States of Embarrassment. Come on, SPLC, How About That List of BLM 'Peaceful Demonstrations' That Led to Violence, Rioting, Looting and Burning (Not to Mention Hate Crimes)!!!

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

**  Ban on Confederate flag urged in Northampton schools.  (Massachusetts.   The black principal was shown holding a BLM sign.  Does that mean he supports rioting, burning, looting and hate crimes?)

**  Alabama ranks third in nation for number of Confederate symbols removed in 2020.  (That has to be embarrassing.  Again, the racist group SPLC has the numbers and says that  12 were removed.  In case you're wondering, Sad V. led the pack with 71 thanks to their sad gov and mayor.    N.C. was second with 24.  The states of embarrassment.)

**  HEY SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center).  We are still waiting for your list on BLM "peaceful demonstrations" that led to rioting, confrontation, looting, burning and hate crimes in 2020.  Come on guys, you know you can do it!!

**  Lawmakers vote to remove Confederate  name from highway.  (No surprise there.  Sad V.  Jefferson Davis Highway)

**  Confederate symbols removed from Georgia in 2020.  (Seven according to SPLC)

--Old Secesh

Massachusetts, Florida, Renaming, Schools, That Capital C Thing Again

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

**  Northampton students denounce racism after Facebook page  targets principal's Confederate flag lesson.  (Massachusetts)

**  With one school name change down, Gainesville activists push to topple other Confederate reminders.  (Florida.  A black woman wants this.)

**  It's time to rename  government facilities named after Confederate war heroes.

**  DCPS  to host first public meeting on renaming Lee High School.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Again, if the majority of the students are Black, I am all in favor of it.)

**  Op-Ed:  Confederate memorials serve a role in National Parks.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

**  Effort to ban confederate  holidays in Florida back again.   (WCJB ABC 20.  Looks like a big-time station like this might know that Confederate is spelled with a capital C.)

**  The US removed  over 160 Confederate symbols in 2020 -- But 100s remain. 

--Old Secesh

In Case You're Wondering About Who Is Who in the Compilation Picture of Generals Whose Names Are to be Removed from Military Bases in the Right Column

Going from top left clockwise:

Braxton Bragg

George Pickett

Henry L. Benning

A.P. Hill

Leonidas Polk

P.G.T. Beauregard

Edmund Rucker

R.E. Lee

John Bell Hood

John Brown Gordon

Civil War II: SPLC Says 160 Monuments Gone. Where's That new List, Guys? Sad R., Michigan,

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

**  SPLC: 160 Confederate monuments taken down last year.  (That would be the ultra-racist group Southern Poverty Law Center who are so noted for their exhaustive lists, especially their hit list for Confederate anythings.  They list 'em and want them to come down.  Well done, guys and gals.  But, we're still waiting for your list of BLM "peaceful demonstrations" that turned into "civil unrest" of the rioting, looting, arson, confrontational and hate crimes vs. Confederate statues from back in 2020.)

**  Some reflections on Richmond and Confederate statues.  (Sad R.)

**  Committee unveils three possible changes to Confederate statue in West Michigan.  (Allendale, Michigan.  That statue has sure caused controversy.

Three possible options:

1.  Replace it with abstract statue with quotes about the war.

2.  Replace it with statue of Benjamin Jones, an escaped slave and Union soldier who settled there.

3.  Put plexiglass around the existing statue.

**  Ryan Upchurch shares Confederate flag video among  Luke Combs  drama.  (Country music)

Still Waiting for That BLM Riot List SPLC!!  --Old Secesh

Even Muppets and Vampires Now? Really? You Want It Gone, You Pay For It.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

**  James Weldon Johnson Park's renaming kicks off events celebrating  black history in Duval.  (Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.  Is it really necessary to turn the renaming into a party as a further slap in the face?)

**  Twilight is trending  again:  Was Jaspar a Confederate soldier?  Here's what fans are saying.  (Talking about the movie.  Would he have to be written out if he was really a Confederate soldier?  Only his hairdresser and BLN knows.)

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

**  Residents ask county to remove Confederate statue.

**  Luke Combs apologizes for Confederate lag pictures.  (Country music star.  He shouldn't have apologized.)

**  Supervisors approve bids to remove Confederate monument.  (Mississippi.  It will cost $80,000 for removal.  Again, cities and counties should not have to pay for this.  Those who want it removed should put their money where their mouths are.)

**  Why do 18 episodes of 'The Muppet Show' come with a content warning on Disney +?  (One shows Johnny cash performing in front of a Confederate flag.  Really? "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!")

What Would Kermit Say?   --Old Secesh

So What If Your Country Fave Has Confederate Flags? If They Don't Like It They Can Go Listen To Some Rap. Virginia's Woke East University

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

**  Fort Monroe named Site of Memory associated with UNESCO Slave Route Project.  (Virginia.  Real Civil War history.  Not the revisionist college professor stuff they're trying to ram down our throats.)

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

**  The future of Confederate monuments.  (These are the ones at National Park Service parks.  The editorial was in favor of removing them.  Hopefully not.)

**  Luke Combs shares ways to honor southern heritage  without a Confederate flag.  (Pretty lame way.  He has come under fire for being seen around Confederate flags.  He should just tell detractors where to go.)

**  Luke Combs' Confederate flag apology sparks discourse among country fans.  (There have not been many black country music artists, just like there have not been many white rap, soul urban artists.  However, watching all the black country artists performing on CMT, I'm beginning to wonder.  But country does have the late great Charley Pride and Darius Rucker.)

**  University buildings in Virginia once named  after Confederates now  honour African Americans.  (James Madison University.  Why must all renamings be for Blacks?  Aren't there any whites who deserve names on buildings?  From the Washington Post -- and we know where they stand on these issues.  The Post points out that the school is named for the country's 4th president who also owned you-know-what.  Guess what the Post would like to happen?  Welcome Woke University East or the Harriett Tubman University.)

--Old Secesh

Of Flags, Statues and Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

**  Man who flew Confederate flag near intersection of two Florida interstates found dead.  (Tampa, Florida.  30 x 60 foot flag on a 139-foot pole at intersection of I-4 and I-75.   The flag had been taken down temporarily in June in the wake of the Floyd killing amidst the BLM riots after threats to burn it were received.  The man's death was a result of injury from a farm animal.)

**  Isle of Wight votes to remove Confederate monument from public property.  (Virginia.  This was a vote by the board of commissioners, not the public.  The motion to move it was brought by the only black member of the board.  Like I say, all it takes is for one black person to be offended to get things like this done.  Sad.  Very sad.  Whatever happened to majority rules?  Now its Black rules.)

**  Booker, Lee announce re-introduction of bicameral bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol.  (Booker is a black man who is U.S. Senator from New Jersey.  Lee is a black woman who is a U.S. Representative from California.  Big surprise.  They are both Democrats.  Where have we heard this before.  I wonder if the woman knows that she needs to change her last name?)

**  Lowndes Co.  supervisors take next steps in moving Confederate monument.  (Mississippi.  They accepted bids to  dismantle, store and re-erect the statue in Friendship Cemetery for $80,000.  However, I still believe that the expenses should be paid by those who want it removed, not the government.)

--Old Secesh

The Continuing Attacks on the Confederacy: Tennessee, Seal, Bust, Submarine, Flag, Context and North Dakota

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

**  State hearing  on removing Confederate flag from Williamson County seal to begin  Thursday.  (Tennessee)

**  Tennessee moves vote on Confederate bust to March.  (Forrest)

**  The first submarine to sink a warship was more deadly to its own crew than for the enemy.  (Now, this is real Civil War history, not the junk I have to write about in this blog.  Just so you know.)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

**  South Tampa  farmer Marion  Lambert, who led effort to raise Confederate flag found dead, police say.  (Florida)

**  Alabama  bill could  prohibit adding historical context to Confederate monuments.  (It really doesn't matter since all of them on public spaces will be coming down anyway.  But the "context" messages I have seen are nothing more than people's opinions so just as well not to allow them.)

**  Confederate flag ban request leads to an update in Bismarck Public Schools policy.  (North Dakota.  One black student requested it.  All it takes is one black person to move mountains.)

--Old Secesh

Mardi Gras Indian Replaces Davis in New Orleans. Who Should Pay for Removals? North Carolina, Tennessee, Country Music and Alabama.

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

**  Mardi Gras Indian display pops up at site of since-removed confederate monument in Mid-City.  (WDSU News 6 NBC.  Looks like a major TV channel would know about the word "Confederate."  On base of former Jefferson Davis monument.  However, if you're going to replace a Confederate monument with something, I can live with this.)

**  Confederate monument move is stalled; SuddenLink motion rejected in 5-4 vote by Pitt commissioners.  (Greenville, NC.  It has already been removed.  The question is to make a donation of it to the local SCV organization which plans to put it up on private property.  While standing, BLM committed one hate crime after another on it.  BLM and NAACP should pay all expenses to remove it and place it elsewhere.)

**  Bill Lee's exemplary handling of Confederate history.  (Governor of Tennessee)

**  Rep. Austin Scott   on panel to change  names of bases that honor Confederates.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

**  Luke Combs apologizes for Confederate flag imagery.

**  Alabama House could take up Confederate memorial bills.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Monuments, UNC, Silent Sam, Jacksonville Fla., The Bachelor and North Carolina

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

**  Removing monuments not the answer to stopping hatred.  (As a matter of fact removing them causes more hatred.)

**  AAUP chapter calls for Chapel Hill's chancellor's removal.   (UNC-Chapel Hill.  American Association of University Professors.  Of course, I believe a lot of this Confederate hatred stems from the actions of professors, especially at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

**UNC president tried to quell outrage over secret Silent Sam deal.  (Of course, there was no outrage at the hate crime committed in the name of the university that night.)

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

**  DCPS  hears from public about  changing  schools named after Confederate leaders.  (Duval County, Jacksonville, Fla.)

**  Bachelor's  Demi Burnett apologizes for wearing a jacket  with the Confederate flag on it.  (Has it come to this? OMG?)

**  Months later, Wilmington's Confederate monuments remain in limbo.  (Wilmington, N.C.)

**  Group campaigns to remove Confederate monuments from public property.  (North Carolina.  A statewide campaign.

**  Defense Department names  four representatives to Confederate base naming commission.

--Old Secesh

Der Bubba and der Mikey and NASCAR. Virginia, Daytona 500, Charlottesville, Alabama, North Carolina and Michigan

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

**  Confederate flags banned at Daytona 500.  (But, Der Bubba says his car will have a BLM color scheme.  That should be banned as well.  BLM means rioting, looting, burning and hate crimes.  That Bubba can sure play his Black Card.  And I see Chicago's Mr. Wonderful, M.J., is backing Der Bubba.  Must be something like his baseball career.)

**  NASCAR ramps up its diversity  and inclusion on and off the track.  (Yep.  Let's back looting, rioting, burning and hate crimes.)

**  Virginia High Court  will take up appeals in Lee statue case.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

**  Marked by  These Monuments tour continues to contextualize  Charlottesville's Confederate statues.  (Virginia)

**  Alabama House lawmakers could take up  Confederate memorial bills.

**  For 'equality,' NC  commission is renewing  efforts to take down Confederate monuments.  NC Commission on  Racial and Ethnic Disparities)

**  4 people charged  after Confederate statue 'tarred and feathered,' painted with clown makeup.  (Allendale, Michigan.  And the people who did it boasted that they would get arrested.  Maybe there's still some justice out there.)

--Old Secesh

It's a Bubba Thing, You Know. Will NASCAR Recover? Another Black Activist. Shame on Sad R. and Trump

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

**  Social justice at NASCAR's forefront as new season begins.  (Daytona 500.  Good old Bubba who played his Black Card.  We were at a bar Sunday and they put on the race when it started.  You should have heard everyone yelling to turn that ____ off.  We'll see if Blacks start coming to the races enough to offset so many who won't go or watch it now.)

** At 94, Fort Worth activist Opal Lee views Juneteenth as her most important lesson.  (A black woman.   Again, how come there are so many black activists and I don't think many white ones?  At what point will Blacks demand the Fourth of July be replaced by Juneteenth?)

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

**  Virginia high court will take up appeals in Lee statue case.  (Sad R.  I sure hope they hurry up and take it down.  What the state and city has allowed those people committing hate crimes to do to it is a downright shame.  Shame on the state and shame on Sad R.)

**  Democracy Now:  White supremacy  should also be on trial at Trump's impeachment.  (Well, sorry folks.  He wasn't found guilty.)

**  Here's how NASCAR plans to recover  from a tough 2020, starting with the Daytona 500.  (Saturday I asked a guy I know who is a huge NASCAR fan when he thought about der Bubba.  I have never heard such a flow of invective as I did that night.  And, this guy goes to a lot of NASCAR races.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Renaming Those Bases a Big Thing. Gettysburg of Bases, What About Those Black Activists? Harriet Tubman and the Pentagon

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Most of the Confederate-named bases received the names before World War II.  That was an awful long-time for people not to be offended.  Was it a sudden-woke offense?

**  Retired Marine general, trailblazing  admiral among  new picks who will scrutinize bases with Confederate names.  (Hopefully at least one of the eight is a non-Black.)

**  Members named  to panel scrubbing Confederate icons from DOD.  (Aren't icons considered to be good?)

**  Confederate  military bases just met their Gettysburg.  (You mean Waterloo?)

**  North Carolina commission to work with  local activists to remove Confederate monuments.  (Again, how does a black person get to be an activist?  Wondering if there are any white activists?)

**  Renowned as a black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy.

**  Here's how the Pentagon will remove the names of Confederates from military bases.

--Old Secesh

Best FUs for Confederate Monuments-- Part 2

Okay, here's the list of things Blacks have done that please her:

1.  Bree Newsome climbing the flag pole at the South Carolina Capitol and taking down the Confederate flag.

2.  Kehinde Wiley's statue in Richmond.

3.  An anonymous hero  swiping flags from a graveyard full of traitors in Virginia.  (There is a special place in hell for people who desecrate a cemetery.)

4.  A couple  calmly firing a contractor  who pulled up to work in a truck fly the Confederate flag.

5.  Savana High School (California) got rid of their Johnny Reb mascot.

6.  Tyler Perry building his studio on Confederate land.

7.  Silent San statue at UNC pulled down.  (So sad.  Every student in the video should be expelled and the ones who pulled it down and then did their little celebratory dance on it should be arrested.)

8.  Black man snatching Confederate flag on live TV in Charleston, SC.

9.  Tennessee activists committing hate crime on Confederate monument.

Now, numbers 2, 4, 5 and 6 are not criminal offenses, but  the first three could be classified as hate crimes.  The rest of them are criminal activity and should be prosecuted.

So, someone apparently is saying that people should go out and be criminals.

And, when I see one of those giant Confederate flags flying alongside an interstate, I'm thinking that's a big FU to all those intending to bury the Confederacy.

I Don't Think This Gal Likes Us.  --Old Secesh

The Word From the Other Side: 'Best FUs to Confederate Monuments'-- Part 1

I came across this article in the Dec. 30, 2019, Blavity: News  "9 of the best FUs to Confederate monuments:  The Confederacy ain't rising anytime soon" by Ashleigh Lakieva Atwell.  She is a black person. 

Blavity is an internet company created by and for black millennials.

It starts:

"The confederacy was one of the biggest failures  in American history but some white folks refuse to let it go.  They have erected numerous memorials to commemorate men who stood on the wrong side of history.  Not to mention...they lost.  The confederates were also attempting to create their own slave-holding nation so they were also traitors.  Clearly, they refused to pick a struggle.

"Over a century later, we're still fighting for the right to not be subjected to statues, flags, and other useless shit celebrating these disloyal losers.  Thankfully, there were a few brave souls who made it their mission to give the figurative middle finger to the confederacy.

"While those dummies wait for the South to rise again, here are a few of our favorite anti-confederate rebels."

She goes on to list nine examples of standing up to the Confederacy.  Just wish she knew that Confederacy and Confederate are spelled with capital "C's".  Something about being a proper name.

I will list her nine things in the next post.

This Was An Extremely Racist Article.  I Don't Think She Likes Us.  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Florida, Confederate Holidays, Juneteenth, Alabama, Texas, It's Confederate With a Capital C!!! Mural and New Orleans

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

**  Lawmakers push to remove Confederate leaders' birthdays from public holidays; add Juneteenth.  (Florida.  Talk about a slap in the face!!)

**  Alabama  lawmakers punt on Confederate monument removal.

**  New resource to help North Carolinians remove Confederate monuments.  (A black organization sponsors the resource.  I'm so surprised.  Is that racist?)

**  Petition calls for removal of 'confederate'  statues at courthouse.  (Excuse me, Confederate KCBD 11, Texas)

**  NAACP  calls for removal of mural inside local library displaying Confederate flag, soldiers.  (Cabarrus County, N.C.  Imagine the NAACP being upset about something like that.  That's not racist is it.  Mural made in 1939.  Why did it take so long for the NAACP to notice it?)

**  New names  for 38 New Orleans streets, parks:  See all the current  recommendations.  (Most are Confederate names and will be replaced with black names.  That's not racist, is it?)

**  Members named  to panel scrubbing Confederate icons from DOD.

--Old Secesh

Utah's Woke State University. University of the South, the Ex-Slave and Confederate Hero, Pelham Lake, Vandalism or Hate Crime?

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

**  How an ex-slave and a Confederate hero joined forces during the Jim Crow era.  (Quite an interesting story.  Give it a read.)

**  Bill to repeal Alabama law protecting  Confederate monuments  fails to advance.  (Wow!  Did we maybe win one?)

**  Split vote, split views.  Confederate Pelham removed as Culpepper Lake's name.  (Virginia)

**  Gaston County Confederate monument vandalized.  (North Carolina.  Dear old BLM at work again.  I wonder of it would be vandalizing if someone did that to a Martin Luther King Jr. monument?)

**  Did Churchill say "People with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves"?  (Snopes.  He didn't.  These words were on a removed Confederate monument.)

**  Utah House votes for dropping 'Dixie' from university name.  (Dixie State University.  No new name chosen.  The school has already changed nickname from Rebels to Red Storm and removed a Confederate soldier statue.  Many southerners had settled in the area after the Civil War.  Maybe rename the school Gutless State University or Woke State University.)

**  First black president at the University of the South says home has been vandalized, threatening messages left.  (Sewanee, Tennessee.  Is this vandalism or a hate crime.  I'd call it a hate crime.)

--Old Secesh

Costs of Renaming Streets and Roads Should be Paid By Those Who Want Them Changed. Florida, Confederate Holidays, North Dakota, Renaming in Charlotte and John Pelham

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

**  Second Florida lawmaker seeks to end Confederate holidays.  (A white female Democratic state senator.  Imagine a Democrat being against something Confederate.  How did that happen?)

**  Bismarck Public Schools updates policy after Confederate flag ban request.  (North Dakota.  A black student made the request.  Confederates in North Dakota?)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

**  Charlotte City Council unanimously votes to rename honoring Confederate soldiers, white supremacists.  (North Carolina.  The Streets:  Jefferson Davis Street,  West Hill Street, Stonewall Street, Jackson Avenue,  Phifer Avenue, Aycock Lane, Barringer Drive,  Morrison Boulevard and Zebulon Avenue.  Again, the cost involved should be paid by those who are offended and don't name them all after Blacks.)

**  NCs new efforts to scrub the stain of the Confederacy.  (A very anti-Confederate piece.)

**  So long Pelham--  Culpepper  votes to remove Confederate soldier's name.  (Virginia.  Pelham Lake)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Whipped Peter, Lost Cause, Georgia, Kentucky, Reporter, Charleston and Fort Bragg

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

**Political Horizons:  Whipped Pete has more Louisiana ties than Nathan Bedford Forrest. 

**  'The Lost Cause' - and effects.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

**  Two Confederate monuments will be removed in Georgia within three days.

**  OMSH officials welcome potential to house  Confederate statue for  historical purposes.  (Owensboro, Kentucky.  Owensboro Museum of Science and History.)

**  A black reporter's road trip to inauguration -- and a search for America's 'soul.'

**  Protesters hold  'Stop the Hate' rally in Charleston.  (South Carolina)

**  Could Fort Bragg be renamed for a woman?

**  Who are Fort Bragg's buildings and streets named after.

--Old Secesh

We Need More Black History Markers. You Want It Gone, You Pay For It. South Carolina, Islam, UDC, Statue Removal, Jim Crow Era, Michigan Capitol and Black History Markers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

**  Group calls on SC to discontinue  license plates  featuring Confederate flag.  (Let's see, you think it might be a black group?  Let's see.  It was CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations.  Not necessarily Blacks.  I wonder what they have to say about 9/11?)

**  Confederate statue in Dalton related to previous protests removed and relocated.  (Georgia.  General Joseph E. Johnston.  Moved to a private museum.  This paid for by UDC and they shouldn't have had to pay for it.  As I have said before, if you want it gone, put YOUR money where YOUR mouth is.)

**  How an ex-slave and a Confederate hero joined forces during  the Jim Crow era.  (A very interesting story about a new book about the case of a poor black farmer George Dinning charged with murder in Kentucky in the postwar South was defended by Bennett H. Young, a Confederate hero.  Well worth a read.)

**  New bill would ban Confederate flag at Michigan's Capitol.  (Introduced by a black state senator.  Also backing a bill making Juneteenth a state holiday.  Kind of racist sounding.)

**  Column:   A son of the South, here's why  I grew up to no longer  'look away' from Dixie's cruel past.

**  Black history underestimated in public markers.  (I agree with this statement.  Blacks have accomplished many notable achievements and should be recognized.  Especially those who overcame Jim Crow restrictions.

Of Course, When It Comes to Historical Markers of Any Sort, I Am All in Favor of Them.  --Old Secesh

Is a Race War Evident? Georgia, Sad Presbyterians in Sad R., Tennessee and New York

FEBRUARY  5, 2021

**  Analysis:  A race war evident long before the Capitol siege.  (Sure hope it doesn't come to this.  Someone really needs to back down for a change and consolidate their gains.)

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

**  Suburban Atlanta county removes Confederate monument.

**  Gwinnett County removes Confederate monument from Lawrenceville Square.  (Georgia)

**  New bill targets Stone Mountain, Confederate monuments across Georgia.  

**  Presbyterian seminary demolishes historic Richmond home of Confederate surgeon; 'I am not sorry Hunter McGuire's old house is gone.'  (Sad R. of course.  Now sad Presbyterians.)

**  Driver charged after 'up close and personal encounter' with Confederate statue in Lebanon.  (Tennessee.  Driver was DUI.  Statue of Confederate General Robert Hatton.)

**  Proposed state law would ban hate symbols from public buildings, equipment.  (New York.  Just make sure that also includes BLM stuff.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Georgia, Alabama, License Plates, Confederate Flags, Louisiana, Street Names, Statues

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

**  New bills proposed for removal of Confederate monuments from Georgia public property.

**  Alabama won't ban Confederate flag tag.  (SCV license plate tag.  Again, no SCV tag, no BLM tag.)

**  Alabama lawmaker's bills would remove Confederate symbols from state laws.  (A black woman)

**  Turning the pages of time:  Controversy over the Confederate flag.

**  Here's why it is easier to remove Confederate street names in New Orleans than in Baton Rouge.  (Louisiana)

**  Nashville park seeks permission to remove Confederate statue.  (Tennessee.  Sam Davis monument which BLM has targeted several times with hate crimes.)

**  Alabama one of few states to allow Confederate personalized license plates.

--Old Secesh

Continuing Attacks on the Confederacy: The Democratic Party, the Party of BLM. Texas, Arkansas, Flags, Florida, Police, Democrats and Georgia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

**  McKinney postpones Confederate statue  decision for second time.  (McKinney, Texas  James Throckmorton statue.  Confederate officer and Texas governor)

**  Legislature  considers repealing Arkansas  Confederate Flag Day.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

**  Group asks Florida police department to remove Confederate flag from badges.  (Pensacola, Florida)

**  Hearing on Confederate monument postponed.  (Brunswick, Ga.  It was defaced with BLM letters last summer.)

**  Georgia Democrats make new push to remove Confederate symbols.  (Real hard to believe that the party of BLM riots, arson, looting and hate crimes would do something like this.)

**  Breaking:  Gwinnet County  removes Confederate monument erected in  in 1993.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Don't Replace Removed Confederate Monuments With Black Ones. Again, You Want It Gone, You Pay To Remove It.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

**  The AR Project replaces Confederate statues with racial justice leaders.  (And that is not in the least racist.  No way, no how.)

**  Commentary:  Confederate holiday fuels oppression.

**  Artists sought for John Lewis tribute at old Confederate monument site.  (Decatur, Georgia.  John Lewis deserves a monument, but not in place of a removed Confederate one.  Put it elsewhere at the courthouse.)

**  Roxboro residents raising money to relocate Confederate  monuments from city court house.  (Roxboro, N.C.  Raising $25,000.  Like I've said before, you want it gone, YOU pay for it.  This should cover removal and a new place for it.)

**  1 for, 1 against removal of Confederate monument in Newton.  (North Carolina.  This referred to documents presented before the council.)

**  Rioter hit cop with Confederate flag-adorned hockey stick:  report.  (Capitol riot.  Hopefully the media will remember what a riot looks like when BLM continues theirs this summer.)

--Old Secesh

Lynching Memorial Okayed for Mississippi Town. No More SCV Vanity Plates in NC. North Carolina, South Carolina, Hate Crime and Confederate Flag

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

**  Lynching memorial approved for Lafayette County Courthouse.  (Oxford, Mississippi.  Seven black lynchings occurred in the the county, (three at the square or near it).  I am all in favor of any historical monument, even one showing the sad side of human nature.  The Confederate monument in the square still stands so it is okay with me as long as this is paid for by private citizens, not the town.)

**  North Carolina stops issuing Confederate license plates.  (These are Sons of Confederate Veterans plates. As long as they take a look at others that some might find offensive.  Hopefully there are no BLM license plates.  I see there are quite a few black fraternity and sorority plates, but since they advance education they are okay.)

**  Pasquotank to talk  future of Confederate monument in Monday meeting.  (North Carolina)

**  Police:  Charleston Battery  Confederate monument vandalized.  (South Carolina.  The Confederate Defenders monument.  BLM written on it.  This is not vandalism.  This is a hate crime.)

**  Pitt County commissioners vote to move Confederate statue that was removed last year from courthouse.  (Greenville, North Carolina.  It will be moved to private property.  The movement should be paid for by those wanting it gone.  No public funds should be used.)

**  Sons of Southern Cross sue Van Buren mayor over Confederate flag at Christmas parade.  (Arkansas.  They can't have the flag in parade.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Confederate Flags, Virginia, Texas and North Carolina

JANUARY 31, 2021

**  Moving the statue of Confederate Gen. Forrest was the right choice.  (Rome, Georgia)

**  Protesters call for the removal of Limestone County Confederate monument.   (Athens, Alabama.  There were also protesters there who wanted to keep it.)

**  Removing a Confederate monument?  This bill would require Idaho legislature's approval.  (Idaho?  Why would Idaho have a Confederate monument?)

**  Flag Wars:  Does Confederate flag symbolize identity or slavery?

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

**  A new Civil War monument will be built  on the Eastern Shore.  It would honor Union troops.  (Virginia)

**  'We do not conduct campus celebrations of one of these state mandated holidays:  Confederate Heroes Day.  (University of Texas-Dallas)

**  Can repurposing the Vance monument help heal the divide in Asheville?  (North Carolina.  Vance was the Confederate governor of the state.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Army Bases, Texas, SPLC Speaks Again, Montgomery City Flag and Louisiana

JANAUARY 30, 2021

**  Stage set for removal of Confederate names from military posts.

**  Texas' divisive history:  The battle over Confederate monuments and holidays continues.

**  SPLC:  It's time to remove  the Confederacy from the Montgomery flag.  (Alabama.  I was unaware of this flag.  However, I am still waiting for SPLC to make one of their famous lists about the number of BLM "protest demonstrations" that turned into "riots.")

**  Caddo Parish accepting bids to remove Confederate monument; patriotic writings to be added to temporary barriers. (Louisiana)

**  Will Sutton:  Baton Rouge commission was to review Confederate  street names.  It took a pass.  (Louisiana)

**  Defense bill opens  door for changes to Fort Rucker, other Army bases named for Confederate officers.

Come On SPLC, Give Us That List.   --Old Secesh

UNC Hate Crime Guys Get to Take a Walk. Really? Even George and Abe? UDC, Capitol Riot, Forts and Forrest

JANUARY 29, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to relocate Confederate statue from downtown Dalton.  (Georgia)

**  Charges tossed  for two men accused of toppling  Confederate statue Silent Sam at UNC Chapel Hill.  (North Carolina.  The reason?  Too many other, more important cases to try because of COVID backup. These guys committed a hate crime and they get to take a walk.  Big surprise.  Had this involved a MLK statue, would the culprits have gotten a walk?  Actually every student there, both hands on and cheering on should have been expelled for hate crimes.  None were.)

**  OP-Ed:  Bibles and Confederate flags mixed at Capitol riot.  They shouldn't in Christianity.

**  San Francisco  school board votes to rename 44 schools, including  Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  (Gosh.  Oh Gosh.  How low will they go.)

**   Military Matters:  Commanding general talks Fort Benning name change.

**  Statue of Confederate general Nathan Forrest removed from Myrtle Cemetery, put into storage.  (Rome, Georgia)

**  Hispanic congressmen  push for purge of Confederate renaming panel.  (Want Trump people removed from panel.  Want forts named after Hispanics.  How about Fort Santa Anna?)

Go Ahead and Blame It On the Virus.  --Old Secesh

What Is a Confederate Flag Apologist? Moving Those Statues. Oregon, Georgia, Confederate Flags, John Lewis and Florida

JANUARY 28, 2021

**  Dalton Confederate statue will move to new location.  (Georgia)

**  Botetourt County leaders accept committee's report on Confederate monument, further discussions expected.  (Virginia)

**  Fate of Confederate general statue a priority in Rome as city's committees restart meetings.  (Georgia)

**  Renowned Confederate flag apologist paid $25,000 to bail out an Oregon Capitol invader.  (Of course, Oregon is the state that allowed idiots to riot for how many months in Portland?  Right next door to Washington which allowed rioters to form their own country in Seattle.  Something must be wrong with the water in the Northwest.  An interesting article in the Center Square Oregon.  Very anti right.)

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JANUARY 29, 2021

**  Confederate general and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest's name could be replaced by Hank Aaron at Atlanta High School after the Hall of Famer's death at 86.

**  Memorial to John Lewis replacing Decatur Confederate monument.  (Georgia.  He is worthy of having a monument in his honor.  However, I don't want to see every Confederate monument removed replaced with one to a black person.)

**  Bay City  business that flew Confederate flag once contracted with Panama City.  (Florida.  So?)

Apologist My Foot!!  --Old Secesh

Fort Audie Murphy Okay With Me. Want It Moved? You Pay!!

JANUARY 27, 2021

**  Fort Hood renamed to 'Fort Murphy'?  (Texas.  I could accept Audie Murphy for the new name of a base.  Please don't just name ALL of them after Blacks.)

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JANAUARY 28, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to relocate Confederate statue  from downtown Dalton.  (Georgia.  Just remember, all funds for taking down and relocation should be paid for by those who want it moved, not the town.  So, I guess BLM and their folks need to get raising some money.)

**  Botetourt  leaders near decision on Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Do you think they'll decide to keep it?)

**  Confederate statue gone from the grounds  of Plaquemine City Hall.  (Louisiana)

**  Potential resolution reached in city's  Confederate flag discussions.  (Virginia.  Somebody was flying a Confederate flag from their camper.  It upset some folks, you know.)

--Old Secesh