04-07-21 Give it Back!

[Trivia Master]

1) In what year were the conquered confederate flags returned to the South?
2) Who authorized it?

credit: @sarladaise

 

[hughes]

1) 1905
2) Theodore Roosevelt

note: not every flag was returned in timely fashion

 

[gentlemanrob]

1.1905
2.Theodore Roosevelt

 

[bayouace]

In 1905 Congress passed a bill to return Confederate battle flags.
The bill was sponsored by Teddy Roosevelt after his election in 1904.

 

[DBF]

President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the War Department to release its captured flags to the various Southern states in 1905.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/return-of-captured-confederate-flags-1887-and-1905.89614/

 

[ErnieMac]

1) In what year were the conquered confederate flags returned to the South? 1905.
2) Who authorized it? President Theodore Roosevelt.
https://www.insidernj.com/curious-s...sted, saying such conduct would be treasonous.

 

[kholland]

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican and Spanish – American War hero , ordered a Federal armory in the War Department to release its captured flags to various Southern states.

https://www.insidernj.com/curious-story-captured-confederate-battle-flags/

 

[stuart1861]

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered a Federal armory in the War Department to release its captured flags to various Southern states.

 

[Brenal]

President Theodore Roosevelt.
1905.

 

[streetwiseprof]

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt authorized the return of Confederate battle flags then in Federal possession. Grover Cleveland had ordered it in 1887, but backed down in the face of intense opposition from the GAR and others.

 

[Lewis214]

1905 by Teddy Roosevelt
https://www.insidernj.com/curious-story-captured-confederate-battle-flags/

 

[VMIKeydet]

1. 1905 https://civilwartalk.com/threads/return-of-captured-confederate-flags-1887-and-1905.89614/
2. President Theodore Roosevelt https://www.insidernj.com/curious-story-captured-confederate-battle-flags/

 

[Pollaco]

1905 - Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[WJC]

1) In what year were the conquered confederate flags returned to the South?
2) Who authorized it?

credit: @sarladaise

1) 1905;
2) President Theodore Roosevelt.
President Grover Cleveland had proposed returning them in 1887, but relented when the Grand Army of the Republic strenuously objected.
Source: Bernard Kenney, "The Curious Story of the Captured Confederate Battle Flags", InsiderNJ, September 13, 2019. https://www.insidernj.com/curious-s...vil War had ended only forty years beforehand.

 

[JOHN42768]

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican and Spanish – American War hero , ordered a Federal armory in the War Department to release its captured flags to various Southern states
source: https://www.insidernj.com/curious-story-captured-confederate-battle-flags/

 

[Ole Miss]

1) 1905
2) Theodore Roosevelt
Regards
David

 

[Mike Serpa]

1905 - President T. Roosevelt

 

[warbird43]

1) In what year were the conquered confederate flags returned to the South ? 1905

2) Who authorized it ? President Theodore Roosevelt

 

[captaindrew]

1905, Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Stone in the wall]

1905 (Minnesota is still the 28th Va flag captured at Gettysburg)
Teddy Roosevelt