Jackson considers battle flag at cemetery

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

A Civil War heritage group has asked the Jackson Board of Aldermen to allow a Missouri Confederate battle flag to be flown at the city cemetery to honor one of the area's most heralded Confederate Civil War leaders.

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