CONFEDERATE FLAG DISPLAY > > Missouri Democrat Dick Gephardt, who after a visit to South Carolina > declared that the Confederate flag shouldn't fly "anytime, anywhere," > has never objected to a publicly funded Confederate memorial > displaying the flag year-round in his home state, officials said. > > Nor should the congressman from St. Louis have any concern, because > the flag over Missouri's largest Confederate cemetery is "presented > in historical context in a respectful way," Doug Eiken, Missouri's > state parks director, said Monday. > > Gephardt, a 2004 presidential hopeful, initially sidestepped > questions about the Confederate flag during a campaign trip last week > to South Carolina, where the flag's display led to a black-supported > economic boycott. > > View this article at > <http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030113&Categ > ory=APN&ArtNo=301130941&Template=printart> >