re: What value does the Confederate battle flag have?

Historically it holds tremendous value but after it was used as a racial standard of oppression in the 1950-early 1960's and it was and should only be shown on specific occasions and for historical perspective.

If I had been King in 1990 I would have put a 50 year moritorium on its display until everyone who had a hand in using it as a measure of oppression would have passed.

Had that happened in twenty years it could have been brought back out and nobody would care plus you would have had 50 billion dollars of money freed up wasted in getting us where we are today still talking about a piece of cloth.