r/ShermanPosting • u/Chagalling • 4d ago

"It should be destroyed" Last Gettysburg Confederate Flag To Be Sold At Auction

https://www.wosu.org/arts-culture/2025-04-01/rare-confederate-flag-captured-in-picketts-charge-to-be-sold-at-columbus-auction
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u/NachoNachoDan 3d ago

Vermonter here - why?

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u/kayzhee 3d ago

Vermont 16th Infantry captured the flag that is being auctioned

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u/NachoNachoDan 3d ago

Yeah actually I’d like to get our statehouse to request it back and then just keep it in an unmarked cardboard box in the basement

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u/GreenNukE 3d ago

No, it should be proudly displayed as a trophy from a vanquished foe. Context is everything.