Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, and Senate Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, requested in June that the Senate Rules Committee consider whether to change the seal amid a ...

The man on the horse in the official Confederate States of America seal died in 1799, long before there was a Confederate States of America. He had enjoyed successful careers in agriculture ...

The date on the Confederate Seal commemorates the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States, and the establishment of the permanent government of the Confederate States of ...

Without a formal vote, the Florida Senate has agreed to strip the Confederate battle flag from its official seal, removing one of the few remaining vestiges of the infamous icon in state government.

After two months of debate, the Williamson County Board of Commissioners voted 16-7 to accept the county-appointed task force's recommendation to remove the Confederate flag from the county seal.

The president of the Confederacy spent most of his life in the Magnolia State and served it in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The Davis family moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1812.

A bill that would amend the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act could legally protect the seal of Williamson County, which currently depicts the Confederate flag draped over a cannon.

The Williamson County Seal Task-Force gathered briefly on Tuesday to hear constituents' opinions about the Confederate flag on the seal, adopted in 1968.

In April, the Williamson County commission was given the green light to remove the Confederate flag that appears on the left quadrant of the seal. However, the county seal remains unchanged due to ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) - The days of a Confederate battle flag being part of the Florida Senate seal are numbered. On Thursday, the Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to revise the seal ...

The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 8, 1861, by South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.