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Immediately after the end of the Civil War, the Confederate flag was mainly used as a symbol of remembrance for Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle.<ref name="historynet.com"/><ref name="PBSNewsHour">Costa-Roberts, Daniel (June 21, 2015). [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/8-things-didnt-know-confederate-flag/ 8 things you didn’t know about the Confederate flag]. ''PBS NewsHour''. Retrieved December 30, 2016.</ref>
Immediately after the end of the Civil War, the Confederate flag was mainly used as a symbol of remembrance for Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle.<ref name="historynet.com"/><ref name="PBSNewsHour">Costa-Roberts, Daniel (June 21, 2015). [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/8-things-didnt-know-confederate-flag/ 8 things you didn’t know about the Confederate flag]. ''PBS NewsHour''. Retrieved December 30, 2016.</ref>
While some people, particularly leftists, believe the Confederate flag displays racism, the opposite is true.<ref name="usflag.org"/> In fact, the [[Ku Klux Klan]] rarely, if ever, used the flag in its first and second incarnations, in the 1860s-70s and 1915-20s, respectively.<ref name="historynet.com"/> The flag only started to be used extensively in the late 1930s and 1940s at the third incarnation of the racist, leftist Democrat group.<ref name="historynet.com"/> As mentioned above, the flag's true purpose was and still is states rights and Southern pride and honor, and hate groups had no legitimate connection to the flag other than shared geographic location.<ref name="usflag.org"/>
While some people, particularly leftists, believe the Confederate flag displays racism, the opposite is true.<ref name="usflag.org"/> In fact, the [[Ku Klux Klan]] rarely, if ever, used the flag in its first and second incarnations, in the 1860s–70s and 1915–20s, respectively.<ref name="historynet.com"/> The flag only started to be used extensively in the late 1930s and 1940s at the third incarnation of the racist, leftist Democrat group.<ref name="historynet.com"/> As mentioned above, the flag's true purpose was and still is states rights and Southern pride and honor, and hate groups had no legitimate connection to the flag other than shared geographic location.<ref name="usflag.org"/>
===Rise in popularity===
===Rise in popularity===