What we call ourselves and our flags is important! Our Confederate Veterans were American Veterans and their flags are American Flags. Make it habit to refer to the Stars and Stripes as the "U.S. Flag", not the "American Flag", and gently instruct new Flaggers to do the same. In all of our talking points and literature, we should use "American" to describe our ancestors, and make sure we emphasize that when Confederate flags are removed, monuments defaced or removed, or grave markers desecrated, it is AMERICAN veterans that are being dishonored!
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/14/confederate-soldiers-are-american-veterans-by-act-of-congress/
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