The flags were taken from Woodbine Cemetery on Veterans Day. Earlier that day, the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ local chapter placed the flags at graves of soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Philip Way, commander of the local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter, told The Washington Post that the group honors “our Confederate veterans because we consider it part of our heritage. but we will not be deterred.”Harrisonburg was home to a Confederate hospital. Many of the soldiers who died there are buried at the cemetery.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2019 14:03 UTC