Confederate history embraced by Brazilian city

Confederate flags fly without criticism, children dress up in Rebel uniform and a Confederate cemetery is carefully tended by citizens. Welcome to the Brazilian town of Santa Barbara D’Oeste, where some Southerners relocated after the Civil War.USA TODAY Sports

(Photo: Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY Sports)SANTA BARBARA D’OESTE, Brazil – Brunno Lucke is a 9-year-old boy with a sweet smile, a love of soccer and his own YouTube channel. He also wears a cap with the Confederate battle flag emblazoned on its peak.

This city of more than 180,000, an hour’s flight from Rio de Janeiro, site of this summer's Olympics, is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find the most controversial symbol in American…