Ole Miss, Confederate Flag Over Bristol Motor Speedway, Context, What Context? Schools

JULY 16, 2020


**  University of Mississippi removes Confederate statue from heart of campus.

**  Confederate flag banner flies over Bristol Motor Speedway before NASCAR all-star race.  (Tennessee.  I imagine Bubba was so upset he probably couldn't even race.)

**  African American Heritage Society calls for more context next to Franklin's Confederate monument.  (Tennessee.  I am in favor of leaving statues up and adding context, but, I saw the context added to the Lion of the Confederacy monument in Atlanta.  It was okay at first, but then started giving lots of opinions.  What we need is context with facts, not opinions.

**  A landscaper's view  of the Confederate  statue hornets' nest.

**  Public sounds off on Confederate monument.    (Jackson County court house.)

**  Virginia board votes to change two Confederate school names.  (Hanover County.  Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School.)

**  Pensacola  City Council votes to remove Confederate monument, change name of Lee Square.  (Florida.    Lee Square will be changed back to its original name, Florida Square  The monument has been "vandalized," but we all know that means a hate crime was committed against it.)

**  Mississippi  is replacing its state flag, but a Confederate  emblem still flies in Georgia.

--Old Secesh