The flag of the city of Montgomery flies across the street from Montgomery City Hall on Sept. 20, 2024 in Montgomery, Alabama. A high school student has launched a petition to replace the flag, which was adopted in 1952 and includes Confederate symbolism. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
The American Civil War ended in the 1860s. In the 1950s, the city of Montgomery adopted a flag with Confederate symbolism.
That’s why Jeremiah Treece, a 17-year-old student at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, has started a petition to change it…