"Renewal by Congress confers honor and prestige for certain patriotic groups; in fact, only about 10 groups, including the American Legion, have won patents from Congress since 1900.As to the United Daughters of the Confederacy: [Helms] maintained that the symbol, a laurel wreath encircling the national flag of the Confederacy -- not the battle flag or stars and bars -- was instead just a proud ins" . . . .