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Date: 2011-01-31 07:29 pm (UTC)Here's a picture of the memorial. It's on the front steps of the South Carolina State Building. I don't think it's splitting hairs to say it's a bad idea to proudly display a Confederate flag on the property of a government that claims to no longer be motivated by the ideals symbolized by that flag.
I read the wikipedia entry on the flags of the Confederacy and I came away with the impression that the "dixie" flag was a prominent part of the CSA's national flag from 1863-1865, in the same way that it continues to be a prominent part of the flag of Mississippi today. Whatever its historical sources, the fact remains that the "Confederate flag" has become emblematic of a lot of things since its use in the Civil War.
As a white Yankee, I'm hesitant to suggest that maybe using a flag more historically associated with the military of South Carolina would be an acceptable compromise.