Flaggers (movement)

Flaggers is a type of neo-Confederate activist group active in the Southern United States. Flaggers usually operate at the state level. Their primary purpose is to make the Confederate battle flag as visible as possible.

Group members carry the flag at demonstrations and other public events, and erect it on private land. These flags are frequently visible from major highways, and have often been the subject of controversy and legal efforts to have them removed. Members, usually acting individually, also lobby or appear at meetings to speak against removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Some have come out against celebrating Abraham Lincoln, while supporting the right of states to secede, i.e., claiming that the Confederacy was legitimate under U.S. law.