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Flag has meaning

The gift shop at Gettysburg decided to stop selling Confederate flags that stand alone unless paired with the Union flag.

Is it now mandatory to deny history by refusing to acknowledge that 13 states and hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought under their own flag for their independence?

It’s a sad state of affairs for this gift shop, and our nation.

Marc Mogil, Sunny Isles Beach

This story was originally published June 28, 2015 at 1:15 PM with the headline "Flag has meaning."

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