Alabama legislation restricting what kind of flags are displayed on public property is on hold as lawmakers examine ways to clean up the language within the bill. Under SB4, sponsored by Sen ...

A 150-year-old Confederate flag was recently restored to its former glory thanks to two Eufaula citizens and a community effort. The flag, which hung on a flagpole in Shorter Mansion, belonged to ...

The public viewing came just steps from where the Confederate flag still flies on the state Capitol grounds. South Carolina lawmakers voted this week to consider taking it down. Meanwhile in ...

In Alabama, Confederate Memorial Day is observed as a state holiday on the fourth Monday in April. State offices and courts are closed to commemorate the day. What other states recognize this holiday?

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — With no fanfare, Alabama Robert Bentley ordered the removal of four Confederate flags from a memorial at the Alabama State Capitol on Wednesday amid a growing controversy over ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The governor of Alabama has banished the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Southern state's Capitol building, local media reported on Wednesday. Alabama media group's ...

Alabama celebrates three Confederate-related state holidays: Confederate Memorial Day in April, the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in June, and the joint holiday of Robert E ...

Surely, the names of individual Civil War-era Alabama gunsmiths have been lost to time. One little-known was George Balzer, an Alabama gunsmith. The 1860 U.S. Census lists him as a gunsmith, ...