When it comes to flying the Confederate flag at the state Capitol, Oklahoma has its own complicated history.

South Carolina lawmakers this week are discussing whether to permanently lower the Confederate flag at that state’s Capitol after a gunman killed nine black congregants last week during a Bible study at a historic Charleston church. Critics contend the flag is racist and a symbol of intolerance.

In Oklahoma, the Confederate flag flew for 22 years on the Capitol grounds, part of a display of 14 flags that at one time or another flew over the territory that eventually would become the Sooner State.

The display, 14 flags in two semicircles on the southern end of the Capitol grounds, were unveiled in 1966 during Gov. Henry Bellmon’s first term in office amid a concert of patriotic music and a military awards ceremony. The flags included those of Spain, Great Britain, France, Mexico, Texas, the Choctaw Nation and the Confederate South.