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National Guard Units in 6 States Have Held onto Confederate Streamers Despite a Deadline to Turn Them In
(Military.Com) – Army National Guard Units with a Civil War-era lineage were ordered to relinquish any Confederate battle streamers from their guidons, but dozens of the streamers have yet to be recovered a week after the deadline.
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At least 48 mostly southern National Guard units were directed in March to strip their guidons of rebel streamers to be preserved at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Streamers hang on the top of unit flags, which are often held by a soldier during a formation, and are awarded for participating in wars or specific campaigns ranging from the Colonial era to the Global War on Terrorism.
The Army had collected 438 of 491 streamers as of the Sept. 1 deadline, according to a spokesperson with the Army’s Human Resources Command. That was part of an effort mandated by Congress to strip tributes to the Confederacy from military property, including the names of major bases. States that sent all streamers were Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. But units in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi and West Virginia have yet to surrender…
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