A towering Confederate flag that once loomed over Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County is no longer flying, but the legal fight behind it isn’t finished – and that means the symbol could still return in some form.
WSPA 7News reporter RipLey Simone said the flag measured about 30 feet long and had been flown roughly 120 feet in the air, making it impossible to ignore for drivers passing beneath it, and just as impossible for the community to avoid debating what it represented.
Simone framed the moment plainly: after years of controversy, the flag is down for now, but the decision-making and appeals are still moving through the courts, which keeps the situation unsettled…