Please Don't Name Every Army Base After a Black Person. Maryland, Alabama, Trump and Republicans

DECEMBER 30, 2020

**  Maryland may  repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms.  (Bad, bad, Maryland.)

**  Letter:  Local pastor says Confederate monument, flag at county courthouse. (Albertville, Alabama.  The pastor is a white man.)

**  President Donald Trump fumes at Republican leadership, revives slur against  Elizabeth Warren.

**  25 House Republicans abandon support for troops to protect Confederate monuments.  (66 House Republicans voted against overriding Trump's veto and 25 of them had previously supported the bill.)

**  Myron B. Pitts:    Fort Bragg name to become a thing of the past -- good.  (Suggests other names.  Some are actually white people.  I don't mind changing the fort names. just please don't name every single one after a black person.  After all, whites have had something to do with the U.S. Army over the years, believe it or not.)

**  SC Heritage Act lawsuit protecting  Confederate monuments sparks top Republican fight.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Wish If You Must. A Poet, House and 'Sylva Sam'

 DECEMBER 29, 2020

**  Wish.com removes most Confederate merchandise, citing policy against hate, but still sells items, but it still sells items glorifying dictators.  (Yep.)

**  A poet reflects on how we reckon -- or how we fail to reckon -- with the legacy of slavery.

**  House overwhelmingly  votes to override Trump's veto of the defense bill that he refused to sign because it renames Confederate bases.  (Big surprise that a bunch of Democrats would do something like that.)

**  Plywood covers part of  statue as 'Sylva Sam' awaits modifications.  (Jackson County, N.C.  The statue will remain.  But the Confederate flag on the base and some words will be removed.  I'm okay with compromise.  Of course with BLM, there can be no compromise.)

**  Statues do not teach history.

--Old Secesh

What Can the Battle of Gettysburg Teach Us about the COVID-19 Fight?

DECEMBER 28, 2020

**  Of all things:  Getting rid of Confederate names.

**  Confederates among us.  (Washington Post.  This can't be good.)

**  What can the Battle of Gettysburg teach us about  the COVID-19 fight. (So, who was the evil at this battle?  Actually, this was more of a medical account.)

**  Racial justice protests draw attention, ire of Statesville.  (Over Confederate monument which has had two different hate crimes committed on it over the summer.  At least no rioting or violence.)

**  Utah institutions move away from 'Dixie' name, but locals split.  (A local hospital to change name as well.)

**  House votes to override Trump veto.

**  Confederate monuments:  Should they stay or should they go.  (Hey, that's a play on the words of an old Clash song.)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Making the Year End Reviews. Body Bags and Being 'Woke'

DECEMBER 26, 2020

**  Fake body bags lined up outside Alabama court house in protest over  SCOTUS justice.  (Marshall County, Alabama.   County named after John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) who was a slave owner.  Reckon the county name will have to be changed now.)

**  New York state bans sale of Confederate flags.

**  The Woke see no evil -- and nothing but evil.  (I don't know about the suddenly "Woke" people.)

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

All this Confederate stuff has sure been making the year end reviews a lot.

**  Culpepper's 2020 top news stories:  COVID, solar, BLM and Confederate.

**  Looking Back: 2020 a tumultuous year.

**  Of all things:  Getting rid of Confederate statues.

**  Renaming Fort Benning and the role of memorial statues in America.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Louisiana, Arlington House, Fort Bragg, Activists, Trump's Mentality and Texas

DECEMBER 25, 2020

**  White supremacist's statue off Louisiana high court steps.  (Edward  White.  Also a member of U.S. Supreme Court.  His crimes:  Fought for the Confederacy and upheld racial segregation laws.)

**  Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee memorial, must be renamed. (Washington Post.  Big surprise they'd say that.    Excuse me, but wasn't the reason for Arlington National Cemetery being there a slap in the face to Lee in the first place?  Does this mean the name of the cemetery must also be changed?)

**  Top stories of 2020:    Push to rename Fort Bragg, installations named after Confederate generals.  (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

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DECEMBER 26, 2020

**  Activists don't want Confederate monuments, larger issues to be swept under the rug in 2021.  (But, why weren't the activists out there activating against Confederate monuments before Floyd?  Did they know those statues were there and had been for over 100 years?  Inquiring minds want to know.)

**  The Confederate Mental States of Trump.

**  A historic pandemic, Confederate statue, Floyd protests among top stories for 2020.  (Denton. Texas.  Confederate statue removed from court house.  When are they going to quit calling what happened in the wake of George Floyd's death protests or civil unrest.  They were RIOTS, LOOTING, BURNING and HATE CRIMES.)

Come On.  Those "Protests" Were Riots.  --Old Secesh

Monuments and Slave Body Bags. Wilmington, N.C. and Those Not Invited

DECEMBER 25, 2020  CHRISTMAS DAY

You'd kind of think "They" might take a day off today.  But, NO!!!!

**  Confederate monuments at Park Service get a reprieve.  ("Those" people want all Confederate statues and markers at National Battlefields taken down.  Then, who were the "good guys" fighting?)

**  'Body Bags' of slaves latest weapon in Confederate flag fight.  (Marshall County, Alabama.  They represent slaves owned by John Marshall, the county's namesake.  Gets me to wondering.  How much work can you get out of a dead slave?  Probably not too much.  Why would Marshall kill his slaves.  Inquiring minds want to know.)

John Marshall was the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice and owned 200 slaves during his lifetime.  Must have been a really bad man.

**  Top stories of 2020, No. 7:  Confederate statues removed, park renamed.  (Wilmington, North Carolina)

**  Tullahoma alderman won't apologize for  family Christmas party photo with Confederate flag.  (Tullahoma, Tennessee.  Those who are upset obviously weren't invited to the party.)

--Old Secesh

Trump Vetoes Defense Bill. Big Surprise There. 'Roll Tide' and 'Gator Bait', A Big Surprise from Virginia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  From 'Roll Tide' to 'Gator Bait', college football reckons with problematic traditions.  (These are Confederate or Antebellum-related.  Very interesting article.  I will write about it soon in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog.

**  Show of force on US streets and crisis at Fort Hood tested army secretary this year.  Also renaming Confederate bases.

**  Trump vetoes colossal $740 billion defense bill, breaking with Republican-led Senate.  (He did as he said he would do, evidently.  Again, I am in favor of renaming the bases, but, please not all black people.  Regardless of how good a man the Confederate officers were, the fact is that they still chose to fight their country.)

**  Fort Benning is named for a slave-owning secessionist.  That could soon change.  (Georgia)

**  Warner:  'I look forward' to overriding Trump's veto of defense partly over Confederate issue.  (Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.  From Virginia?  Surprise.  He's a Democrat?  Another surprise.)

**  With hate crimes on the rise, GOP senators go all-in for racist statues.  (Yep.  Lots of hate crimes being committed against Confederate statues and symbols these days.)

--Old Secesh

Taking a Long Look at the Alabama State Coat of Arms

I was looking at the Alabama State Coat of Arms in the picture section to the right of this and have come to the conclusion that other things need to be taken off it because they might offend some people.

Right now, there is a movement among black legislators in that state, and of course BLM, to remove the Confederate flag because it offends them.

In that case, they also need to remove the Spanish flag because the things they did to the Indians in the new world were too numerous to even get into.  France and British were also bad to the Indians.  Plus, all three countries have done bad things in their history.

Plus, eagles have been known to swoop down and grab fish and other small animals, even other birds.  Well, we can't have them either.

Then, there's that ship at the top of it with cannons.  Ships with cannons kill people on other ships and land.

Then, there is that state motto "Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere" which means "We dare to defend our rights."  Oops, they dared to defend their right to own slaves according to BLM.

So, all that has to go.

See what the NEW Alabama coat of arms will look like below.

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That's Right.  Nothing.  --Old Secesh

Will Virginia's George Washington Statue in the U.S. Capitol Come Down Next? A Legislator With Backbone, Imagine That?

DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  Virginia removes Confederate statue from US Capitol.  (Robert E. Lee, of course.  He will be replaced by a black woman.  That leaves a statue of George Washington who I'm sure the state will want removed because he owned you-know-what.  He will have to be replaced by another black person, of course.  Well, at least BLM wasn't able to get to it and commit their hate crimes on it like they did with the Sad R. statue.) 

I actually am in favor of removing all Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol because they did fight against the United States. Just, try to replace at least a few of them with someone who isn't a black person.

**  Arizona  state senator-elect Wendy Rogers praises Robert E. Lee.  (She said he was a great leader and patriot.  Anybody who thinks Lee was not a great leader, well, they also think George Floyd was a paragon of virtue and a wonderful person.  Finally, another legislator with some backbone who doesn't now down to BLM.)

**  Confederate statues still standing  in U.S. Capitol.  (There are ten of them.  This was by the Newsy site.  I'm surprised those great list makers at SPLC didn't make this one.)

--Old Secesh

It's the Time of the Season

Merry Christmas!

Will the Last Confederate Out of Sad R. Please Turn Out the Lights. Hey, BLM, Either Put Up or Shut Up in Palatka.

DECEMBER 22, 2020

**  Walker County commissioners  vote to keep Confederate monument at courthouse.  (Huntsville, Texas.   Wow, we won one, but for how long?  BLM's not going to like this and will demand to have final say.)

**  Parrott:  Keep John Mosby's name on Route 50 in Loudoun.  (Virginia)

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  Rally planned over Putnam County Confederate statue removal.  (Florida.  Demanding it be relocated.  Commission has already voted 4-1 to remove it.  Impatient little cusses, ain't they?)

**  VA (Veterans Administration) has no plans to rename hospital that honors Confederate.  (Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond.  Will the last Confederate out of Sad R. please turn out the lights.  We can't get all things Confederate out of that town fast enough.  And, please take down the disgrace that you have allowed to take place at the Lee Statue.)

**  Decision to remove NCFL (North Central Florida) Confederate monument frustrates both sides.  (Palatka, Putnam County.  It has already been decided that the statue will be removed, but the stipulation that BLMers don't like is that those who want it removed must come up with $200,000 privately raised funds to do so.  Hey, you want it removed, YOU PAY FOR IT.  Cut and simple.  

Like the one lady said, "Either ante up or shut up."   Agreed.

--Old Secesh

Why Must Every Confederate Statue Removed Be Replaced by a Black Statue? Is This the New Law of the Land? Memphis, Texas

DECEMBER 22, 2020

**  Statue of Confederate leader removed from US Capitol.  (Virginia's Robert E. Lee statue.  Will be replaced by a black woman named Barbara Johns.  She is deserving of recognition.  But. why must all Confederate statues be replaced by black statues?  Is that the new law?    And guess what speaker of the house applauded this?

Hopefully Virginians will notice this is a move from their Democratic governor and all his Democratic legislators and will remember this when elections come up next year.)

**  Three years after Confederate statues removed, activists say the work isn't over.  (That was one real slick move Memphis pulled off to get rid of those statues and park names.  They should write a book on how to skirt the law and get away with it.  Again, I have to wonder how you get to be an activists.  Are you awakened one night by your fairy godmother who twangs you on the head with her magic wand and "Bingo, you're an activist?")

**  Protesters call Gainesville 'Most racist small town in Confederate States of America.'  (Texas.  I see they have "decorated" the statue there with their hate messages.  Isn't that illegal to destroy or deface public property.  Oh yes, they are BLM so that doesn't matter.)

--Old Secesh

The False Cause, St. Augustine, Indian Wars, Lee Removed from Capitol

DECEMBER 21, 2020

**  Review:  New book seeks to differentiate between Confederate history and historic memory.   (With a book titles "The False Cause:  Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory" you can kind of guess whose side Adam N. Domby is on.  Required reading for NAACP, BLM and SPLC.)

**  Letters:  Confederate memorial should have stayed put.  (St. Augustine, Fla., removed Gem Loring statue in the pre-dawn hours.  Why is it that so many Confederate statues come down during the night time?  Isn't that when the bad guys operate?)

**  Resolution to remove 'Indian War' cannon on Decatur City Commission agenda.  (Decatur, Georgia.  In June they removed the Confederate obelisk.  The removal of Indians  following the Creek Indian War of 1836.  It was placed by the UDC.)

**  Confederate  Gen. Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol.  (Taken shortly after 4 am.  Again, a night-time removal of a Confederate statue.  Night-time is the right time for criminals and other deluded people.  This at orders of the Va. governor, quite a piece of work.)

--Old Secesh

Does BLM Know No Boundaries? The Great Christmas Ornament Controversy. And, Now Lincoln to get Purged?

DECEMBER 20, 2020

**  Cuomo salutes Confederate flag censors.  (New York governor)

**  New New York law bans  sale of Confederate flags on state property.  (I'm sure they sold a whole lot of Confederate flags on state property before this law.)

**  Vote set on Confederate monument.  (Walker County, Texas.  Since the vote will be by politicians, we know how this vote will go.  They're all afraid to stand up to BLM probably for fear of rioting.

**  Confederate Christmas ornaments  are smaller than statues -- but they send the same racist message.  (So, we've come to this.  Does BLM know no boundaries?   BLM should leave "them" ornaments alone and stick to what they know:  rioting, looting, burning and committing hate crimes.)

**  Changing the name of Dixie State University supported by the board.  (Utah.  In 2009, the school's nickname changed from Rebels to Red Storm.)

**  Patrick J. Buchanan:  After Lee, it's Lincoln's turn.  (A school district in San Francisco wants the name of Lincoln Highway changed for crimes against Indians.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Muslims, Alabama, Louisiana, SPLC, Virginia, Museum and Monumentless Avenue

DECEMBER 19, 2020

**  Nation's largest Muslim advocacy group supports removal of Confederate  memorial from Marshall County Courthouse.  (Albertville, Alabama.  Council On American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).  How about supporting an end to terrorist operations, ISIS and other terrorist groups?  You'd kind of think Muslims had enough of their own problems where they wouldn't get involved with stuff in our county.)

**  Educate and advocate:  Activists in Lafayette, La.,  lead movement to remove Confederate statue, confront long history of white supremacy.  (SPLC.  Hey Guys, still waiting for you list of BLM riots, arson, looting and hate crimes.  Let's get to it!!)

**  Virginia museum will lead efforts to reimagine Richmond Avenue once  lined with Confederate monuments.  (Virginia Museum of  of Fine Arts in Sad R.  A very racist museum responsible for that statue across the street.  Of course this means that every statue put up on the avenue now will HAVE to be a black person.  That's not racist at all, is it?)

Again, What College Courses Do You Have to Take to Be An Activist?  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Editorial, Trump, Veto, Kentucky, Georgia, School Name, Sad R.

DECEMBER 17, 2020

**  Tulsa World (Oklahoma) Editorial:  Trump should sign bill  that allows more  appropriate choice of who we want to honor with military base names.

**  Trump says he will veto $740 billion defense bill, breaking with Republican-led Senate.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

**  Jessamine's Confederate statue sits near site of lynching.  Time for it to move.  (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky)

**  Cobb students continue push to remove Confederate general's name from school.  (Wheeler High School, Georgia)

**  Richmond Highway to replace Confederate street name.  (Sad R.  Will rename Jefferson Davis Highway.  Big surprise.)

--Old Secesh

North Carolina, New York, VA, Florida Holidays and Virginia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

**  Court dismisses  appeal over Winston-Salem Confederate monument's removal.  (North Carolina)

**  Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flags.  (Governor of New York.  Okay, now how about sale or display of all hateful BLM flags, posters and banners.)

**  The VA has a hospital named for a slavery supporting Confederate doctor.  And, it won't change, Wilkie says.   (Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va.)

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

**  Editorial:  Confederate holidays have no place on Florida's calendar.  (Orlando Sentinel)

**  New York bans  sale, display of Confederate flag, other hate symbols on state property.

**  Virginia governor requests  $11 M to replace  Confederate statues with new artworks.  (In other words, black art.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Trump's Veto, Military Bases, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Police and School Names

DECEMBER 15, 2020

**  Trump keeps coming up with new reasons to veto Congress' huge annual defense bill.

**  Fort Bragg, Benning and Hood to be renamed  under NDAA.

**  Trump will veto the veto-proof defense spending bill:  White House.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

**  Group proposes several sites to house Bastrop County's Confederate monuments.  (Texas.  Two monuments.)

**  A look at Confederate monuments in Mississippi.  (A photo essay.)

**  Georgia cop fired for flying Confederate flag argues against city policy.   (Roswell)

**  Jackson schools named after Confederate leaders get new identity.  (Mississippi.  Both schools now named after Blacks.)

--Old Secesh

Dumb Ol' Dixie State U. Sometimes We Even Win One!!!!

DECEMBER 15, 2020

**  Utah college votes to nix Confederate-tied 'Dixie' name.  (Dixie State University  How dumb can you get.  Didn't they make a movie about them?  Maybe the one called "Dumb and Dumber."  

Now they'll just be called State University.  Next, someone will point out that universities do tests on animals without the animals' permission, so that will be dropped and they will just be called State.   Then, someone will say that State refers to state governments that carry out executions of criminals, so that will have to be dropped.

Then they will be called just  __________ .  A Dixie State of Mind as Bocephus would say.)

Next thing you  know, they'll have to change the name of the famous Mason-Dixon line markers to Mason-Martin Luther King Jr. line markers.

**  Confederate monument  outside Mississippi courthouse to remain after tie vote on moving it.    (Gulfport, Harrison County.  I am surprised.  I didn't think that was possible.  Harrison County joins two other counties, Lafayette and Lee counties where county supervisors have voted not to move their statues.

Forrest County supervisors put the issue on the Nov. 3 ballot and a majority of the people voted to keep their statue where it was.

Well, Sometimes We Win One.  A Rare Happening Indeed.  --Old Secesh

The Washington Post Surprises Again. Whose a White Racist? Can You Believe Sad R. Again?

DECEMBER 14, 2020

**  Compared with today's GOP,  the 1860 secessionists were softies.  (Wow, can you believe that the Washington Post would print something like this?)

**  Public school to strip name of Confederate general who advocated for black suffrage.  (Charlotte, N..C.  Rufus Barringer.  Was he the first activists for you-know-who?  Current activists thought the name Barringer Academic Center was named for Osmond Barringer.  Read history before open mouth.)

The school district renamed Zebulon B. Vance High School as the new Julius L. Chambers High School.  Chambers was a black man and worthy of having his name on the school  But, why does EVERYTHING now have to be named after a black person?

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

**  Confederate monuments are falling.  Here's what might take their place.  (National Geographic.  Virginia governor wants Lee statue gone and more diverse statues  (meaning Black) put up in their place on Monument Avenue.  Bug surprise there.  I tell you, that Sad R. mayor and Va. governor!!)    I do support removing the Lee statue, but not until it is cleansed and repaired from the hate crimes committed against if by the BLMers and their ilk.  What is up there now makes Sad R. look like a junkyard.

Personally I think the name of the avenue should be changed (but not to black person, personally I like Monumentless Avenue) and the remaining monument of Arthur Ashe removed as well as that statue by the art museum adjacent to it.  These two can be moved elsewhere in Sad R.  No statues should be put there in the future.  Maybe playgrounds are public gardens.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Defense Act, Trump, Veto, Twitch, Naval Academy, Bowling Green and Alabama

DECEMBER 12, 2020

**  Senate votes through Defense Act with huge majority and dares Donald Trump to veto move to raise troops' pay and strip Confederate names from bases.  (This means quite a few Republicans voted to pass it.)

**  Twitch updates their  harassment policy, bans Confederate flag, explains why  using slurs is permitted.

**  Defense bill opens door to erasing Confederate names at the Naval Academy, and more for Maryland military posts.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

**  Historic homeowners say they have not been contacted about Confederate  marker's relocation.  (Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Bowling Green was named the state capital of the Confederate state of Kentucky in 1861.  The marker originally was on the campus of Western Kentucky University, but taken down amid BLM and white minion uproar.)

**  Historian gives solutions for Alabama Confederate monument.  (Gadsden, Alabama.  Emma Samsun monument.  Leave monument but put up contextual signs around it.)

--Old Secesh

How Come All This Statue Hatred Wasn't Much Seen Before George Floyd's Death? Voting, Name Changes in Virginia, No Stamps in Oregon, That Defense Bill

DECEMBER 12, 2020

**  The racial reckoning  with Confederate monuments seems new.  But it dates back more than a century.  (All this makes me wonder, how come we didn't hear about hw bad all this Confederate stuff was until after the murder of George Floyd.  Did a Confederate murder him?  Did a statue kill him?  Why didn't we hear about this before?  There might have been some anti-statue fervor, but definitely not anything like we have today.)

**  Vote to remove Confederate  monument from Harrison County Courthouse.  (Gulfport, Mississippi.  The vote will be held on Monday, Dec. 14, but the headline makes it seem like a done deal and it will be a done deal because it is a group of politicians, not the people, who will be voting on it, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors.)

**  Fairfax County begins process of finding new names for Lee Highway, other sites that honor Confederates.  (Virginia.   And there are at least 150 names that will have to be changed.  All of the new nam3es will be of Blacks, of course.  Lots of Democrats and BLMers in Virginia, you know.  Actually, they should have put the name changes up for popular vote.

**  Pendleton releases  draft ordinance that could end Confederate stamp preservation.  (Oregon.  Wasn't this the state where BLMers and rioters took over the streets of a major city for several months?)

**  Senate overwhelmingly advances defense bill that will rename Confederate bases, squashing Trump's chances of a veto.

--Old Secesh

Let the Democrats Pay for Base Renaming. After All, It's Their Baby. Fort Bragg and Fort Hood, Voting and Vetoing

DECEMBER 11, 2020

**  Fort Bragg name will be changed in three years under defense bill sent to Trump. (I have no problem with changing the base names.  Just don't rename every one of them after a black person.  Also, these name changes will entail costs.  Let the politicians who are pushing the bill pay for the name changes.)

**  Coastal  county to vote  on Confederate  monument future.   (As long as it is a vote of the people, not politicians.)

**  Ted Cruz votes against defense  funding bill that would rename Fort Hood.  (More power to him.  A rare politician with backbone enough to stand up to BLMers.)

**  Senate sends Trump defense bill he has vowed to veto.

**  Loeffler, Perdue back defense bill despite base renaming provision.  (Georgia)

**  Trump:  I'll veto any defense funding bill that removes Confederate names  from military bases.

It's kind of sad that we have come to this in our history.

Also, Let the BLMers and NAACP and Their Ilk Pay for Renaming the Bases.   --Old Secesh

Fairfax County, Va, Sure Has a Lot of Confederate Names. Confederate Statues at National Parks, Virginia, Alabama and VCU

DECEMBER 10, 2020

**  Fairfax County History Commission outlines Confederate associated names throughout Fairfax County.  (Virginia.  Came up with 650.  That sure is a lot.)

**  History Commission identifies 150 Fairfax County sites named after Confederate figures.  (Virginia.  Well, is it 650 or 150?)

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

**  Omnibus negotiators may toss Confederate rider.   (A push to ban Confederate  symbols at national parks.  But, this may not pan out.  Let's hope not.  get rid of all things Confederate at Gettysburg and folks might begin to wonder who Union forces were fighting.)

**  Northampton takes no action on Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

**  Bill filed to remove Confederate flag from Alabama's state coat of arms.  (You think it will be removed?  I sure do.)

**  Removing plaques and building names with ties to Confederacy begins at VCU.  (Virginia Commonwealth University in Sad R.)

Fairfax County will have to change every last one of those horrible Confederate names.

--Old Secesh

What College Do You Have to Attend to Become a Community Activist? Teens, Vance, Asheville the Sad, North Carolina, Activists, CNN Does It Again, George Floyd and West Virginia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

**  Teen asks NC county to remove Confederate statue.  'History has its eyes on you, he says'   (Newton, North Carolina.   And, very surprisingly, he is a white person.)

**  Third and final Confederate monument to leave Asheville's Pack Square.  (Asheville, North Carolina.  The 65-foot Zebulon Vance monument.  Of course, Asheville is a big-time liberal town which wants to be a Sad R or Charlottesville.)

**  Activists say suit to remove Confederate monument  could right an old wrong.  (Gaston, North Carolina.  How come Blacks have so many activists?  What college do you have to go to to become an activist?  Well, one of those so-called community activists?  I have noticed we don't have any community activists here in Spring Grove.  Maybe we ought to post a job opening.  There sure seem to be a lot of them in certain areas of cities.  Surely, they could spare one, right?  And, don't call me Shirley.)

**  CNN's John Avlon compares Trump election supporters to 'Confederates.'  (Wow, imagine someone from CNN saying something like that.  I was completely shocked.  And, of course, those who opposed were... what?  This would be like the New York Times or Washington Post saying something like that.)

**  What progress was made  toward racial justice after George Floyd was killed?  (I'm not sure, but perhaps if certain people would quit committing so many crimes that might help.)

**  Capitol Building Commission listens to calls to remove Stonewall statue, but takes no action.  (Charleston, West Virginia)

Personally, I Think These Activists Wake Up Some Morning and Anoint Themselves an Activist.  "I Are Activist!!  Here Me Roar!!!"  --Old Secesh

Come On Twitch, What's Your Game? Norfolk Does a Good Job on Statue Relocation

DECEMBER 10. 2020

**  Twitch  officially bans blackface, swastikas and the Confederate flag in new, targeted guidelines.  (I had never heard of this so looked it up.  Apparently this is a big thing with folks who play those video games.  I've never played any but seen enough commercials and heard enough about how bloody and nasty those things are, so have to wonder what the Confederate flag did to get on the outs.)

Plus, what is a Twitch anyway?

**  Congress set to  strip Confederate names from US military bases, flouting Trump veto threat.

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans praises Norfolk's handling of monument relocation.  (The city did do a good job with the relocation into a cemetery.  But, I wish those who wanted it moved had paid for it instead of public funds.  You want it moved.  You pay for it.

Plus, it is less of a target for BLM or NAACP hate crimes now.  Well, hopefully.)

Come On.  Video Games Worried About Correctness.  That'll Be the Day.  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Erase History, That Is the Answer? Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama, Street Names, Georgia and Fort Hood

DECEMBER 9, 2020

**  County poised to erase Confederate references from streets facilities.  (Montgomery County, Maryland)

**  Groups suing Gaston County over Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  Black groups want it gone.  Imagine that?)

**  Confederate  statues law may  stop Montgomery from naming street for Fred Gray.  (Montgomery, Alabama.  Fred Gray was a Civil Rights activist.  The mayor, who is a Black, wants Jefferson Davis Avenue renamed for Gray.)

**  Georgia lawmakers strongly back bill to remove Confederate names from  bases.

**  Passage of defense bill  could mean Fort Hood gets new name.  (What could mean?  Would mean.)

--Old Secesh

So Sad About That VMI: Louisiana, Jeb Stuart, Congress, Trump Veto and North Carolina

DECEMBER 7, 2020

**  Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue.  (That of Stonewall Jackson.  Talk about a crime.  So sad.)

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

**  Virginia  Military Institute begins work to remove prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas Stonewall' Jackson.  What next, dishonor those VMI cadets who fought and died at the Battle of New Market?)

**  Patriotic texts  ordered at Confederate statue before it goes.  (Louisiana)

**  Park trail named after Confederate general Jeb Stuart renamed.  (Montgomery County, Maryland.)

**  Congress plans to strip Confederate names from US bases, including Fort Bragg.

**  House approves   defense bill  amid Trump veto threat.

**  North Carolina country commissioners vote to remove monument.

--Old Secesh

Florida, New Orleans, Book, Antietam, Charlotte and Trump

DECEMBER 7, 2020

**   Florida  Rep pushes to eliminate holidays honoring  Confederate leaders.

**  James Gill:  The sinners of the Confederacy hunted down, but not very consistently.  (New Orleans.  Wants more Confederate, slavery, white supremacist names changed.  That James is one particularly nasty person.)

**  Don Noble;  Book contains timely assessment of Confederate monuments' history.

**  House could vote on proposal to remove Lee statue at Antietam National Battlefield.  (I would sure hate to see all Confederate monuments at battlefields removed.)

**  Biggest issues heading into 2021, renaming street signs named after confederate  soldiers and slave owners.  (Charlotte.  Come on WCNC.  Confederate is a proper name.  Looks like you should have known that.)

**  Trump's re-election is Confederacy's new 'Lost Cause'

--Old Secesh

Sorry Guys. It Is Still Illegal to Remove a Confederate Monument in Alabama. You Broke the Law. Now Pay the Fine.

DECEMBER 5,  2020

**  Commission votes to add historical (context) texts  to walls around  Caddo Confederate monument.  (Louisiana.  Beware these texts.  They are good as long as factual.  Most of what goes up on these today are just current opinion of some people.)

**  Celtics' Jaylen Brown joins campaign to remove Confederate  general's name from his old high school.  (Wheeler High School in Georgia.  Well, if he's a basketball [player, he must really know.)

**  Virtual talk about slavery, the Confederacy & the roots of the monument debate.

**  Protesters  claim Confederate monument  fight not over.  (Gaston, North Carolina)

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

**  Madison County may fight $25,9000 fine for removing Confederate  monument: 'We did what was legal.'  (Alabama.  Sorry guys, it is still illegal at this time to remove a Confederate monument in your state.)

You Don't Want to Pay the Fine, Don't Do the Crime.  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Bases, Whiteness? Congress, Traitors? and Heritage

DECEMBER 4, 2020

**  Renaming of military bases sparks controversy between residents.  (Fort Rucker, Alabama)

**  The violent story of American whiteness.  (Sounds a bit racist.)

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

**  Florida lawmakers target Confederate holidays.

**  Bill would remove Confederate flag from Alabama Coat of Arms.

**  Here's Congress' detailed plan to get rid of Confederate  base names and monuments.   (Bases to be renamed in the nest three years and all Confederate anything removed.)

**  Confederate traitors  should not be honored, Seidule writes.  (He's a college professor and should know better to make a statement like this.)

**  Etched in stone:  The hurt behind the heritage.

--Old Secesh

At What Point Will All Confederate Names Be Removed From History Books? Alabama, Texas, Virginia, Trump, Teaching, Oregon and Mississippi

DECEMBER 4, 2020

**  As Confederate statues fall and protests arise, Civil Rights museums are key to explaining why.

**  Alabama lawmaker moves to strike Confederate flag from coat of arms.  (A black woman.  How did they miss that.  She also wants any and everything Confederate gone.  Is that racist or what?  Wonder how long it took her to realize there was a Confederate flag on the coat or arms.  Kind of surprised no one else noticed it either.))

**  City to replace five more names dedicated to Confederate history and white supremacy.  (Austin, Texas.  Metz Park, Metz Pool, Dixie drive, Confederate  Street and Plantation Drive.)

**  Editorial:  Ordinance does not solve Confederate flag problem.   (Fredericksburg, Va.)

**  Lawmakers line up showdown with Trump over Confederate base names.

**  Editorial:  Teaching accurate, comprehensive history strengthens American society.  (As long as it is just the facts.  Today, so many of the facts are clouded by current culture.)

**  Pendleton activists condemn Confederate stamps.  (Oregon)

**  Augusta task force recommends  removing Confederate monuments, names.  (Georgia)

**  These pioneers tried  to get Confederate flag  out of Mississippi 156 years ago.

At What Point Will They Start Removing All Mentions of the Confederacy from History Text Books and Books in General?  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Teaching All This, Charlotte, Streets, Trump, Virginia and That Lee Statue in Sad R.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

**  Confederate reckoning:   The teaching of the history of the Confederacy.   (How should topics such as slavery, the Confederacy, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era be taught.  I believe all should be taught.  growing up for me, slavery was glossed over, the Confederacy and Reconstruction played up and really nothing said about the Jim Crow era.  All of these should be  taught.  However, comparing Confederates to Nazis is absolutely not acceptable.)

**  'Direct affront.'  City streets may be renamed over Confederacy, white supremacy ties."  (Charlotte, N.C.)

**  Call Trump's bluff on renaming military bases.  (Bloomberg)

**  Committee says Botetourt Confederate monument should end up in one of two places.  (Virginia.  In front of courthouse.)

**  Year of racial awakening may topple Richmond's last Confederate statue.  (And, believe me, the Lee statue needs to be cleaned and repaired at BLM cost since they committed the hate crimes and out of Sad R. as soon as possible.)

--Old Secesh

Renaming More Streets in North Carolina

DECEMBER 3, 2020

**  Defense bill moving forward with measure to scrub Confederate names from bases.

**  Charlotte City Council may change street names with ties to Confederacy, white supremacists.  (North Carolina

Ties with Confederacy , slavery and white supremacy:

Jefferson Davis Street

West Hill Street

Stonewall Street

Jackson Avenue

Phifer Avenue

Aycock Lane

Barringer Drive

Morrison Boulevard

Zebulon Avenue

Of course, these will be renamed for Blacks.

Rubbing It In.  --Old Secesh

The Garland Nambies? Texas, Schools, Mascots, South Carolina, Louisiana, Trump, Bases and Mississippi

DECEMBER 2, 2020

**  Garland ISD (Independent School District) wants help picking new mascot after dropping Confederate 'Colonel.'  (Texas.  How about the Garland Nambies?)

**  Beaufort will consider its monuments amid a broad reckoning over Confederate memorials.  (South Carolina)

**  Confederate monument in Shreveport to be discussed by commissioners.  (Louisiana)

**  Trump threatens to veto defense bill over tech liability shield.  (I thought the threatened veto was because of the Confederate-named bases.)

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

**  GOP chairman:  Defense bill to include renaming Confederate bases, but not Section 230 repeal.

**  Here's what August's Confederate task force wants to change.  (Georgia)

**  126 years later, Mississippi  changed its Confederate-themed flag.  This is how it happened.

Go You Garland Nambie Pambies!!   --Old Secesh

Pearl Harbor Survivors Won't Be Attending the Ceremonies This Year-- Part 2

But this year, the health risks among the aging survivors will prevent them from going.  The National Park Service and Navy will jointly host the event this year and the ceremony is also closed to the public.  

The gathering will be televised and will feature a moment of silence, a flyover in missing man formation and a speech by the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Mickey Ganitch served the rest of the war on the USS Pennsylvania, helping recapture the Alaskan islands of Attu and Kiska.  The battleship also bombarded Japanese positions  to help with the amphibious assaults on Pacific islands of Kwajalein, Saipan and Guam.

Ganitch remained in the U.S. Navy for more than twenty years.

--Pearl Harbor

Survivors Remember Pearl Harbor From Afar in 2020 Amid Pandemic-- Part 1

Every December 7 every one of my eight blogs devote themselves to this day.  I am not forgetting.

From then December 6, 2020, Go Erie (Ohio) by Audrey McAvoy, AP.

U.S. Navy sailor Mickey Ganitch was getting ready to play a football game in Pearl Harbor that day.  Instead of football, he spent the day scanning the skies for Japanese planes-- still wearing his padding and brown football uniform shirt. 

Now, 79 years later, the 101-year-old Ganitch and other survivors of the battle will not be attending the ceremonies there because of the virus.  He has attended them most years since the mid-2000s.

Nearly 80 years ago, his USS Pennsylvania football team  was scheduled to face the team from the USS Arizona.  They had donned their uniforms aboard their ships since there was nowhere to change near the football field.

The pigskin showdown never happened.

The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock when the attack took place so none of the torpedoes which did so much damage to other ships were able to hit them.  The ship was one of the first to return fire.  Even so, the ship lost 31 men.  Ganitch said a 500-pound bomb missed him by about 45 feet.

--Pearl Harbor

The Confederacy Under Attack: Mississippi, School, Trump, Fort Lee, Georgia, South Carolina and Oregon

DECEMBER 1, 2020

**  Confederate president's name to disappear from Biloxi school.  (Mississippi)

**  Kaine:  Trump's threat to veto defense spending bill over Fort Lee renaming is 'a big bluff.'

**  Confederate monuments task force returns with recommendations.  (Augusta, Georgia.  No big surprise.  recommend moving two monuments from public to private property, removing all Richmond County signage and statues on Jefferson Davis Highway, change the name of John C. Calhoun Highway and change the name of Gordon Highway and Fort Gordon.  Kind of anti-Confederate recommendations I believe.)

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

**  Beaufort will consider its monuments amid broad reckoning over Confederate memorials.  (South Carolina)

**  Pendleton reverses course on Confederate preservation.  (Oregon)

--Old Secesh

New Orleans Plans on Renaming Streets-- Part 2

Current name / their "crime" / Proposed name and why

DREAUX AVENUE / First Confederate officer killed in Civil War / Frances Joseph-Gaudet Avenue  Black/Indian woman and prison reform advocate.

GEN. EARLY DRIVE /  Confederate general / Dent Drive   /  Famous black family in New Orleans

GEN. OGDEN STREET / Nicknamed General for actions at Liberty Place / Herman Midlo Street  Civil Rights activist.

FORSHEY STREET / Caleb Goldsmith Forshey, Confederate Engineering Corps / Buddy Bolden Street  One of the founders of jazz.

LEONIDAS STREET / Leonidas Polk, Confederate general / Mahalia Jackson Street   Queen of Gospel and Civil Rights activist.

CALHOUN STREET /  John C. Calhoun, slavery supporter / Father Louis J. Twombley Street  Jesuit brother and  social justice organizer.

GENERAL TAYLOR STREET / Son of President Zachary Taylor and Confederate general /  Professor Longhair Street   New Orleans musician.

You Will Notice, All But One of These Renamings Go to Black People.  --Old Secesh

New Orleans Plans on Renaming Streets-- Part 1

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

I wrote about this situation last month in a post where New Orleans was planning on renaming 37 places within the city.  They plan to ban all names with Confederate, racial, white supremacist ties.

Here are some of the proposals.

Current Name / Their "Crime" / Proposed Name and why:

LEE CIRCLE / Confederate general / Leah Chase Circle  Legendary Creole chef whose restaurant was used for civil rights movement meetings.

ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD / Confederate general / Allen Toussaint Boulvard    Famed black songwriter and producer

WALKER STREET / Confederate general / Jasper Street   Former slave

MOUTON STREET / Confederate general /  Margaret Elizabeth Street    Escaped enslavement.

LANE STREET / Confederate general / Georges Street   Escaped enslavement.

BRAGG STREET / Confederate general / Celestin Street  Escaped enslavement.

More.  --Old Secesh

So Is the Confederate Flag Ban Good for NASCAR? Georgia, Flags, Oregon and Virginia

 DECEMBER 1, 2020

**  Lawsuit to keep two Confederate monuments in Georgia returns to court.   (Macon)

**  Etched in stone: A look  at the legacy of Confederate monuments.

**  Civil suit to block removal of Confederate monument.   (Georgia)

**  Confederate flag keeps showing up at NJ right-wing rallies.  (And BLM flags show up at left-wing rallies.)

**  Pelham leaders phasing out police patches with Confederate flag after complaints.  (Georgia.  Guess who doesn't like it?   The city was also named after a Confederate officer.  Reckon that will also have to be changed.)

**  Pendleton mayor asks city council to reconsider Confederate street names.  (Oregon)

**  Warner assails Trump's move to protect Confederate site names.  (Virginia Senator Mark Warner, Democrat.  Big surprise.)

**  Jamie Little thinks the Confederate flag ban has been good for NASCAR: 'We represent everyone.'  (It will be interesting to see how their fans vote once the races are open again.  Will they show up or boycott.  That will be interesting.)

Only Time Will Tell, I Guess.  --Old Secesh

Georgia, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Trump

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

**  Suit to keep Confederate statues returns to Georgia court.

**  Gordon asks about  Confederate memorabilia removal on city property.  (Portsmouth, Ohio)

**  Garland finally moves against Confederate colonels.  (Texas.  High School mascot.)

**  Graham protesters gather around Confederate monument, hold discussions with counter protesters.  (North Carolina.  Discussion is always the better way to approach differences of opinion.)

**  Let Trump try to defend racist, traitorous Confederates.  Congress can still prevail.  (Washington Post.  It is very typical for this newspaper to have this sort of journalism.)

--Old Secesh

Why Not Drop the Renaming From the Defense Bill and Wait Till Trump's Out of There? Mississippi, Fort Sumter and Legislatures

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

**  The old state flag with the Confederate battle emblem isn't dead yet.  (Mississippi.  And, of course, the new one features the words "In God We trust."  I'm sure someone is going to be offended by that.)

**  Trump threatens to veto military  funding over provision to rename Confederate military bases.  (Id I were the Dems, I would just drop that part of the bill, pass it, and then the next time around, put it in and Biden will definitely sign it.  Either that, or just pass a bill to rename after Trump is gone.)

**  Fort Sumter sees sharp decline in visitors amid COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice year.

**  Turn monument issue over to legislature.  (Never.  The people should be allowed to vote on it, not people who are scared of BLM.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Arkansas, Mississippi, State Flags, Alabama

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

**  Confederate monument stays on historic list during transition.  (Bentonville, Arkansas)

**  City of Jackson officially  approves flying new state flag.  (Mississippi)

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

**  Alabama AG criticizes Confederate monument removals.  (Attorney General.  Says removal goes against 2017 law prohibiting it.)

**  Board accepts bid for Confederate monument removal.  (Greenville County.  From the courthouse square to Emporia Cemetery.  $60,000.  Again, those who want it removed should foot the whole bill.)

**  Sheriff's Department racial panel tackles  Confederate flag, other topics.

**  AG Marshall files  suit against Madison County for removing Confederate monument.  (Huntsville, Alabama.)

--Old Secesh

This Makes You Wonder Where BLM Priorities Are?

From November 24, 2020,Chicago Sun-Times "Chicago hits 700 homicides in 2020; 6 die over weekend" by David Struett, CST Wire reporter.

"Chicago reached 700 homicides this year during a violent weekend that saw six killed and 46 wounded -- the second time the city reached the 700 milestone in two decades.

Meanwhile, U.S. deaths the last three years in Afghanistan:

2017:  11

2018:  13

2019:  17

Chicago has had a 53% increase in shootings this year over the same time frame in 2019.

The vast majority of those killed and wounded have been Blacks.  And, the shooters were mostly Blacks.

And yet, BLM is just focused on Blacks shot by police and Confederate monuments.

Makes you wonder just a little bit.

Maybe BLM Should Re-evaluate Its Goals.  --Old Secesh