Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford

Members of the South Carolina legislature have been notified that they are scheduled to return to Columbia, SC on Monday to tackle vetoes and the debate on the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. Reports from the Charleston Post and Courier indicate that a two thirds majority exists in support of the removal of the flag and that "a vote in the Senate could potentially occur that same day." 

Yesterday, with epic timing on the Fourth of July, about one thousand people gathered at the capitol for a "Take Down the Flag" rally that was as much a celebration as a maneuver for political change. Outside of an incident involving the detainment of Muhiydin Moye D'Baha after burning a piece of paper resembling a Confederate flag following the conclusion of the rally, the event itself appeared to go on without a hitch.

Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford

"Really, it's just a piece of cloth. It's all about when the people come together from both sides and different nationalities and say, 'Let's do something. Let's do something for this country. For the world."

-Jalaludin Abdul-Hamid

Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford Take Down the Flag Rally - July 4 - Columbia SCAs estimated by Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, an estimated 800-1,000 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse on July, 4, 2015 to show their support in removing the Confederate Flag from the capitol grounds.

Photos by Columbia SC photographer Sean Rayford