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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyartifacts@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Final flag of the secessionist Confederacy, Virginia, USA, 1865

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Final flag of the secessionist Confederacy, Virginia, USA, 1865

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyartifacts@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surrender_flag_of_the_Civil_War_by_Matthew_Bisanz.JPG

Yes, it’s a flag of surrender. And also a literal dishtowel. They used what they had, which wasn’t much, apparently, lmao

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  • KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world
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    I think I’ll start hanging these in my house and office and a bumper sticker on my car and shirts and wallets and make it my personality because it’s our heritage

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    Why waste money on a flag of surrender you’ll only use once when you have a perfectly good towel? It’s just sensible economic policy

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      Legitimately can’t argue with that

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      it’s not like people go into war with the plan to surrender. as a soldier, you’ll get weird looks if you pack a flag specifically for surrendering. like “don’t jinx it man”

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    That’s a towel.

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    I was going to say… “looks like a dishrag…”

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    I don’t know if I would go so far as to say it was the final flag.

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