Confederate battle flag sales boom after Charlottesville clash

Demand for Confederate flags at Chris Ackerman's Civil War memorabilia shop in Pennsylvania has surged since violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia this month reignited the United States' debate over race and the legacy of slavery.The trend has been similar for other sellers of the Confederate battle flag, retailers report."We need to get more flags," Ackerman recalled saying following the first order after the Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.