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Posted: Nov 11, 2020 / 01:01 PM CSTUpdated: Nov 11, 2020 / 06:57 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — A Confederate flag flying at the Marshall County Courthouse has been removed.In place of the Confederate flag, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said they took the Confederate flag down and replaced it with a replica of a flag that was first presented to the Alabama Secession Convention in 1861. The flag features a rattlesnake coiled in a cotton plant with the words “Noli me tangere,” which is Latin for “touch me not.”Sons of Confederate Veterans 1st Lt. Commander Joe Smith says the group will meet again Monday to discuss if or when they will put the Confederate flag back up.The flag and a Confederate monument that also bears the same flag have in front of the courthouse in Albertville for months.The removal of Confederate monuments from government property has been a hot topic since the deaths this year of Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis.A Confederate monument at the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville was .The original version of the 1861 flag currently flying at the courthouse – sometimes referred to as the Republic of Alabama flag – flew over the Capitol in Montgomery for about a month before it was damaged by weather and removed, according to state archives.Alabama’s current flag was adopted in 1895.Suggest a CorrectionThanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Nowno iframe support!Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now✕× Close Ad

Posted: Nov 11, 2020 / 01:01 PM CSTUpdated: Nov 11, 2020 / 06:57 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — A Confederate flag flying at the Marshall County Courthouse has been removed.In place of the Confederate flag, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said they took the Confederate flag down and replaced it with a replica of a flag that was first presented to the Alabama Secession Convention in 1861. The flag features a rattlesnake coiled in a...

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