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SC license tag would help preserve relic of Civil War

The 'Big Red' flag linked to Citadel cadets firing on a Union ship before the Civil War could be preserved with the help of a new state license tag.

State Rep. Chip Limehouse on Wednesday introduced a bill that issues a special tag that would bear the image of the red banner with white Palmetto tree and crescent....
Read entire article at The Post and Courier (SC)