Claim:
The state of Minnesota has refused multiple requests from the state of Virginia to return a Confederate battle flag captured during the U.S. Civil War.
Rating:
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For years, a claim has circulated on social media that the state of Minnesota has repeatedly refused requests from the state of Virginia to return a battle flag captured from Confederate troops during the U.S. Civil War .
One example of the alleged story appeared on the Facebook page Best of Minnesota on July 6, 2024. The account posted a photo ( archived ) of children surrounding a display case containing what appeared to be a Confederate battle flag.
(Facebook account Best of Minnesota)
The post’s caption read:
Minnesota troops defeated and captured a confederate flag from Virginia troops during the Civil War. To this day, Virginia keeps asking for it back and Minnesota keeps telling those losers they can’t have it.
The same claim has frequently appeared on other social media networks, including X ( archived ), Bluesky ( archived ) and Reddit ( archived ), where it has been posted multiple times on the r/todayilearned subreddit.