Confederate Flag On FLorida Number Plates

The Florida branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued the state after its 2008 application to approve a “confederate heritage” plate was denied by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and then permanently stalled in the state legislature.

The license plate features the Confederate flag, coat buttons worn by Florida’s Confederate soldiers and the phrase “Confederate heritage.” The group had raised the required $60,000 application fee and collected the signatures of more than 30,000 Florida residents who said they might be interested in buying such a license plate.