Charleston, South Carolina, USA - June 7, 2015: Six flags, the 50-star United States flag and five historic flags, flying on the top of Fort Sumter -- the starting place of the America Civil War. These five historic flags, from left to right, are: The 35-star United States Flag (1865); The 33-star United States Flag -- also called Fort Sumter Flag (1861); The Second National Flag of the Confederacy, or Stainless Banner (1863); The First National Flag of the Confederacy, or Stars and Bars (1861); The South Carolina State Flag (since 1861). They represent the flags that flew over Fort Sumter during the Civil War.
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