The first North Carolina state flag in history was heavily inspired by the first Confederate States of America flag. This flag didn't have the blue X-shape of later Confederate flags.

“I was floating in the pool and I noticed,” Magness said, the wristband did not feature the stars and stripes, but actually the Confederate flag. The teenagers working at the Tanglewood Park ...

It hasn’t worked in the past John D. Simmons CHARLOTTE OBSERVER FILE PHOTO A Confederate flag flew at the South Carolina State House for decades, until it was taken down almost 10 years ago.