Why I regret not burning my neighbor’s Confederate Flag when I had the chance

Taken the day after the election, this new flag replaced both the old tattered one and the fading American flag that had risen above it for the last year at least.

I didn’t notice the pink rag that once had been a Confederate Flag hanging from a cobbled-together pole until this summer. The house is on a major thoroughfare about five miles from my home but on my route to work.

There are a lot of Confederate flags flying where I live. Here on the Delmarva Peninsula we fought on the side of the…