The flags are being removed "in order to support our core values, ensure unit cohesion and security and preserve good order and discipline," the directive explains.
The United States Marine Corps has issued a directive to remove all public displays of the Confederate battle flag from their installations. The new directive was handed down Friday.
While there were many different battle flags used by the Confederacy, the directive specifies the flag in question is the battle flag carried by the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. Exceptions to the new directive include works of art where the flag is present but not the main focus, Confederate grave sites, state-issued license plates depicting the flag and any official state flags that incorporate the Confederate battle flag.
The flag has been a controversial symbol for decades, and the Marine Corps noted in a statement that the flag has"all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps." Story continuesIn 2015, calls to remove the Confederate flag from in front of the South Carolina Statehouse intensified after the Charleston church shooting. Nine black members of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston were killed during a bible study session by Dylann Roof. Photos posted to social media of Roof showed him wearing clothing adorned with various white supremacist symbols and holding a Confederate flag.
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