DECEMBER 27, 2021
** Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers.
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DECEMBER 28, 2021
** Robert E. Lee: Long sought-after time capsule discovered under Confederate general's statue. (Sad R.)
** Park honoring Confederate veterans opens in Northwest Jacksonville. (Florida. Guess who isn't happy about it?)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 24, 2021
** A voting rights activists explains why she tore down a Confederate flag. (South Carolina Capitol building. A black woman of course.)
** Evidently, the time capsule that was found in the pedestal of the Lee statue in Sad R. was not the one they were looking for. But, any time capsule is history in my books.)
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DECEMBER 25, 2021
** Residents ask commissioners to remove Confederate soldier tribute.
** Lead box under Richmond's Lee statue pedestal wasn't the famed 1887 time capsule, historian says.
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DECEMBER 26,2021
** Mississippi's AG Lynn Fitch's family loves cruel Confederate general and Klan wizard. (Daily Beast. I am so surprised this media source would say something like that.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 20, 2021
** Orangeburg native's new film to be screened at OCL; community discussion to follow. (South Carolina. It's about a Confederate flag that flies by a creamery. Personally, under the circumstances, I think the flag should be removed.)
** Pioneering black educator's statue to replace Confederate statue at the Capitol. (Florida. Mary Mcleod Bethune to replace Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith's. It is okay to replace Smith's with Bethune's. She is more worthy of it than Smith. But, let's not always just replace a Confederate statue with that of a black person.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 23, 2021
** Lee monument capsule containing Confederate objects to be opened on Wednesday. (Sad R.)
** Confederate statue's new museum home in Mobile sees record-breaking attendance despite COVOD-19. (Mobile, Alabama. History Museum of Mobile. New home of Raphael Semmes statue.)
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DECEMBER 24, 2021
** Watch opening of Confederate time capsule discovered during disassembling of Robert E. Lee statue. (Sad R.)
What was found in it: 1875 almanac, silver coin, a tattered book and a pamphlet of some type. There is a general belief that this was not the one they thought they'd find.
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 18, 2021
** Students address school board about Confederate flags, start petition for a ban. (Orange County, Va.)
** How a once visible Alabama Confederate monument is now displayed 'among hundreds' pf objects. (Mobile, Alabama. The Raphael Semmes statue is now in the History Museum of Mobile.)
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DECEMBER 19, 2021
** Hearing set on bid to dismiss suit over Confederate memorial. (Tuskegee, Alabama)
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DECEMBER 20, 2021
** The hideous people behind the 'heinously ugly' Confederate statue. (The Daily Beast. That truly ugly Forrest statue near Nashville, Tennessee.)
** Group to hold Confederate monument protest before Jaguars game. (Jacksonville, Florida)
** Bubba Wallace on becoming NASCAR's most-hated driver after noose-incident. (A Kappy-Napper wanna-be.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 17, 2021
** Confederate monument removed from outside Caldwell County courthouse. (Lockhart, Texas)
** Confederate heritage remains engraved on Fifth Street bridge. (Augusta, Georgia. Named the Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge. Do you think they want a name change? Probably rename it the George Floyd Bridge after this wonderful example of a man.)
** Who are the Sons of Confederate Veterans? (The Nation. A bunch of neo-Confederates. A very negative piece.)
** Crews may have found 1887 time capsule in Lee statue base. (Sad R. The governor had said the pedestal would remain, but has since reversed that decision. Well, he finally did something good. Thank you governor. That eyesore (that he lauded) should have been taken down the same time as the statue removed.)
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DECEMBER 18, 2021
** Storied 29th Infantry patch possibly on chopping block due to Confederate ties. (U.S. Army. It has a blue-grey yin-yang symbol on it. And you know that wokesters now hold the color grey to be "Bad."
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 15, 2021
** Confederate statues become a hot commodity, Here's where they're ending up.
** Group pushing for Wheeler High name change to join virtual SPLC panel. (Georgia. Named after Gen. Joseph Wheeler. I wonder where SPLC stands on this. What do you think?)
** Washington County Board of Supervisors votes to relocate Confederate monuments to green space. (Abingdon, Virginia)
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DECEMBER 16, 2021
** Unsuccessful bidders launch formal protest against melting down of Lee statue. (Charlottesville, Va. Perhaps they should find a statue of Martin Luther King and melt it down for public art.)
** Commission recommends moving Calhoun statue to California art exhibition. (Charleston, South Carolina)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 13, 2021
** Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city. (Virginia's governor.)
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DECEMBER 14, 2021
** City removes mysterious new statue from site of former Dallas Confederate memorial. (Dallas, Texas. It was also removed.)
** Nation's largest Muslim civil rights group voices support for removing Tuskegee's Confederate monument. (Alabama. That's a good one. Islamic civil rights? I kind of doubt it.)
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DECEMBER 15, 2021
** Pennsylvania revises Confederate markers, recasts them as 'enemy' soldiers. (Maybe Southern states should revise markers and put up new ones recounting the horrors civilians faced from Union occupation units.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 12, 2021
** First stones come off iconic pedestal that held Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond. (It is about time. What public officials permitted certain people to do to it as hate crimes is inexcusable.)
** Remember the Robert E. Lee window in Boise? A new historic figure just replaced him. (Idaho.. Replaced by Leontine Kelly, the first black Methodist bishop. Of course, Lee had to be replaced by a black person.)
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DECEMBER 13, 2021
** 3 speak on Catawba County Confederate statue debate. (Hickory, North Carolina)
** Bizarre Nathan Bedford Forrest statue finally removed after more than two decades of mockery. (The Daily Beast)
** King George resident will pay for relocation of Confederate monument. (Virginia. A private citizens will pay for it. This is what should always be done. I wonder how many of the people who want the statues removed would continue to want that to happen if they have to pay for it themselves?)
Hey, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!!! --Old Secesh
DECEMBER 10, 2021
** Confederate names task force votes to change highway names. (Fairfax County, Va. And you can bet the people did not have an opportunity to vote on it. Another example of spineless politicians rolling over for certain interest groups.)
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DECEMBER 11, 2021
** CityLab daily: How to repurpose Confederate statues as art. (Bloomberg. Big surprise.)
** Inside the debate over the future of toppled Confederate statues.
** Baltimore's Confederate statues, removed from public view in 2017, are headed for Los Angeles. (Part of an art museum display. Blacks will be making their own statues to display along side of the Confederate ones. We'll see what happens.)
** Monuments at Washington County Courthouse draw interest from three parties. (Virginia. As long as none of the groups are Black.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 9, 2021
** Owners explain why they removed statue of Confederate general from Tennessee interstate. (Near Nashville. Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was ugly (which it was) and too much "vandalism.' But we know that is a cover word used for "hate crime.")
** 'It's the right thing to do': Loudoun County approves new names for Routes 7 and 50. (Virginia. Route 7 is Harry Byrd Highway and Route 50 is John Mosby Highway. I am sure they will have to be renamed for black people.)
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DECEMBER 10, 2021
** Hot market for toppled Confederate statues.
** Noose, Confederate flag found hanging from utility line near Knotts Island. (Currituck County, NC.)
** Township rejected Black Lives Matter on bricks near controversial Confederate statue, lawsuit says. (Michigan. If a Confederate statue is offensive, so is BLM.)
** Only in America: Ugliest Confederate statue is no more. (Nashville, Tennessee. That was a real eyesore statue.)
That Statue REALLY Was Ugly. --Old Secesh
DECEMBER 7, 2021
** Confederate statue remains to be removed. (Sad R. The pedestal of the Lee statue is still there. That eyesore because of what certain people did to it and what the city and state governments allowed them to do should have been taken down when they statue was removed.)
** Statue of Confederate Gen. Forrest removed in Tennessee. (Along I-65 south of Nashville. Well, it was an ugly statue.)
** Thousands of 'renaming' nominations received. (Fort Rucker, Alabama)
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DECEMBER 8, 2021
** Charlottesville's statue of Confederate General Robert E, Lee will be melted down. (It is to be melted down into public art. The city council voted 4-0 to give it to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. This is a travesty. Notice they didn't put it up to a public vote. It should have been turned over to the SCV or UDC.
All Confederate statues should be turned over to the UDC or SCV. All expenses should be paid for by those who want them taken down.)
** Locals offer $3000 reward for Confederate monument vandals. (Murray, Kentucky. Again, NOT vandalism. This is a hate crime.)
More Shame on Charlottesville. --Old Secesh
DECEMBER 6, 2021
** Fort Benning to get a new name. Here are some possibilities. (Obviously, a lot of the suggestions are for Blacks. I am in favor of naming some of the bases after Blacks, but definitely not all of them.)
** There are 16 Baton Rouge streets with Confederate ties that could be renamed. (Do they all have to be renamed for Blacks?)
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DECEMBER 7, 2021
** New trial for Black man whose all-white jury met in room with Confederate symbols. (Tennessee. Let's see, "Black man", "all-white jury." Is Black white racists?)
** Mom shocked by school library Christmas book showing Santa with Confederate flag sack, gun. (North Carolina. The book was "Redneck Night before Christmas." Well, what would you expect from a book like this, but, it shouldn't have been in a school library. I saw some pages of it and it was a real knock on rednecks. How dare Santa have a Confederate flag on his presents sack!!)
A Rebel Santa? Het Mom, Don't Let Your Kid Read Books About Rednecks!! --Old SeceshNeck
DECEMBER 4, 2021
** Confederate statue outside Kentucky courthouse vandalized. (Calloway County. That is not vandalism. It's a hate crime.)
** Tennessee man gets new trial after jury met in a room with Confederate symbols. (Dumb)
** Building honoring Confederates, segregationists won't get renamed. (Georgia's public university system.)
** City Council will discuss final disposition of Charlottesville's Confederate statues. (Virginia. And, believe me, it won't be good.)
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DECEMBER 5, 2021
** New Orleans urged to switch street name from Confederate to music legend. (Robert E. Lee Boulevard to Allen Toussaint.)
** Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city. (Virginia governor. That pedestal should have come down as soon as the statue was removed. What the city and state allowed to be done to it is an embarrassment.)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 2, 2021
** Prosecutor: Confederate statue doesn't have to be moved for Black man to get fair trial. (Winchester, Clarke County, Virginia. I tell you, they just keep getting dumber.)
** Montgomery, Alabama, fined for replacing Confederate street name with Civil Rights tribute.
** Fort Benning and Fort Gordon to be renamed. (Georgia)
** CCSO investigating Confederate monument vandalism. (Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky. Callloway County Sheriff's Office. Again, this is not vandalism. It is a hate crime.)
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DECEMBER 3, 2021
** 'We just feel it': Racism plagues U.S. military academies. (Washington Post)
** Fort Gordon one step closer to being renamed. (Georgia)
** Fort Benning name suggestions officially closed; over 34,000 submissions received. (Georgia)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 1, 2021
** Confederate heritage group fights lawsuit to remove Tuskegee Confederate monument. (Tuskegee, Alabama. United Daughters of the Confederacy.)
** Task force to recommend name changes for two Fairfax highways named for Confederates. (Fairfax County, Virginia. Hard to believe this could be happening in Virginia.)
** No more flags as capes: Flag-wearing frenzy leads to ban at Camino Real Middle School. (New Mexico. Students were wearing flags as capes (including gay and transgender ones) until someone wore a Confederate flag cape. Then, guess what.)
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DECEMBER 2, 2021
** When Confederate flags flew in Seattle. (Washington. For the premier of the movie "Gone With the Wind." Bet they're still embarrassed about that.)
** Caldwell County votes to remove Confederate monument, relocate it to a museum. (Lockhart, Texas. And, guess who did the voting. It sure wasn't the people. It was those county commissioners who "represent" the people, or, well, at least some of them.)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
** Confederate flag image removed from Okanagan College website. (British Columbia, Canada. Oops.)
** In Kentucky, the 'Lost Cause' lingers as a new myth takes hold.
** New Jersey to remove President Woodrow Wilson's name from high school over his support for the KKK and the Confederacy.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2021
** After Confederate controversy, Rome experiments with naming historic landmarks. (Rome, Georgia)
** Alabama threatens to sue Montgomery over Confederate street name. (Renamed Jeff Davis Avenue the Fred D. Gray Avenue. Mr. Gray is a Civil Rights attorney.)
** Opinion: Why are we celebrating the Confederacy in Idaho? (After the war, many Confederates moved to Idaho.)
** 'Yeah, names do hurt': As America changes, West High School weighs its Rebels nickname. (Knoxville, Tennessee)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
** King George County votes to move Confederate monument. (Virginia. The key point here is that it was the board of supervisors who voted to move it, not the people. This probably would not have happened had the people voted.)
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NOVEMBER 27, 2021
** Contract awarded to move Confederate monument. (Talbot County, Maryland. It will cost $67,000 and is being privately funded, which is the way it should be. No public money used and the money coming from those who want it removed.)
** City won't put Confederate monument on agenda. (Helena, Montana)
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NOVEMBER 28, 2021
** The stance on Virginia's Confederate monuments: It's complicated.
--Old Secesh
I just noticed that this post will be the 1005th post since I started this blog back in September 2019.
I had tried on two prior times to start a blog, but was unable to get it to work correctly, until this one.
I started this because of all of the attacks on the Confederacy and was hoping I wouldn't have to, but those attacks continued. Even now, I would be more than happy to give this one up if the attacks stop, but I doubt that will happen.
Looking to Stop This Blog. Come On Guys. Let Up On Your Attacks. --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
** National Association of Realtors bars Confederate flags from listing photos. (Et Tu Realtors?)
** This Confederate flag-tattooed felon is running for Congress. (Jason Mariner of Florida.)
** Historical Society asks to repurpose and preserve Confederate memorial. (Abingdom, Virginia)
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NOVEMBER 25, 2021
** King George will move Confederate memorial. (Virginia)
** Move the Monument coalition seeking donations to fund Talbot Confederate monument relocation. (Maryland. I can agree with this if the coalition was the one that wanted it removed in the first place. Then they should pay for it.)
** Montgomery faces fine lawsuit for dropping Confederate name. (Alabama)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
** Historically Speaking: Norwich's U.S. Navy frigate, the USS Confederacy. (Imagine a ship with this name in the U.S. Navy, but it really was. Hopefully we won't have to go back into the past and change the name because it offends certain people.)
** Georgia regents: No college name changes over racial history. (A list of 75 names of buildings named after people involved with slavery, segregation or mistreatment of Indians.)
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NOVEMBER 23, 2021
** Heritage group honors Black men it says were Confederate veterans. (Alabama. 48th Alabama Re-enactment group. Even though some historians say black Confederates were just a myth.)
** Confederate flag banned from flying in Mechanicsville Christmas parade. (Virginia. As long as anything BLM is also banned.)
** Confederate monuments to stay in place in Bastrop until relocation plan finalized. (Texas)
** Next step for Confederate names task force. (Virginia. You know, removing the names and renaming them for Blacks.)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
** Waynesboro leaders looking to remove Confederate monument from downtown park. (Virginia)
** Jacksonville to decide fate of Confederate monuments in 2022. (Florida. Again, I don't understand why Blacks are so upset about the statues when their own people are shooting and killing each other. Seems like that would be a bigger issue.)
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NOVEMBER 20, 2021
** Confederate statue relocation moves forward. (Farmville, Virginia)
** Racist or offensive names persist in U.S. parks; new plan confronts them. (The Wilderness Society)
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NOVEMBER 21, 2021
** Removal of Confederate monument in Randolph County to a suitable place.
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
** Answer Man: Confederate flags at Riverside Cemetery? Asheville allows them. (Asheville, North Carolina. Of course, someone saw them and was upset.)
** Clarke supervisors taking monument ownership to court. (Berryville, Virginia)
** Process underway for renaming Louisiana's Fort Polk.
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NOVEMBER 18,2021
** Confederate monument debate will continue in Jacksonville. (Florida)
** California museum requests John C. Calhoun statue. (From Charleston, S.C. Bad idea. They intend to do something very negative to the Confederacy with it.)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
** Sculpture a tribute to US Colored Troops liberation of Wilmington. (Wilmington, North Carolina. This is a good one to put up as many USCT regiments were involved in the capture of the city. However, Wilmington was not liberated. It was captured. Also, to put up a statue to Blacks when you're taking down statues to whites. I just don't know.)
You can never have too many historical statues or markers in my book.
** Westford schools may remove 'grey' from mascot's name, rebrand with students' help. (Westford, Massachusetts. How far will they go? Come On, Man.)
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NOVEMBER 16, 2021
** The Old Home Town makes the proper decision on Confederate statue. (Jackson, Tennessee)
** Confederate Memorial Park to host Christmas event. (Marbury, Alabama. I wonder how this park has escaped attack?)
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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
** Tar Heel Voices: The people never spoke on statues. (Agreed. To remove a statue should always entail a vote by the people.)
Now, Even the Color Grey? Come On, Man. --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
** Washington County seeks letters of intent to move Confederate monuments. (Virginia)
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NOVEMBER 14, 2021
** City of Charlotte renames 3 more streets connected to Confederacy. (North Carolina)
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NOVEMBER 15, 2021
** Confederate monument covered to prevent vandalism. (Brunswick, Georgia. The Arbery trial. Again, not vandalism. A hate crime.)
** Clarke supervisors to hold special meeting about monument. (Berryville, Virginia)
** Public comments at city council meetings show the depths of racial issues. (Jacksonville, Florida)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
** Broward exhibit shows how Confederate money reinforced slavery. (Florida. Well, the money showed scenes of slaves working out in the field.)
** Trump's personal head wanted to fire defense secretary because he opposed Confederate flags on bases.
** The chance to rename Brooklyn's General Lee Avenue is here. (New York.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2021
** Confederate statues may be gone, but they continue to cost local taxpayers. (North Carolina. Statues either "toppled" by protesters (hate crime) or removed by local governments. Chatham County paying $300 a month to store its Confederate statue.
** Bartow's Confederate marker moves to Oak Hill Cemetery. (Florida. Removed in secrecy.)
Save Your Confederate Money. The South's Gonna Rise Again. -Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
** Public's help wanted in renaming Fort Rucker. (Alabama)
** Confederate, segregationist road names to be removed in Loudon. (Virginia)
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NOVEMBER 11, 2021
** Confederate monument will stay in Florida park for now. (Jacksonville, Florida)
** Jacksonville Council wimps out: Confederate monument to stay. (Florida Times-Union)
** Raucous crowd removed from Council meeting over removal of Confederate tribute statue. (Jacksonville. The Blacks want the monument gone, but so far this year 95 people in Jacksonville have been murdered, mostly Blacks. I would think that was a bigger issue than an old statue.)
** Hometown History: Fort Gordon. (Georgia. Fort Gordon had quite a World War II history.)
** Broward exhibit shows how Confederate money reinforced slavery. (Florida)
What Was That They Used to Say About Saving Your Confederate Money? --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
** CSUF students create archive that examines Confederate memorials. (Cal State Fullerton)
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NOVEMBER 10, 2021
** State, Jacksonville lawyers ask to dump Confederate monuments lawsuit. (Florida)
** Washington County, Va. leaders discuss proposed removal of Confederate monuments in Abingdon.
** Washington County, Va. to relocate Confederate monuments for courthouse expansion. (A quick follow up on the above entry. The council voted 7-0 to remove the Confederate statues for a courthouse expansion. Nothing mentioned about whether they'd be returned, but my guess is not.)
** Public's help wanted for renaming Fort Rucker. (Alabama)
** Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions.
** Confederate symbols to be removed in Loudon County, Va.
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
** Virginia monument honors three black soldiers executed by Confederates. (Washington Post)
** No Confederate flags at fire depts. (Five Towns, New York)
** Commentary: As Confederate statues fall, build monuments to black heroes at risk of being forgotten. (Here's an idea. Let the Confederate monuments stand and also build the ones to Blacks.)
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NOVEMBER 8, 2021
** Confederate Rose's large shrub, pink flowers appealing to gardeners. (Oh, no!! Now we have a racist flower!!)
** Culpeper County memorial honors story of black Civil War heroes. (Virginia. A new monument honoring three USCT soldiers captured and executed by Confederate soldiers during the war.)
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NOVEMBER 9, 2021
** Councilman, influential groups ask city council to postpone vote on Confederate monument removal. (Jacksonville, Florida)
--Old Secesh
I just found out that there was a third Virginia County that voted to keep their Confederate monument where it is. And that one would be Nottaway County.
There, 68% of the people voted to keep it.
Now, remember, Blacks pretty much all voted to move it and then there were the liberal white Democrats that also would vote to move it.
Kind of says something.
The other two counties were Middlesex and Matthews.
But, remember these are non-binding votes and the politicians can still remove them.
Again, I am not against removing Confederate monuments from public places, but this must be done with respect and dignity.
Nottaway County is also the home of Fort Pickett, named for Confederate Major General George E. Pickett. It is used primarily as a Virginia National Guard training facility. It's name will be changed by a federal directive aimed at all military bases named after Confederates.
Personally, I think all statue removals should be put to the public vote and not a group of politicians.
Let's Just Hope the Politicians in These Three Counties Heed Public Opinion.
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 6, 2021
** Portsmouth spends $150K to settle with 10 charged with Confederate monument destruction. (Virginia. What these "people" did to that monument was absolutely sickening. One of the biggest cases of racism I've ever seen. These people instigated the attack and are now getting paid $15,000 each for being criminals and racists.
They claim their civil and constitutional rights were violated and their reputations sullied for their arrests. Since when is destroying public property a constitutional right?
And, then of course, there's that state senator.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. In other words, commit crime, get paid for it.
And, I understand, the guy who was "attacked" by the statue back then might get his cut as well.)
** Judge deals massive blow to Ahmaud Arbery's killers -- allows their Confederate plates as evidence. (Georgia. Were they already convicted and as such murderers?)
** As Confederate monuments fall, build monuments to black heroes.
** 1915 coverage of Women of the Confederacy monuments unveils history.
Remember, just because your local media source doesn't say these attacks continue, they really are continuing. This is what this blog is all about.
Still Upset About That First Story. They Seem To Be Paying Criminals Now for Doing Their Crimes. And I Was Under the Impression That Anything Racist Was One of the Worst Crimes These Days. --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
** Huntsville schools ask state about renaming Lee High School. (Alabama)
** 'Listening session' on potential Fort Polk name change scheduled. (Louisiana)
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NOVEMBER 6, 2021
** Travis McMichael's Confederate license plate deemed fair game in Arbery trial. (Georgia)
** Protesters slam City Council over upcoming Confederate monument vote, (Jacksonville, Florida. They are upset, but so far in 2021, there have been 95 murders in Jacksonville. How many of those murders were Black on Black? Maybe this should be a bigger issue than a Confederate monument.)
** Man sets truck truck with Confederate flag on fire in Centreville. (Maryland. Perhaps overreacting?)
** Moving Confederate statues isn't like destroying ancient Palmyra.
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
** 'Confederate ' leftists: rewriting history for the Marxist Lost cause. (The Hill. What?)
** City Council (tentatively) plans to decide the fate of Charlottesville's Confederate statues before year's end. (Virginia. They will also be looking to the future of the Sacagawea and Lewis & Clark statue. Let's hope they won't be foolish enough to go with the black museum's request to melt the Lee statue down and turn it into another statue (probably touting the black experience)
** Resident seeks relocation of Confederate monument. (Georgia)
** Howard W. French column: As Confederate monuments fall, build monuments to black heroes at risk of being forgotten. (Agreed. All persons involved in heroic deeds should be remembered. But, how about leaving the Confederate statues up and adding ones for Blacks?)
** Loudon to rename Jeb Stuart, Ft. Johnston Roads. (Virginia. Just don't rename them for Blacks.)
** Lawmakers likely to vote on Dixie State (University) name change next week. (Utah. It would become Utah Technical University. At least it will not be named for a black person. But, I have a better suggestion for a new name. How about Woke State University?)
Yep, Those Commie Rebels. --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
** NY Gov. Kathy Hochul bans the Confederate flag, other hate symbols on public property. (As long as any BLM items are also included on this list.)
** 3rd Council committee vote to leave Confederate monument in Springfield Park sparks protest. (Jacksonville, Florida. Looked like a whole four protesters. The council seems to think it will cost over a million dollars to take it down, which to me seems like a whole lot more than it should cost. Maybe the protesters should come up with the removal money and then have it removed. Like I have said before, "Hey guys, put your money where your mouths are." You want it removed? Then YOU pay for it to be removed.)
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NOVEMBER 4, 2021
** Should classic rock songs be toppled like Confederate statues. (New York Times Opinion. I couldn't read this but sounds interesting.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 31, 2021
** Gen. Alfred Mouton statue finds new home at former Confederate training camp. (Louisiana. Removed from downtown Lafayette. It has been relocated to Camp Moore Museum and Cemetery.)
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NOVEMBER 2, 2021
** 2 Jacksonville City Council committees vote down removal of Confederate statue from Springfield Park. (Florida. How'd that happen?)
** Removal of c(C)onfederate monument appears doomed. (The same story as above. Come on WJCT News. PROPER NAME!!!)
** More Charlotte streets stripped of Confederate era names. (North Carolina)
** Towing company alleges removal from Centralia tow rotation after owner displays c(C)onfederate flag. (Illinois. Come on Madison-St. Clair Record. PROPER NAME!!)
** Man sets truck with Confederate flag on fire in Centreville. (Maryland. That wasn't very nice.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 31, 2021
** Robert E. Lee boyhood home marketed without mention of ties to Confederate general. (Arlington, Virginia.) It is listed as the stately Potts-Fitzhugh House with six bedrooms and $6 million cost. No mention of it being Lee's boyhood home. Even pictures of it did not show the Lee marker outside it that has since been taken down by the city under dubious circumstances.
Personally, I'd be happy to buy it just because of him living there, but I might have a problem coming up with the $6 million. Plus, who wants to live in all that Washington, D.C. area congestion and, well, it's Virginia and I have a boycott going on for that state for other reasons.
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 30, 2021
** Lucy Beckham High parents call for action after Confederate flag incident. (South Carolina. I wonder what race these parents are?)
** Hilton student to face discipline for wearing a c(C)onfederate flag at school. (Hilton, NY. Come on, Rochester First, PROPER NAME!! Also, would a student wearing BLM or NAACP be disciplined?)
** As Confederate statues come down, a retired soldier on how he broke with the lost cause.
** Confederate flag removed from Kelowna Halloween display. (Canada)
** Should government landmarks named for historical Confederate figures be renamed?
** Confederate symbols spark concerns on Athens High's America Day. (A student was wearing a "Confederate-style Gadsden flag. (Pennsylvania. I don't think Confederate troops ever carried that flag into battle.)
** Will Kentucky follow Texas' lead and pass anti-critical race theory legislation?
--Old Secesh
This last Tuesday, Virginia had their elections. I was so glad to see the Republicans do so well. The new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general are all Republicans and it appears that Republicans took back control of the House of Delegates.
And, then I found that two Virginia counties actually put the removal of Confederate statues to a vote. I was very surprised that the Democrats and their black allies would do this after the results of the vote in the last election when six counties had a similar vote.
All six counties voted to leave the Confederate monuments where they were. After that, I was sure the Democrats would never allow this to come up to a people vote and rely on politicians to make the decision.
When they put it to a public vote about whether or not to remove a Confederate statue, it would seem the majority of the people prefer to keep them where they are. Which begs the question as to who the Virginia politicians are really representing, their constituents or special interest groups?
Remove or Not to Remove. That Is The Question. --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 29, 2021
** Heritage, not hate? Decoding Confederate nostalgia.
** Newly built statue of black soldier stands opposite Confederate statue in Tennessee. (Franklin. Again, I am agreeable to this. You can never have enough historical statues or markers in my opinion.)
** Confederate monument removal resurfaces in Lakeland mayoral contest. (Florida)
** Jury hears opening statements in trial over whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally was intended to spur violence. (Charlottesville, Virginia. I believe violence was probably expected but wouldn't have been a definite thing had not the other side showed up with such vehemence.)
** Jury selected for civil trial over Charlottesville rally. (Virginia)
** Readers answer what they think Fort Bragg's next name should be. (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Here are some of their thoughts:
Joint Base Fayetteville
Keep the name Fort Bragg
Fort Healy
Fort William T. Sherman
Fort Lumbee
Fort Colin Powell
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 28, 2021
** NC officials have taken down more than 20 Confederate monuments recently. Here's where.
(Asheville, Charlotte, Clinton, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Lexington, Louisburg, Oxford, Pasquotank County, Pittsboro, Raleigh, Reidsville, Rockingham, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wadesboro, Warrenton, Wilmington, Winston-Salem.)
** What happens to Confederate monuments after NC removes them? (Here's what should happen: First: All removal, storage and finding a new place for them should be paid for by the people who want them down. Second: The statues should be turned over to the UDC, SCV or a state or national battlefield. Third: All damage caused by BLM and kindred groups has to be repaired at their cost.)
** Brunswick Confederate monument wrapped in plastic during jury selection in Arbery case. (South Carolina)
** Confederate flag and hanging effigy prompts Kelowna RCMP investigation. (Canada)
--Old Secesh
From the November 3, 2021, Daily Press (Virginia) by Dave Ress.
Virginia voters in two counties, Matthews and Middlesex, voted overwhelmingly to keep their Confederate monuments.
Actually, the headline makes it appear that a whole lot of the counties voted to keep them, but this was just two of the 95 counties that voted. But, either way, we'll take a victory in this lopsided war wherever we can find one.
Matthews County voters rejected a proposal to relocate the county's Soldier's and Sailor's Monument on the courthouse green at the corner of Church and Court streets by 3,778 (80%) to 939 (20%).
In Middlesex County, the vote against moving its Confederate monument from the courthouse grounds in Saluda was 3,229 (75%) to 1,076 (25%).
Do remember, however, these votes are non-binding, but hopefully the politicians can see the writing on the wall.
See What Happens When You Trample on Peoples' Heritage. Hopefully, Lesson Learned Democrats. --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 26, 2021
** Only one bidder on Confederate-themed park. (Stone Mountain, Georgia. Bidding on the management of it.)
** NJ home's Confederate Halloween display draws outrage. (Jackson, New Jersey. It has two Confederate flags and a ghost that looks liked robed KKK. A bit too much, but if BLM flags and signs are allowed, let this idiot do his thing. They're both equally offensive.)
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OCTOBER 27, 2021
** Confederate statue hiding in plain sight near trial of there white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery. (Brunswick, Georgia. Kind of hard to hide a statue.)
** Montgomery, Ala. drops Confederate street name to honor famed civil rights attorney. (Jefferson Davis Avenue renamed Fred Gray Avenue. Again, let's not rename every Confederate street after a black person. Name some other street.)
** Keep or destroy: Bastrop officials to decide Confederate statue's fate. (Texas)
--Old Secesh
I was quite interested in the Virginia elections this past Tuesday. The Democrats controlled the state government and things these last two years have almost been worse for those of us with Confederate heritage than when we had Union armies marching all over the state and destroying most everything they could get their hands on.
In other words, the Democrats had to go.
The Republican candidates for governor, lt.gov, and attorney general all won. Plus, it appears the Republicans have taken control back in the House of Delegates.
So, maybe there is some hope for that state.
I do not know if there was any voting by counties or towns about removal of Confederate statues, but doubt that there were. After the voting the last time, those that hate all things Confederate would not dare to put it up to a vote of the people. They know they would lose.
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 24, 2021
** GTA fans notice Confederate flag removed in remastered version, say developers have 'become the thing they mocked for so long.' (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Evidently one of those video games. Which likes to provoke controversy.)
** Parents are furious after two students wear Confederate flags to school. (Pennsylvania)
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OCTOBER 25, 2021
** Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions. (Personally, I am in favor of it. They did choose to fight against the United States after all.)
** Instead of removing a Confederate statue, Tennessee town erects a new one to black Union soldiers. (Like I said, this is the correct way to go in these situations.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 23, 2021
** Black Georgia students suspended for planning protest of Confederate flag. (High school)
** Attorney petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on relocation of Lakeland Confederate statue. (Florida. Yep! And see far that gets.)
** Confederate officers' treason to be scrubbed from military base names. (Why wasn't it treason when these bases were named back in the 1930s? One has to wonder. What happened between then and now?)
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OCTOBER24, 2021
** Remove a Confederate statue? A Tennessee city did this instead. (Franklin. They put up a statue to the USCT. I whole-heartedly agree with doing this. You can never have too many monuments to the past.)
** What is the status of Pittsboro's removed Confederate monument? (North Carolina. It's in limbo over ownership. Whenever you're not sure of ownership, turn it over to the UDC or SCV.)
Instead of Removing Confederate Monuments, Put Up a Monument That Will Make Blacks Happy. --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 22, 2021
** Virginia Supreme Court won't reconsider decision allowing Robert E. Lee statue removal. (Sad R. No kidding. It's already down. Now they need to get that eyesore (from what certain people of Richmond have done to it) of a pedestal down and removed.)
** Museum proposes melting Lee Statue to make new artwork. (Charlottesville, Virginia. A black museum of course. They should take a statue of one of their people down and melt it for new artwork.)
** Alabama will move forward in case involving alleged monument theft. (It was taken. How alleged can that be? But this is surprising. I didn't think there was anything wrong anymore to someone desecrating any Confederate monuments.)
** Fort Colin Powell? Some want this Confederate-named base to honor the late general. (My thoughts exactly. I'd sure support this renaming.)
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OCTOBER 23, 2021
** DeKalb judge dismisses attempt to restore Decatur Confederate monument. (Georgia. Imagine out judicial system doing something like this?)
--Old Secesh
The Democrats and their allies are behind all this Hate Confederate Campaign that so abounds in your state. It is now time to show how you feel and vote them out of power. It won't be easy because their allies are sticking 100% behind them, but a solid turnout and vote could turn the trick.
Vote for anybody but a Democrat.
Dems Got To Go!! --Old Secesh
I see that this Tuesday, November 2, is election time in your state. Unfortunately, the current governor evidently is not running for reelection as I didn't see his name listed. That is one person I'd really like to see shown the door.
However, there is a Democrat running for governor. If you are tired of the Democrats running roughshod over your Confederate heritage, perhaps it is time to do something about it.
And, evidently all members of the House of Delegates are also up for election and/or reelection.
After the local voting on removal of Confederate monuments earlier this year, there is little chance the Democrats will put it up for a people's vote anymore, so here's your chance to head them off at the pass.
Reclaim Your Heritage. Vote the Bums Out!!! --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 20, 2021
** Atlanta public schools and Atlanta Braves to host ribbon cutting ceremony for school renamed for Hank Aaron. (It had been named for Nathan Bedford Forrest and is an alternative school. I completely back this. Hank Aaron was a great man.)
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OCTOBER 21, 2021
** Renaming DC's Woodrow Wilson High School sparks conflict.
** What is the status of Pittsboro's removed Confederate monument. (North Carolina. It's in limbo.)
** Alabama pushes rebel monument case after Louisiana dismissal.
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OCTOBER 22, 2021
** Nearly 100 Confederate monuments toppled last year. What happened to them?
--Old Secesh
There were no alerts between Oct. 14 and 19. I was kind of hoping that meant all this was over and then I could drop this blog, but, alas, no. The attacks continue.
OCTOBER 19, 2021
** Plan to melt Confederate statue submitted by Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. (Charlottesville, Virginia. Absolutely not. You know they would make something devoted to the Blacks. And, why would they have the name of a horrible mean old slave owner in their name?)
** Potential jurors in the Ahmaud Arbery case asked: Is U.S. Confederate flag racist?
** U.S. honored Civil War enemies by naming army bases after them. Why?
** Statue of Robert E. Lee removed from Dallas park in 2017 now on display at a Texas golf course.
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OCTOBER 20, 2021
** New Orleans prosecutors refuse charges against trio linked to plot to use Confederate memorial as a toilet. (Did you really ever think they'd be charged for that. Not possible with our current judicial system.)
** Davidson County to replace statue in uptown Lexington with replica Declaration of Independence, Constitution. (North Carolina)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 11, 2021
** Virginia changes names of multiple community colleges amid racial reckoning. (Washington Post. Big surprise they'd write something like this. You must mean "Woke."
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OCTOBER 12, 2021
** Caldwell County Courthouse Confederate monument will move to museum. (Texas)
** Georgia students suspended after making plans to protest Confederate flag.
** Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South. (I doubt that any statue lynched anybody.)
** Norwin students wear Confederate flag to school. (Pennsylvania)
** County hopes to meet with Union monument owners. (Perquimans County, North Carolina. They want to move it to the courthouse, where there is a Confederate monument. This monument is dedicated to black soldiers in the war. I can definitely go with that. All sides of history need to be shown.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 10, 2021
** Hoyer, Democrats press Senate to act on removing statues of Confederates, racists from Capitol. (Can you even imagine a the Democrats, the Party of Jim Crow, doing something like that. Maybe they want to make amends?)
** Student suspended for flying Confederate flag; mom says it's not racism, but history. (Minnesota. As long as students with anything BLM also get suspended.)
** Bill would strike holidays from state calendar. (Florida. Would remove Lee and Davis birthdays and Confederate Memorial Day. Also would remove any provision against mutilation or disrespect for anything Confederate. (Of course, it is those wily old Democrats again.)
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OCTOBER 11, 2021
** Confederate statue at Washington County Courthouse to move due to construction. (Virginia. Think it will come back?)
** Goodbye Columbus? Those urging the explorer be thrown overboard need to do their homework. (Columbus too?)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 8, 2021
** No protest allowed after Confederate flag spotted on high school campus. (Floyd County, Georgia. Coosa High School.)
** America's 50,000 monuments: More mermaids than congresswomen, more Confederates than abolitionists.
** Centre students push for removal of Confederate statue near campus. (Centre College. Danville, Kentucky. Robert D. Logan CSA.)
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OCTOBER 9, 2021
** Documentary reviews Confederate flag fight in Orangeburg. (South Carolina)
** Judge puts Confederate monument on hold. (Elizabeth City, North Carolina)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 6, 2021
** Student suspended for five days for flying Confederate flag past protesters. (Mapleton, Minnesota) It all started with a BLM sign at a football game and resulted in a protest. So, BLM stuff is okay, but not Confederate. Seems a bit biased to me.)
Personally, anytime I see anything BLM, I only think of the rioting, arson and looting that so many BLM events sank to last year. However, I must give the group credit because they haven't been doing that this year. So, thanks, BLM.
** 'Meltdown in Dixie' coming to SCETV: explores Confederate flag dispute.
** Alabama capital strips Confederate president's name off road. (Montgomery, Alabama. Jefferson Davis.)
** The Lost Cause wins a court battle in Arkansas. (Fort Smith. A win for us. Unbelievable. How's that happen?)
** Group wants movie icon Bruce Lee, not Robert E. Lee, as county namesake. (Florida. King-fuey!!)
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OCTOBER 7, 2021
** 3 City Council members endorse removal of Confederate statue in Springfield Park. (Jacksonville, Florida. Two of them are Black and one is white.
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 5, 2021
** Voting to rename Charlotte streets named for Confederate leaders, segregationists. (North Carolina)
** Black congressional leaders urge Fort Lee to become Fort Arthur Gregg. (The Congressional Black Caucus wants it renamed for a black general. Is that racist?)
** What should Fort Hood be renamed? (The Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants it renamed for General Richard E, Cavazos. Is that racist?)
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OCTOBER 6, 2021
** Deputies searching for men accused of damaging Newnan Confederate statue. (Georgia. And here I was thinking nothing could happen to a person damaging a Confederate monument. Maybe there is some hope.)
** Ahmaud Arbery murder suspect requests court ban photo of Confederate flag license plate. (Georgia)
** NAACP: Confederate flag offends at county fair. (Virginia. Imagine them being offended.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 4, 2021
** Removing Confederate statue from Springfield Park could cost at least $1.2 million. (Jacksonville, Florida. Again, way too much. Who's looking to get rich? And, as I have said before, those who want the statue gone should pay for it THEMSELVES.)
** Alabama spends more than a half-million dollars a year on a Confederate memorial. Black historical sites struggle to keep doors open.
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OCTOBER 5, 2021
** Heated exchanges and a flood of suggestions for Confederate renaming commission. (Again, let's not just rename ALL of the bases after Blacks.)
** Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry favors removing Confederate statue. (Florida)
** Confederate flag raised, US and German flags stolen at 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Germany.
** Debate continues on Confederate monument's future. (Gulfport, Mississippi)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 3, 2021
** Georgia Dem would rather keep Confederate monument than raise Clarence Thomas statue. (Of course, Democrats strongly opposed Thomas being appointed as the second black Supreme Court justice back in the day, but George Floyd, you know. Really hard to believe that a Democrat would take a stand like that.)
** Confederates in the Attic: Minnesota schools begin to part ways with outdated mascots. (In other words, Confederate-themed mascots, you know.)
** State says Lee statue removal cost over $2 million. (Sad R. Of course, the removal was done by a black-owned business whose head person is a close personal friend of Sad R.'s mayor. Must be nice to have friends in high places. And, I can't even conceive of it costing that much to remove. Someone's looking for quite the payday.)
** Alabama city adds Juneteenth as holiday for its employees. (Prattville. They also observe the combined Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee birthdays. These two birthdays should not be commemorated on the same day.)
To my way of thinking, those cities removing Confederate holidays and adding black holidays are really rubbing salt in the wounds.
** The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. (J. Marion Sims, known as the Father of Gynecology. This statue should be taken down and one for the women he experimented on put up in its place.)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 1, 2021
** Organizers seek to change Lee County, Florida, to Bruce Lee County. (As in the actor Bruce Lee. That's a good one. There's no stopping 'em now.)
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OCTOBER 2, 2021
** Tuskegee Confederate memorial subject of September lawsuit. (Alabama)
** Attorney General Steve Marshall says Madison County has paid Confederate monument fine. (Alabama. They've paid their $25,000 fine.)
** Replacing Confederate names on military bases underway. It could take years to finish. (Not to mention how much it will cost. Those that want them renamed should pay the entire bill for renaming. And, please don't rename every one of these after Blacks. I suggest (Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Jackie Robinson and Colin Powell.)
** Allendale drops vandalism charges over damage to Confederate statue. (Michigan. Big surprise. Do it to a Confederate statue and you get a bye for your criminal act most times.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 30,2021
** Court says Georgia city can ban Confederate flags in parade. (Alpharetta, Georgia. Like I said in the last post, it is unlikely we'll get any help from the court systems.
** PG trustees opt out of signing Fort Lee name change resolution. (Prince George County, Virginia. They want the name changed to Fort Arthur J. Gregg, a black general. He is deserving of the name change, but let's try not to rename EVERY Confederate-named fort after a black person as some people evidently want to happen.
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OCTOBER 1, 2021
** Deputies looking for suspects who damaged Confederate soldier statue in Newnan, stole pieces of it. (Newnan, Georgia. It happened on the night of Sept. 17. And here I was thinking it was okay to damage a Confederate statue. Maybe there is hope after all.)
** Virginia guidelines for contextualizing Confederate monuments still in works. (Just remember, the current dogma about "The Lost cause" being a racially based uprising is nothing more than the current beliefs of certain people. What will it be ten years from now?)
** Charlottesville will accept offers for Confederate monuments until October 15. (Virginia. The only offers they should consider are those from the UDC and SCV. And all costs for removal storage and relocation should be paid for by the town or, even better, those who wanted them gone.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
** Mississippi county choses new site for Confederate monument. (Greenwood, Lefore County. If state okays it, will go to Fort Pemberton Memorial Park.)
** Confederate monument relocation controversy continues in Caldwell County, (Lockhart, Texas)
** Opinion: Texas Rangers are like Confederate statues that must go. (Houston Chronicle. So sad when a major newspaper takes a stand like this on history.)
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
** Tubman statue arrives as Confederate soldier gets new plaques. (Sylva, N.C.)
** Rehearing sought from Virginia Supreme Court in Lee monument removal case. (Forget it, the sooner that statue is out of Sad R. and perhaps the whole state, the better. And, like anything Confederate can get a fair hearing at any judicial process in that state.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
** Five Missouri schools have Confederate names, some want to that to change. (Our good ol' SPLC boys are at it again making their famed "Lists" of names and things they don't like because they are Confederate and thus racist. Of course, I've always thought that hating any and all things Confederate is a bit racist in itself since Confederates were white people.
Still waiting for that lost of towns and cities where looting and burning took place last year by BLM as well as damage done. But, kind of doubt it will ever be made as it makes their side look kind of bad.
The five Missouri schools and location:
Breckenridge Elementary in Breckenridge
Breckenridge High in Breckenridge
MuCullough Elementary in Republic
Price Elementary in Republic
Jackson Park Elementary in University City
I can see a further problem with the two schools in Breckenridge, Missouri. Can you?
SPLC also says there are Confederate-named schools in Minnesota (3) California (2) and Washington (1).
What Do You Figure SPLC Wants To Happen With Those Missouri Schools? --Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
** Confederate flag license plate spurs hostile workplace trial. (Connecticut)
** Group that donated Confederate fountain in Helena wants it back. (Montana. Put there in 1916 and removed in 2017 (BGF) (Before George Floyd) because of racial concerns. UDC wants it back.
** Virginia man who spray-painted Confederate monument at Arkansas' Capitol pleads guilty to misdemeanor. You mean it is possible to arrest folks for desecrating something Confederate? I didn't think that was possible.)
** From Plato to Confederate statues: Students study why some iconic images are broken. (DePauw University)
** Remains of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill could be reinterred to Culpepper's Fairview Cemetery. (Right now they are still in Sad R. believe me, the sooner we can get all vestiges of the Confederacy out of that town the better.)
** Court says city can ban Confederate flag in veterans parade. (Imagine our justice system saying something like that.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
** Advocates raise enough money to relocate controversial Confederate monument in Caldwell County. (Lockhart, Texas. The county commissioners said the public would have to pay the $29,600 to remove it. They have raised that money.
This is what all governments should immediately do when groups demand removal. Make that hinge of opponents of the statues pay for the removal themselves. Of course, this cost should also include relocation and reinstalling and maintenance costs of there are any.
Make "them" put their money where their mouths are.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
** Charlotte street named for Confederate leader changed to Druid Hills Way. (Charlotte, North Carolina. Replaced Jefferson Davis Street. It is the first of nine streets to be renamed because of you-know-what. Actually, I was surprised it wasn't named after some black person.)
** Democrats press Schumer on removing Confederate statues from Capitol. (Washington, D.C.. Can you imagine Democrats doing something like that? And, remember, this is the political party that brought you good old Jim Crow.)
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
** Richmond's Confederate statues are gone. What should replace them? (OK, BLM, NAACP and SPLC. What do you think? And, try not to be racist.)
** DeKalb County's 'Indian War' cannon may be removed by county commissioners. (Georgia. The cannon is from the 1836 war to remove Indians from Georgia. Placed by UDC. As such, has two strikes already against it. The Confederate memorial has already been removed.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
** National Cathedral commissions racial-justice themed windows to replace Confederate iconography. (Washington, D.C. Really. Now in religion?)
** Charlottesville starts next step in bidding process for Confederate statues. (Virginia. There should be no bidding. The statues should be turned over to the SCV and/or UDC for them to decide what to do with them. All expenses for relocation should be paid for by Charlottesville, or better yet, those who want them gone.)
** Monuments marking end of slavery replace Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia. (Sad R., of course. The new city law would seem to be only monuments to Blacks can be put up now. Eventually, I'm sure Monumentless Avenue will have nothing but black statues.)
** Input sought for new military base names, including Fort Belvoir. (Virginia. Belvoir was the name of a plantation and you know that means slaves.)
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
** Confederate group fights to wave battle flag in Georgia parade. (Alpharetta, Georgia. Banned the Confederate flag. SCV challenging the ban. If Confederate flags not allowed, then no other flag except U.S. or state should be allowed either.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
** Confederate statue removed from Lexington installed near Denton. (North Carolina)
** 'E. Pluribus Union,' Jackson County Confederate monument updated. (North Carolina. New text. Now dedicated to veterans of all wars.)
** The Confederate monument in downtown Franklin.
** Florida high schoolers caught on video waving Confederate flags, stomping Pride flags. (This should not have happened.)
** 'The monument is not racist;' speaker urges county commissioners to leave Confederate statue in Newton. (North Carolina)
** South Carolina's Confederate monument protection law upheld.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
** Stone Mountain Park board weighing potential new business partners. (Georgia)
** Group searches for new home for Talbot Boys Confederate statue. (Maryland. There is the hope to keep the statue somewhere in Talbot County, Md. instead of moving it to Virginia. I completely back this idea.)
** Arlington County approves new logo, meant to capture ties to DC and Alexandria. (Virginia. The old one featured the home of Robert E. Lee.)
** Virginia Congressman doubles down in push for new name of Fort Lee. (Virginia. The representative is a black man, and very surprisingly wants Fort Lee named for a black officer. Who'd-a-thunk?)
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
** Florida Confederate statue headed for Tallahassee, for now. (Statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith had been in U.S. Capitol.)
Can You Imagine a Black Person Wanting an Army Base Renamed for a Black Person? --Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
** Fort Polk to receive name change by fall 2023. (Louisiana)
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
** Confederate Railroad rolls in for Hanceville Music Fest. (Alabama. As in the country band Confederate Railroad whose logo bothers certain folks.)
** 'We don't want to wait anymore:' Tuskegee leaders want Confederate statue gone. (Alabama)
** Alabama begins removing racist language from its Constitution.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
** Nathan Bedford Forrest laid to rest in Columbia on Saturday. (Tennessee. And to their credit, BLM and NAACP did not try to interfere.)
** Richmond's Lee statue has come down. What about Confederate Memorials in cemeteries? (I'd say to keep them where they are.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
** Suspect identified in last summer's United Daughters of the Confederacy fire in Richmond but no one will be prosecuted due to limited evidence. (Sad. R. Fire set last year during BLM riots. Actually I'm surprised that any effort would be made to find who did it as it seems that it is now open season on any and all things Confederate. So, you committed a hate crime, but it is ok because it is ok to hate Confederates.)
** Gaston County Confederate monument back in court Monday.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
** State senator targets Florida's Confederate holidays. (She's a Democrat of course.)
** King George board wants detailed info about moving Confederate memorial. (Virginia)
** Protests prompts signs barring visitors from Jacksonville City Hall. (Florida)
** Confederate monument in downtown Perry causes a divide among residents. (Georgia)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
** Confederate statue to be removed from Maryland court house lawn. (The Talbot Boys monument.)
** Second attempt to remove name of Confederate general from MTSU building. (Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Forrest Hall, Army ROTC. Hey, just pretend it is named after Forrest Gump who was quite an Army hero according to the movie.)
** County commissioners vote to remove former Confederate memorial base. (Warren County, Warrenton, N.C. First they want the statue gone then the base of it. Never happy.)
** Historian Karen Cox: We have 'No Common Ground' on Confederate monuments. (North Carolina)
** Maryland's last c(C)onfederate statue to be removed to Shenandoah Valley. (Come on WHSV. Didn't you ;earn in school that Confederate is a proper name? That's Shenandoah Valley as in Virginia. It should have stayed somewhere private in Maryland and close to Talbot County.)
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
** Confederate AP Hill statue may be headed for Culpepper. (Virginia. Please hurry up and get it out of Sad R.)
** Robert E, Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
** Rally calls for removal of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville. (Florida. About two dozen people. That is one huge rally.)
** Last Confederate monument on Md. public land set to come down. (Maryland. The Talbot Boys monument. This was in the Washington Post. Do you suppose they are happy about this?)
** Confederate spy's grave still stands. (Kilburn City, (Wisconsin Dells) Wisconsin Belle Boyd's grave site. The writer, a college student seems to be a real Confederate hater.)
** Scout official: Confederate flags flown by troop in Peach Days parade an honest mistake. (Utah. Boy Scouts)
** Public suggest renaming Fort Bragg after Union General Edward Bragg. (Like I said, a good idea.)
** 2020-21: When Confederate monuments came down from Monument Avenue in Richmond. (Now it's Monumentless Avenue in Sad R. Too bad the Blacks didn't just make their own avenue to honor their people.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
** Future of Fairfax County roads named after Confederate leaders still up in the air. (Virginia)
** Pitt County commissioners discus fate of Confederate monument. (North Carolina)
** For second time, Pasquotank commissioners approve funding for contractor to remove Confederate monument. (North Carolina. The contractor had originally bid $28,000 but raised it to $50,000. I'd say find another contractor. But, even better, make those who want it removed put their money where their mouth is. YOU PAY FOR IT!!)
** Memory and memorials: Yale scholar's work influences removal of Lee statue. Yale?)
** Motion to revive Confederate monument lawsuit to be discussed in Friday hearing. (Huntsville, Alabama)
** Public suggests renaming Fort Bragg after Union officer Edward Bragg. (Like I've been saying.)
** Nation's top ranking Hispanic veterans association offers picks for renaming Fort Hood.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
** Old South vs. the new America: What Confederate monuments say about us. (From the Hill. A very anti-Confederate piece.
** Activists hail Lee statue removal, say more work remains. (Again, how does one get to be an activist? Does a fairy god mother come over and prang you with her wand? And, of course, the mire work to do is to erase all mention of the Confederacy.)
** America has always run from the truth of itself. (Houston Chronicle)
* 'Like it or not,' Fort Bragg will be renamed. Now, it is just a question of what. (I've already put in the name Edward Bragg, Union commander of the famed Iron Brigade.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
** Singer Maggie Rogers calls on Easton to remove Confederate Talbot Boys statue ahead of Tuesday night council vote. (Maryland. Well if Maggie says it should go. My question, who is Maggie Rogers?)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
** City reaches agreement with family of A.P. Hill to relocate former Confederate general's remains, monument. (Sad R. It will be removed to Fairview Cemetery in Culpepper. A better way to do this sort of thing than Sad R. usually does. Of course, all sorts of BLM/NAACP obscenities on it.)
** Suit filed over Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee. (Alabama)
** Confederate memorial statue to be returned to museum grounds. (Greenville, Texas)
** New capsule installed within pedestal where Confederate General Robert E. Lee statue stood. (Sad R. They gave up looking for the original one. I was hoping that the pedestal would also be taken down. What Sad R. did to it is a shame.)
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
** Black man's statue is the last statue standing on historic street in former capital of the Confederacy. (Sad R. The statue is of tennis great Arthur Ashe. I'd like to see it also moved to somewhere else and no statues be allowed on Monument Avenue.)
** Plane pulls Confederate flag over Richmond raceway. (Sad R.)
All Hail Monumentless Avenue. --Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
** A.P. Hill Monument: What will happen to Richmond's last Confederate monument. (You think it will remain? Not likely. It sure was a sad day when the Confederacy's capital was moved to Sad R. At least they are recommending its relocation, not destruction.)
** The South will not rise again. The case for removing Confederate monuments. (New York Daily News)
** Activists urge Mayor Curry to remove last major Confederate monument in Jacksonville. (Florida)
** Suit filed over Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee. (Alabama. They still haven't done anything for the criminal act committed by the town official to the statue.)
** New capsule installed within the pedestal where Lee statue stood. (Sad R. I am fearful that they won't take that eyesore of a pedestal down after what BLM and their ilk were allowed to do to it.)
--Old Secesh
The front end of this headline was from June 26, 2021. The last part is from me.
Personally, I believe a bigger issue with the black community is from all the shootings and killings of each other. This occurs across the United States and especially in Chicago. They are shooting and killing each other. The Confederate monuments are NOT doing this to them. The Confederate monuments have been standing for a hundred plus years and in that time, have not hurt any Blacks other than the one in Portsmouth, Virginia, who the statue fell on as he was pulling it down.
Just look at these numbers for Chicago:
For this past weekend from Friday noon to Monday 2:30 am: 10 killed, 62 wounded
Last week's total: 19 killed, 91 wounded
For September so far: 76 killed, 368 wounded
For 2021 so far: 601 killed, 2,913 wounded
Now, granted not all of these numbers are Blacks, but they make up a huge percentage of them.
SPLC, those noted anti-Confederate listmakers, has the word law in their name and should be working harder to stop this illegal practice.
Come On SPLC, Get Your Priorities Straight. --Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
** As Confederate statues come down, statues of Black heroes go up. (From the Black Wall Street Times. Is the media here somewhat racist? What if there was a White Wall Street Times? Do You think Blacks would call that racist? A racist is a racist is a racist, no matter what color they are.
And, replacing Confederate statues with black statues. That's rubbing salt into a still-sore wound. Mighty racist of them, don't you think?
And, I firmly believe that statues to Blacks should be put up as they have been too long overlooked. Especially Buffalo Soldiers and Ida B. Wells among many others. I would have liked for the Confederate ones to have remained and joined by black ones.
Same with Black Caucuses.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
There were a lot of articles about the statue of Robert E. Lee coming down in Sad R. I mean a whole lot. Of course, I want to know if they are going to also take the pedestal down as what the city and state allowed BLM and NAACP to do to it was an affront to decency.
This display goes a long way to explain Sad R's lapse to the Dark Side.
I also don't know why they cut the statue up. I know the given reason was so it could get through some low overpasses, but I think it goes beyond that.
** I-35 billboard calls for Confederate monument removal in Williamson County. (Texas. An SPLC thing. Since when Does SPLC operate in Williamson County? "Our County?" Really.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
** Crew searching for Confederate statue's 1887 time capsule. (That would be the Lee statue in Sad R. They also are placing another one for 2021. This leads me to think they are going to keep that sad pedestal up instead of also removing it because Blacks find former Confederate pedestals offensive.
Of Course, What Gets Me Is How Come It Took Certain People So Long To Realize They Were Offended By That Lee Statue. --Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
** Pentagon asks public for suggestions of renaming bases that honor Confederates.
** Naming commission tasked with examining Confederate symbols on military bases.
** Augusta commission to vote on c(C)onfederate names. (Georgia. Come on WJBF!!)
** Fort Bragg officials to discuss required name change -- and they want your input. (I already gave my idea. Rename it for Edward Bragg. commander of the famed Iron Brigade during the war. Then there will be very little cost in the renaming process.)
** What would you rename the Army posts and Navy ships that honor the Confederacy?
** Alabama trying to revive lawsuit over Confederate monument.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
** Colonial-era Royal Carriage stirs up modern backlash in Netherlands. (So "Woke" has hit there as well.)
** Forget 'Fort Lee'-- Congress seeks input on replacement for c(C)onfederate names. (8 News ABC, Virginia. (And you'd think a news organization like ABC would know about proper names. Maybe its "blacklash" in the media.
** Fort Bragg seeks public input for base's new name. (I've already suggested Edward Bragg, a noted Union Civil War commander who led the famed Iron Brigade.)
** Virginia is set to remove Richmond's Lee statue on Wednesday. (Sure didn't take them long.)
** Family seeks to rename Fort Benning after Kentucky war hero and his wife. (Lt. Gen. Hal Moore. At least he is a white man. I'd hate to see all of the bases renamed after Blacks. Some should be, however. I'd like to see Benjamin O. Davis (Sr. and Jr.), Colin Powell and Jackie Robinson as three of the names.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
** Another Robert E. Lee statue has been approved for removal in Virginia. (That was the big one on what used to be Monument Avenue in Sad R. There were a whole lot of articles about this around this time.)
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
** Largest Confederate statue in US to come down this week. (That Lee statue in Sad R.)
** Hearing on removal of Confederate flag from Williamson County seal delayed. (Tennessee)
** The traitor Robert E, Lee finally gets his just desserts. (New Republic. Really surprising they would take this attitude. Kind of racist if you ask me. Sometimes a man has to do what a man has to do.)
** Gov. Northam: 'Virginia's largest monument to the Confederate insurrection will come down this week.' (Big surprise coming from him.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
** Confederate Railroad and EllieMae Millenkamp looking forward to Petersburg. (Iowa. Country group Confederate Railroad has come under a lot of fire from certain folks because of their name and use of Confederate flags on their logo. They had several concerts in Illinois canceled because of it.)
** EEOC: Applebee's told Black line cook to 'ignore' co-workers wearing Confederate flag gear. (Exactly right. That would be the thing to do. Maybe the black line cook should wear BLM stuff.)
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
** James Gill: Who was Oscar Wilde's favorite American? Turns out he was a Confederate. (Jefferson Davis)
** Two recent decisions put Virginia on the right side of history and morality. (Washington Post of course. One was the pardon of the Martinsville Seven and taking down the Lee statue. Big surprise the Post would say something like this. However, they were right in the pardon of the Martinsville Seven.)
** West Point will unveil a statue honoring a group of black soldiers. (Buffalo soldiers. I am very happy to see this happening. They deserve to be honored. I'd love to see the Army bring them back as an all-Black unit. Talk about esprit de corps.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
** Opinion: Get Confederate symbols off Virginia school campuses. (Daily Press, Virginia)
** Statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia's capital can be removed, court rules. (Virginia's Supreme Court. Can you imagine a governing body in Virginia being anti-Confederate?)
** Cost a concern for moving Confederate memorial. (Augusta, Georgia. Just have the people who want it removed pay for all costs. Put your money where your mouth is.)
** Demonstrators call Mayor Curry a 'liar' after failure to remove c(C)onfederate monuments. (Jacksonville, Florida. First Coast ABC News. Something about a proper name, guys.)
** The 'Dukes of Hazzard' c(C)onfederate flag car damaged by Hurricane Ida. (NME. Proper name. Did BLM have something to do with the hurricane?)
I'm beginning to think Blacks must be demanding that Confederate stop being a proper name and thusly capitalized like they did to get black when used as an adjective capitalized. Which of these terms might be considered racist?: The Black man, The white man. Is this racist?
Actually, most media seems to have a grasp on the proper name thing, but there are some with no idea.
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
** Panel recommends relocating Edenton's Confederate monument. (North Carolina)
** Confederate street names are dividing Clayton County neighborhood. (Georgia)
** Confederate monuments under threat of being moved. Augusta, Georgia)
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
** Group rallies at City Hall to call for removal of Confederate monument at Springfield Park. (Jacksonville, Florida. A black group with their white minions.
** Skaff: Confederate statues and moral equivalents. (Columnist)
** Judge formally dismisses lawsuit over Confederate monuments in Huntsville. (Madison County, Alabama. The state had asked for the county to pay $25,000 for the illegal removal of the statue, but a private donor had already paid the $25,000.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
** City leaders ponder Confederate statue. (Augusta, Ga,)
** Georgia has the most schools in the nation with c(C)onfederate names, says advocacy group. 46 CBS News Atlanta. Looks like one of those many Confederate-named schools would have taught Channel 46 that Confederate was a proper name and should be capitalized. They must have gone to a non-Confederate named school.
And guess who the advocacy group is? None other than the good folks at SPLC. I wonder how you get a college degree in advocacy? Probably by making Confederate-hate lists.)
** Is rural America becoming the new Confederacy. (Yep. They don't like rioting, looting and arson either.)
** Human Relations Commission: Move Confederate monument. (Edenton, North Carolina. It was a 7-6 vote. Guess who voted which way.)
** Date set for private reburial of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Columbia. (Tennessee. Burial was September 17 and 18. All sorts of precaution were used to prevent BLM and NAACP supporters from disrupting the funeral. Even the location where the SCV was keeping the general and his wife before the reburial was kept secret so those people could not desecrate them further than they had in Memphis. I am also sure, security measures will be made to keep the graves from being desecrated once all this is over.)
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 30, 2021
** Confederate flag in Invermere stirs deep concern. (British Columbia, Canada. It was on the front of a truck. It wasn't going to hurt anybody.)
** Virginia Tech issues statement on reports LBGTQ flag stolen and replaced with Confederate flag. (Say they're against all forms of prejudice. What about the prejudice against all things Confederate. That's a prejudice too.)
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AUGUST 31, 2021
** A photographer's look at Florida's Confederate monument sites.
** Georgia leads country in schools named after Confederate leaders. (Sounds like a SPLC thing to me.)
** Vote to remove Confederate flag from Williamson County seal delayed for Sons of Confederate Veterans. (Tennessee. Have to wait until Feb. 2022.)
-- Old Secesh
AUGUST 28, 2021
** SPLC reveals new data on schools whose names glorify and pushes to change them. (Imagine this racist group making another list like this. And they still won't make that list about how many BLM "peaceful demonstrations" turned violent with looting, burning and rioting and how much damage was done last year. Perhaps that would make their "Cause, Confederadication" look bad.)
(And, by the way, I am all in favor of changing the Confederate-named schools whose students are mostly Blacks.)
** Northampton County Confederate monument comes down.
** Rep. Richard Hudson: Community input vital for Fort Bragg renaming. (North Carolina)
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AUGUST 29, 2021
** It's time to remove Confederate and white supremacist statues from the Capitol. (Grand Forks Herald)
** Confederate history, core values, common sense, BLM discussed at NAACP forum.
Those Good Ol' SPLC List-Makers. --Old Secesh
AUGUST 26, 2021
** Alexandria starts pilot program to rename Confederate-named streets. (Virginia)
** Residents submit suggestions for black statue where c(C)onfederate statue once stood. (Gainesville, Florida. Too bad WCJB doesn't know Confederate is a proper name. And, it brings forth the question of why every removed Confederate monument needs to be replaced with one for a black person?)
** South Fulton looks to rename buildings and roads associated with Confederacy. (Georgia)
** End of an era: Monument to Confederacy relocated. (Mecklenburg County, Va.)
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AUGUST 27, 2021
** Northampton Confederate removed, headed for storage. (Virginia)
** What will happen to the Confederate monument in Columbus? (Georgia)
** MARC director: Confederate flag display was free speech. (Pennsylvania)
--Old Secesh
I reluctantly support removal of all Confederate items from all public places. They offend certain elements of the population and I can understand why they don't like them. Although I find it hard to believe that it took them so long to realize that they were offended by them. Come on, many stood for 100+ years. Now, I can understand perhaps not saying anything about them during the Jim Crow era, but that essentially ended in the 1960s. There have been a lot of years that have passed since then and last year after G.F. "Woke" many.
As in the case with all Confederate statues that are removed, all costs or removal, protection, storage and finding new places for them should be paid by those wanting them removed. The statues should be turned over to the SCV and UDC for new sites on which to be erected. Then, those who hate the Confederacy should pay for protection as we know BLMers and their white minions like nothing more than to desecrate statues with their profanity and paint.
I still believe that any statue up for removal should be voted on. I'd go with how the majority of the people vote in all cases. But, of course, Democrats and Blacks have seen what happened in Virginia on such votes last November, so sadly, that won't be happening.
The best thing others can do is to vote the rascals out and put friendly folks into power.
And, don't forget, the Democrats were the party of the South all those years during Jim Crow.
--Old Secesh
I am very glad to see that statue is down and I'm hoping the pedestal is down by now as well. However, I now understand a new time capsule has been buried at the pedestal's cornerstone so I am not sure that it will not be taken down at this time.
What the city of Sad R. allowed done to that pedestal is an extremely sad thing. I am disgusted by it.
At least the statue was not removed at the top of the pedestal under cover of the night as seems to be the case with most Confederate statues. Something about why criminal activity tends to take place at night instead of the daylight.
That construction worker who incited onlookers to cheer should be fired, but, since he works for the black man whose company took it down, he will probably receive a big bonus. Of course, the Team Henry Enterprises Co. was created to take down other Confederate statues just a few days before that happened. Devon Henry is a close friend and big contributor to Sad R.'s mayor, who is also a black man. I always thought there was something funny about all that.
Between Sad R.'s mayor and Sad V.'s governor (a white man), both of whom are Democrats, that poor state and city are going right down the tubes. I would move there just to vote against them, but at present the city and whole state is on my boycott list. So, sadly that won't happen.
But, what surprises me is that I am sure there are a lot of people living in Virginia who are proud of their Confederate heritage, perhaps even a majority of them. This last November during elections, out of six places where statue removal was placed on the ballot, all six places voted no. Of course, now Democrats and their black allies sure won't be placing anything up to the will of the people anymore.
Let's Not Forget the Political Party That Ran the Jim Crow Era in the South. And, It Wasn't the Republicans. --Old Secesh
