Little Hawk, I respectfully disagree. I hate to make so obvious a point, but the men who died on the Hunley are... how shall I put it?... DEAD! They won't know or care whether there are flags on their coffins. As most people recognize, funerals are for the living. The North won the war, slavery was abolished, and there are a lot of folks who don't consider it appropriate to honor the symbol of a racist past (particularly since there are still groups around that would love to resurrect it), thereby dishonoring the brave men who fought on the side of Union and against slavery. It should be possible to have an appropriate memorial for these men without incorporating the discredited symbols of a government founded primarily to perpetuate an economic system based on slavery.