Six Flags Removes Confederate Flags

On Friday, Six Flags removed the Confederate flags remaining at their amusement parks, two of which are in Texas and one in Georgia.

It wasn’t just the Confederate flag that was removed; the flags of Spain, France, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas, which joined the Confederate flag and the United States flag because they all represented Texas at one point in its history, were removed.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., which owns 20 amusement parks in North America, announced that only the U.S. flag will fly at their parks; Six Flags spokeswoman Sharon Parker stated, “We always choose to focus on celebrating the things that unite us versus those that divide us. As such, we have changed the flag displays in our parks to feature American flags.”

All flags except the U.S. flag at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, and Six Flags Over Georgia outside Atlanta will be withdrawn.

Six Flags spokeswoman Sandra Daniels told CNN Money, “We’re just choosing to display symbols that everyone can support, that being the American flag. We’re flying all American flags.” Some parks fly their state flags.

When Angus Wynne founded Six Flags in Texas in 1961, the park featured a flag for every country that ever represented Texas, including the United States, the Confederacy, Mexico, Spain, France and the Republic of Texas.

The Confederate flag flown at Six Flags is not the Confederate battle flag, which has a blue cross with white stars, but rather the Stars and Bars, with a circle of stars representing the rebel states.