MARINE CORPS BANS DISPLAY OF CONFEDERATE FLAGThe memo, signed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, lists the type of flags that may be displayed at military installations -- including the American flag, military service flags, flags of U.S. states and territories and the POW/MIA flag, as well as flags for which the U.S. is a member such as NATO. Confederate flags, monuments and military base names have become a point of controversy for protesters and activists in the weeks since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS IN GETTYSBURG SPARK DEBATE AMONG HISTORIANSIn many parts of the country, state officials have taken down Confederate monuments and symbols over the Confederacy’s legacy of slavery. “I know people that like the Confederate flag, and they’re not thinking about slavery,” Trump said in an interview with CBS News. I just think it’s freedom of speech, whether it’s Confederate flags or Black Lives Matter or anything else you want to talk about.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 15:36 UTC