Actually, it’s good news that some states have removed it from its place of “honor.” The statues of confederate traitors are being removed and/ or relocated, and the military bases are to be renamed.
Though it will never disappear entirely, those are huge steps toward diminishing the influence.
I forget where I saw it but some guy who does IT network stuff said the Capitol is a huge wireless hotspot because it’s full of these basement corridors where people need a cell signal. The upshot is that if you carried your phone into the building there’s a record of your having been there, and no matter how long it takes for your turn to come you can expect to be contacted by the FBI.
dismissed chief executive of an Illinois marketing company, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, the Department of Justice said.
Worth recalling the history: during the Civil War, the Capitol building itself served as a temporary hospital for wounded Union soldiers. Displaying the flag of the enemies who killed U.S. soldiers who died in that building dishonors their memory.