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Appomattox park bookstore furls its miniature Rebel battle flags for sale
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2015 8:13 pm
By Ashlie Walte
The (Lynchburg) News & Advance
Visitors to the federal park marking the Confederate surrender to Union troops no longer can buy one of the most enduring symbols of the rebellion.
Not far away, at a privately owned store, sales of the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia are soaring ...
The store only discontinued the sales of the miniature Rebel flags. Other items incorporating images of the flag, such as books, continue to be sold ...
At the park itself, the Confederate flags that are part of exhibits were kept ...
http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/appomattox-park-bookstore-furls-its-miniature-rebel-battle-flags-for/article_5ca2dd4b-e4b6-5f10-a69c-a345f23b52f6.html
