State residents are still allowed to commemorate the lives of Confederate soldiers if they so choose.

UPDATED Friday, July 10, 2015, 10:16 a.m. ET Shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday the confederate flag flying over South Carolina’s statehouse was lowered for good, while thousands cheered, chanted and sang. The flag was received by a representative of its new home: the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. It’s down…only 150 years late […]