NASCAR for banning it at events. When the Pentagon banned the flag on military ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

Flags in Arizona and across the U.S. continue to fly at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter. On the death of a former president, the U.S. Flag Code states that flags must be flown ...

With less than a week until Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump got his wish for flags to be raised next Monday. American flags on public and government buildings are supposed to be flying at ...