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Some examples of Confederate tributes around the South

In this May 19, 2011 photo, a giant carving commemorating the military and political leaders of the Confederacy is lit up by lights on Stone Mountain, Ga. Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly across the South and beyond Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in the wake of the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
In this May 19, 2011 photo, a giant carving commemorating the military and political leaders of the Confederacy is lit up by lights on Stone Mountain, Ga. Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly across the South and beyond Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in the wake of the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) In this May 19, 2011 photo, a giant carving commemorating the military and political leaders of the Confederacy is lit up by lights on Stone Mountain, Ga. Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly across the South and beyond Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in the wake of the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

By Associated Press 4 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – Tributes to the Confederacy and the Jim Crow era that have existed still abound in the Deep South and beyond more than a century after the end of the Civil War.

Here are some of the most high-profile displays, including several that are being criticized anew following the fatal shooting of nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina:

– ALABAMA: An 88 -foot-tall Confederate memorial sits at the Capitol entrance nearest the governor’s office. It features four different Confederate banners, including the battle flag. Jefferson Davis, the lone president of the Confederacy, is said to have laid the cornerstone at a ceremony in 1886. Two nearby public high schools, now with nearly all-black student bodies, are named for Davis and Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate forces.

– ARKANSAS: There are two Confederate monuments on the Capitol grounds, one honoring Confederate women, the other soldiers.

– FLORIDA: No confederate flag flies at the Florida Capitol, but the state flag, whose main design was adopted in 1900, features a St. Andrew’s Cross – an ‘X’ emblazoned across the banner. The imagery is similar to the Battle Flag, though it also reflects a flag of the Spanish empire when it ruled Florida from the early 16th century until 1763. Several county courthouses and local public squares or parks feature Confederate veterans monuments.