Turning Out the Lights on the Confederacy, Setback in Raleigh, James Madison U., Walmart, Mobile and BUBBACAR

JUNE 24, 2020

**  Will the last Confederate statue standing turn out the lights?  (That about sums it up.  New York Times.  I had to chuckle through my tears at this one.)

**  Crews hit setback on bringing down Raleigh Confederate monument on Capitol grounds.  (North Carolina.  Aww!)

**  James Madison recommends dropping Confederate building names.  (James Madison University in Virginia.  Okay, what about the school name.  James Madison was dead by the time of the Civil War, but he owned you-know-what.)

**  County committee meets to discuss Confederate monument.  (El Dorado News-Times.)

**  Walmart will no longer display Confederate-themed Mississippi state flags at its stores.

**  List:  Confederate  statues, monuments in Austin area.  (Wonder why they would make this list?)

**  Maine lawmaker shares Confederate flag on Facebook, challenging friends to repost it.

**  Mobile rebuffs Confederate heirs, opts to place the monument in history museum.

**  Confederate flags seen flying outside postponed NASCAR race at Talladega.

**  NASCAR:  It's history of racism and relations with the Confederate flag.

**  Confederate monuments reflected 'false history,' removal 'long time coming.'

**  Group agrees to relocation of Salisbury Confederate statue 'Fame.'  (North Carolina)

Very True About Turn Out the Lights.  We're Heading for It.  --Old Secesh

Quiz:  What MNF sportscaster used to sing"Turn Out The Lights, the Party's Over" at the end of a Monday night broadcast.

"Don Meredith"