A hot tip to the editors of The Sun and others who are worked up about the displaying of the Confederate flag: The flag you are agitated about is not, technically speaking, "the Confederate flag." It is the battle flag which was used on battlefields to distinguish southern forces from Union troops since the actual national flag, the "Stars and Bars," was difficult to recognize as different from the "Stars and Stripes" ("Md. eyes recall of tags with rebel flag," June 24).
The battle flag was never intended to be flown over public buildings such as state houses. That was the place for the actual Stars and Bars which went through several versions in its short history and is now seen only in museums! I suggest that you Google "Confederate flag" and get your facts straight. The Stars and Bars were retired for good in 1865. It is the battle flag that is being wrongly used and certainly does need to be retired to displays in Civil War museums.
S. Butler Grimes, Cockeysville