After the Civil War, the Confederate Battle Flag became adopted with the aid of quite a few teams, consisting of the Ku Klux Klan

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After the Civil War, the Confederate Battle Flag changed into followed via various communities, together with the Ku Klux Klan, which reworked its meaning into one associated with racism and segregation.