[Windcatcher]

a yellow banner marked with three red stripes, the flag of the defeated South

I must admit my first thought was, "Strange. I've never heard of the Confederacy flying a flag like that..."

[Oztrich Boy]

Yeah, It's amazing what impression a sentence out of context can give.

A week ago, the lower house of the Virginia state parliament passed a bill which will require the flag of the defeated South to be hoisted in the state.