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Orlando Sentinel 1 hr ago Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel © Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel/Orlando Sentinel/TNS Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference at the Polk County Sheriff s Office, on Monday, April 19, 2021. The governor signed into law a new riot bill, surrounded by law enforcement, legislators, and police union representatives.\r
We’re less than a week away from an official Florida holiday that honors the war dead.
The Confederate war dead.
Florida remains one of a handful of Southern states that still has a separate, state-sanctioned legal holiday for the soldiers who fought to secede from the union in order to preserve the institution of slavery. Confederate Memorial Day in Florida is on April 26, the day Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee.
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Luke Combs apologises for using Confederate flag imagery
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Fri, Feb 19 2021 7:12 IST |
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singer Luke Combs.(photo:Instagram). Image Source: IANS News
Los Angeles, Feb 19 : Country singer Luke Combs has apologised for using the Confederate flag imagery in photographs early on in his career. He says his understanding of the issue was different in the initial days.
The Confederate flag was an unofficial flag of the Confederate states of America. It was widely used as a battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War.
Luke used the flag in previous photographs and in a 2015 music video for Ryan Upchurch s version of his song Can I get an outlaw .
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