On Monday afternoon, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley became the latest person to urge the South Carolina legislature to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state’s Capitol.

The nation reeled with shock and pain, and the state and U.S. flags atop South Carolina’s Capitol dome were lowered. But the Confederate battle emblem on the statehouse grounds flew high ...

151; -- South Carolina made history today by removing the Confederate flag from its post on the state Capitol grounds in Columbia. Cheers of "U.S.A." erupted as the color guard removed the flag ...

In 1961, to honor the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, South Carolina lawmakers raised the Confederate battle flag over the State House. In 2000, it was moved to a flagpole ...

Comes amid outcry over the flying of the Confederate flag in South Carolina. — -- The American flag was lowered to half-staff at the South Carolina state capitol last week after the deadly ...

The South Carolina House of Representatives agreed Tuesday to debate the fate of the Confederate battle flag that flies amid controversy on the State Capitol grounds. The decision came as a ...

Georgia changed its state flag to embody the Confederate ... Michael Prince, author of Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys: South Carolina and the Confederate Flag, if he could pinpoint the root cause ...

South Carolina was the last state to fly the Confederate battle flag from its Statehouse dome until a 2000 compromise put a square version of the flag — the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag ...

When the trooper handed it to a state archivist, the governor clapped. President Barack Obama tweeted minutes after the flag was down: South Carolina taking down the confederate flag - a signal of ...

Kristi Vincini of Columbia protests against the Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina July 4, 2015. Kristi Vincini of Columbia protests against ...

In a required third vote, South Carolina's state senators voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from its prominent place flying on the Statehouse grounds. The final tally was 36-3.

a Confederate flag still flies on the grounds of the statehouse in Columbia. Though the debate in South Carolina over the controversial flag is far from new, it has been stoked by Wednesday's ...