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How to fold the Confederate battle flag (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure if that was a joke, but FYI the final flag of the confederacy was not only literally a white flag, it was a dishtowel. 😂 🤣

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House#Battle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I didn't get the joke. Thank your for your explanation.
The battle flag of East Frisia, a German region, supposedly shows a white eagle on a white background.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Sorry, I didn’t get the joke. Thank your for your explanation.

At the risk of over-explaining -

I think the other commenter was (possibly) kidding about it being a white flag, because over here (US) the only place most of us have seen a white flag used to surrender is in cartoons and such for the most part. (I think this is probably true elsewhere today also.)

I was surprised when I learned they really had used a white flag to surrender at Appomattox and (out of disdain for the confederates) I find it super amusing that the white flag they used was literally a dishtowel they had on hand.