Civil War II: Texas, West Virginia, Religion, South Carolina and Marylamd. No News Is Good News.

MARCH 28, 2021    

**  'New era of understanding':  Bastrop County begins process of  relocating Confederate monuments.  (Texas)

**  GOP reeks of hypocrisy  on Confederate  statue issue.  (West Virginia)

**  Religious leaders:  Protecting Confederate monuments ignores God's love for all.  (Has a statue attacked any BLMers?  Have BLM riots destroyed people's businesses?)

**  Danville Church  working to relocate statue of Confederate soldier.  (Kentucky)

**  Greenville activist ticketed  near Confederate monument during anti-hate demonstration.  (South Carolina)

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MARCH 29, 2021

Actually there was not a single Confederate Hatred article.  Wow!!  Thanks Guys.

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MARCH 30, 2021

**  Maryland votes to nix state song, a Confederate call to arms.  (The new state song will probably be "We Is Woke, We Is Woke.  Thank God Almighty, We Is Woke!!"

--Old Secesh

No Confederate Flag, No BLM Flag. Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, New Jersey, Raleigh and Florida

MARCH 27. 2021

**  Centre College students trying to get Confederate statue near campus removed.  (Danville, Kentucky)

**  Fort Smith  Confederate statue:  Talks in limbo.  (Arkansas)

**  Arizona GOP  wants felony for  protesters who damage  statues.  (If damaging statues is a hate crime (which it is) and hate crimes are a felony, then go for it.)

**  Why is North Carolina  paying this proud Son of Confederate Veterans to lock up black men.  (Yahoo News.  Shame on Yahoo for running an article like this.  Sounds like the New York Times or Washington Post.)

**  NJ 'teacher, activist' accused  of starting riot that topple Confederate statue surrenders.  (Accused of the Raleigh, N.C. riot and arrested.  I still find that hard to believe.  I figured somebody who did something like he is accused of would receive a good citizenship award.)

**  Confederate namesake school demoted teacher  for not removing Black Lives Matter  flag.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Robert E. Lee High School.   Hey, if you can't have a Confederate flag, you can't have a BLM flag.  Fair's Fair.)

--Old Secesh

Sad Asheville, N.C. Sinks to a New Low. Move It Folks. Don't Destroy It.

MARCH 26, 2021

**  Civil War historians tackle Confederate ideologies  in transnational context.  (Univ. of Virginia)

**  Three Dallas campuses to lose Confederate  namesakes.

**  Asheville votes to remove monument to Confederate governor.  (Well, the people of the city itself did not vote.    City Council did.)

**  4 Confederate statues stood as Baltimore  landmarks.  Now their pedestals stand ready to send a new message.  But what?

**  Confederate statue removed from Courthouse Square in Emporia.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate monument honoring  former Confederate  governor will be destroyed.  (Sad Asheville NC.  No big surprise though.  How low can they go?  We'll see.  Asheville now goes on my list of places to never visit, and hopefully never even drove through.  That is low.  Very low.  Even for them.)

--Old Secesh

These Attacks Just Don't End: At Least in NC, Toppling Confederate Monuments Is Illegal.

The main reason I keep writing this blog is so people see that this Confederate hatred campaign is still underway.  Media doesn't cover it in depth, just in local instances most of the time.  These are recent headlines that you read, with location and my comments in parentheses.

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MARCH 25, 2021

**  NJ man charged with toppling Confederate statue outside NC Capitol.  (Back in April, 2020.  I am amazed.  I though that people committing hate crimes like that were in line to get medals and good commendations, not prosecuted.  Again, I am shocked.  Now, what about that Virginia state senator who incited a riot and hate crime in Portsmouth?)

**  Rally planned Tuesday over renaming of Duval County Confederate-named schools.  (Florida.  I am taking this as a vote as to whether to rename them or not.  If so, that is the way to go.  Let the people vote.  I did read that the voting does not determine the new name.)

**  Southern charm:  Patricia Altschul caught flying Confederate flags on Christmas tree.  (Big Whuup!!  So, who cares.  And how does a flag fly on a Christmas tree anyway.  And, who is Patricia?)

**  Robert E. Lee High School students plan protest over school's name.   (Jacksonville, Florida)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Schools, Streets, Asheville

MARCH 24, 2021

**  Orange County examines changing names with streets with potential ties.   (Florida.  Potential Confederate ties?)

**  Watch now:  The NC Confederate  symbols that came down in 2020.  (Video showing all that came down.  So sad.)

**  Committee:  Botetourt County Confederate monument should move.  (Virginia.  Hey, folks, put it to a people vote.)

**  Williamson County postpones  Confederate statue  committee for 30-45 days.  (Texas)

**  Roberto Clemente  mural comes to life  at Orlando school after Confederate name change.  (Florida.  Roberto Clemente Middle School.  A great baseball player and person.)

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MARCH 25, 2021

**  Asheville City Council  approves funding for  demolition of Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  Let's hope the monument will be removed and not demolished.  If it is demolished that would be a serious matter.)

**  Group seeks ownership of Clarke County Confederate monument.  (Winchester, Virginia.  SCV)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Statues, Monuments, Memorials. It Just Doesn't Stop

MARCH 23, 2021

**  Centre College needs to heed calls for racial equality:  Start by moving Confederate  statue.  (Yep, that sure will promote racial equality.)

**  Public hearing set to decide  fate of Botetourt County  Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

**  Gainesville replacing 100-year-old  Confederate monument.  (That sure is a long time to be there before anyone realized they were offended.)

**  No Confederate Memorial Day  in Mississippi's Lee County.  (Named for Robert E. Lee.  Uh-oh.)

**  Confederate monuments are coming down,  What should we do with them now?  (Good question.)

**  Blake Pontchartrain:  Mystery still surrounds  the Bayou St. John Confederate submarine.  (What, a real Civil War story.  How'd that get in here?)

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MARCH 24, 2021

**  24 Confederate  memorials came down in NC  last year.  Virginia  is the only state to have removed more.   (Nothing to be proud of.)

**  Botetourt Board of Supervisors tables decision on moving Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Those New Orleans Streets

MARCH 23, 2021

**  Confederate Reckoning:  New Orleans commission suggests new names  for 37  streets and parks.  March 22, 2021, Daily Advertiser by Andrew J. Yawn.

It was my guess in the last post that all of these would be renamed for Blacks.  Unfortunately, they did not have the full list of 37, but a quick glance at some of them in the article confirmed what I thought.

I would have liked to see who was in the commission. How many are Blacks? 

The article starts off with:  "The time of New Orleans streets carrying the names of Confederates and white supremacists may be reaching a dead end.  In New Orleans, a commission of volunteers and  historical experts has identified 34 streets and three parks that  it says unjustly preserve the legacy of racist figures."

Here are some:

**  Robert E. Lee Boulevard renamed  for Allen  Toussaint, famed New Orleans musician who once lived on it.

**  P.G.T. Beauregard Street renamed  for local Freedom Rider , Doris Jean Castle.

**  Chares Magill Conrad, formed Louisiana Senator and Confederate delegate, renamed for Jaspar, a slave who escaped bondage in 1855.

**  Patton Street (plantation owner and member of the White League)  for Nils Douglas, a prominent Civil Rights attorney for Congress of Racial Equality.

--Old Secesh

Confederatication: J. Edgar Hoover, Florida, Kentucky, Virginia and New Orleans

MARCH 22, 2021

**  Retired Michigan FBI agent:  Cancel Culture and why J. Edgar Hoover's name should stay on headquarters.   (March 21, 2021 Deadline Detroit.  Essentially, though Hoover did many bad things, he also did many good things.  Anyone interested in the renaming question should read this before deciding.)

**  Florida community campaigns to change school name.  (Jacksonville.  Robert E. Lee High School.  As I've said before, if the majority of its students are Blacks, then it should be renamed.)

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MARCH 23, 2021

**  'Powerful reminder of racism.'  Student  movement works to relocate KY Confederate  statue.  (Danville)

**  Committee:  Botetourt County Confederate monument should move.  (Virginia.  Again, any question as to moving a monument should be left up to the people, not a governmental body.  Hopefully, with Virginia's sad record on removals, the voters will remember in the next election and throw these people out.)

**  Centre College needs to heed calls for racial equity:  Start by moving  Confederate statue.  (Danville, Kentucky)

**  Confederate Reckoning:  New Orleans commission  suggests new names for 37  streets and parks.  (Before I even take a look at the "suggestions," let me guess that every single one of them will be named after a black person.)

What Do You Think for the New Orleans Renamings?  --Old Secesh

'We Is Woke, Oh We Is Woke, Great God Almighty, We Is Woke' New State Song in Maryland. Georgia, Confederate Flags, Kenny Wayne Shepherd

MARCH 21, 2021

**  Demonstrators demand removal  of Confederate symbol in Decatur.  (Georgia.  They're upset about a cannon.  It says on a plaque that it is a relic of the Indians Wars, but was donated by the UDC.  They don't like that.

**  Maryland  Senate votes to retire Confederate state song that refers to Lincoln as a 'tyrant.'  (The new state song should be "We Is Woke, We Is Woke.  Thank God Almighty, We Is Woke.")

**  Confederate national, battle flags aren't the same thing.

**  Kenny Wayne  Shepherd's  Music Award nomination rescinded over Confederate flag imagery.  (So?)

**  Greg Harton:  Arkansas has one too many stars in its flag.  (One star represents the Confederacy and, of course, the Democrats and their BLM allies don't like that.)

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MARCH 22. 2021

**  Baylor to release  report Tuesday on representations of racist roots.  (Baylor University in Texas.  One of the main things they want is the removal of the statue of Robert Baylor, who founded Baylor.  They may also have to change the name of their school.)

We Is Woke, Baby.  We Is Woke!!!   --Old Secesh

A Confederate Win? Renaming the Bases. Florida, West Virginia, North Carolina, Let Our People VOTE!!! Not Governmental Bodies.

MARCH 20, 2021

**  So-called Confederate monument bill  passes House after two-hour debate.   (West Virginia.  Did we win one?  How'd that happen?)

**  New commission on renaming Confederate bases gets early makeover.  (Biden administration has replaced Trump appointees.  Politics anybody?)

**  County officials say they will deal with Confederate issue.  (Lake County, Florida.)

**  Vance Monument:  Asheville to take final vote  on obelisk honoring racist Confederate governor.  (North Carolina.  You can kind of tell whose side the newspaper is on with that headline.  City council will vote on it so it is a goner.  Too bad they don't have the courage to actually put it up for a people's vote.  But, those are typical Democratic, BLMer tactics.)

**  NASCAR truck driver  Bill Lester on why the sport's Confederate flag ban "floored" him.

**  Maryland General Assembly  votes to trash state's pro-Confederate official state song.

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Blues and Black Confederates

MARCH 18, 2021

**  Mary McLeod Bethune statue could come to a museum  embroiled in Confederate controversy. (Lake County, Florida)

**  Public  hearing on Confederate  monuments bill draws 19 opponents, no supporters.  (West Virginia.  Bill to protect Confederate monuments.)

**  Tennessee GOP has a 'cancel culture' freakout over removal of KKK founder's bust--  proposes firing entire historical commission.

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MARCH 19, 2021

**  Alabama attorney journal  asks courts for quick win in Madison County Confederate monument  lawsuit.

**  Maryland's  pro-Confederate state song  is close to being ditched, after repeated tries.

**  Kenny Wayne Shepherd's blues award nomination rescinded  over Confederate flag use.  (He had a "Dukes of Hazzard" General Lee car with the you-know-what on the roof.  Well, there was the name as well.  So, what does that have to do with the blues?  Gosh.)

**  Local group to explore  "Black Confederates" claim.

--Old Secesh

Going After All Things Confederate at Texas Capitol. Canada, Sculptures

MARCH 17, 2021

**  What's the plan to move the Confederate monument in Shreveport?  (Louisiana)

**  Bill by  Dallas State Rep. Anchia would remove Confederate  monuments from Texas Capitol.  (Of course, this is a Democrat thing.  Looks like he did his homework as he has quite an extensive list of stuff he wants gone from outside and inside:

Portrait of Albert Sydney Johnston

Cannons of south grounds

Confederate soldiers monument

Portrait of  Dick Dowling

Hood's Texas Brigade monument

Portrait of Jefferson Davis

Terry's Texas Rangers monument

**  Calgary police  investigating Confederate flag flying in Reader Rock Garden.  (Canada)

**  Lake museum that wanted statue statue of Confederate general may instead get scuplture of black educator.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Panels, Letters, Flags, Bills, Pedestals, Storage and a Cemetery

MARCH 16, 2021

**  A key panel has voted to remove a bust of Confederate  Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee Capitol.  (A Key Panel?  What is a key panel?  Is that where you keep your keys?  I have a key hook.)

**  Letter:  How can you fly a Confederate flag and call yourself a Patriot?   (Chuckle)

**  House committee  approves bill critics say  aims to keep Confederate monuments  on state Capitol grounds.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Myers quoted in the range of $60,000 to remove Robert E. Lee pedestal.  (Florida.  That seems to be a tad high.  Real high.  Someone's looking to get rich.  Must be a mayor's bud.  Let the BLMers and their white minions at it.  They'll do it for free.  But messy, very, very messy.  Maybe a $10 donation to take a whack at it with a sledge hammer.)

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MARCH 17, 2021

**  Virginia Beach Confederate monument still in storage, committee didn't   support either proposal to move it.  (Virginia.)

**  $200,000 worth of damage  done to presidents, Confederate graves at Virginia Cemetery.  (Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.  More than 18,000 Confederate soldiers, generals and Jefferson Davis buried there.  No damage to president Monroe and Tyler graves.  No damage done to any clearly Confederate graves either.  Richmond police chief and mayor up in arms about it.  Which is kind of funny considering what they have allowed to happen to Confederate monuments in that city.)

--Old Secesh

Museums, Cemeteries, Bills, Hearings, Constitutions and Statues, OH MY!

MARCH 16, 2021

**  Baltimore's Walters Art Museum reckons with founders' Confederate ties.  (This is so ridiculous.  Like it's a sin to have Confederate ties.  Without those guys there would NOT be a museum.  Be happy with that.)

**  Surprise inside?   Thornrose Cemetery Confederate time capsule awaits  revealing opening.  (Staunton, Virginia.  What will SPLC, NAACP or BLM have to say about this horrible thing?)

**  Bill to protect Confederate monuments advances to House floor.  (West Virginia.  Who'd have figured in this day and age that anything like this would happen.  What list will SPLC put this on?)

**  Hearing to remove  Confederate Gen.  Mouton statue delayed 6th time.  (Louisiana.  We'll count this as a win.  Not much of one, but we're desperate.)

**  160 years  later, Confederate Constitution an ignoble relic.  (The main difference was about slavery between it and the U.S. Constitution.  Otherwise they were essentially the same.)

**  Virginia Beach City Council weighs future of its Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Hey, let the people vote on its removal.  Dare you.)

An Ignoble Constitution?  Really?  Wasn't It based on the U.S. Constitution Except for Slavery?  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack... Again: Forrest, Confederate Sympathizers, Tombstones Toppled and Have a Coke

MARCH 14, 2021

**  Final removal of Confederate  cavalry general  Forrest from Tennessee Capitol could take months.

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MARCH 15, 2021

**  Men behind  Walters art collection were Confederate sympathizers, officials at Baltimore museum say.  (So?)

**  Alachua  County looks for new  art for space where  Confederate soldier 'Old Joe' once stood.  

**  Civil War hospital  discovered in downtown New Bern.  (North Carolina.  Imagine "Real Civil War" stuff under Confederate search.)

**  Tombstones  toppled at historic Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.  (I don't know if they were Confederate gravestones or not.  But, I had to chuckle at the mayor's response to this of moral outrage after what he has allowed done to Sad R's Confederate monuments.)

**  Coquitlam  forklift operator  wins case against Coca Cola after Confederate flag mask worn at work.  (Wore it, got fired and won case.)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Schools, Museums. No Flags Here!! Country Music Racist?

MARCH 13, 2021

**  Behre:  The Confederate Museum, minus the Confederate.  (The word Confederate has been dropped.  It is now just the Museum at Market hall.  So sad.)

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MARCH 14, 2021

**  Massachusetts school board approves Confederate flag ban.  (But no BLM ban?)

**  Should we sell the Confederate statue?  (Owensboro, Kentucky.  Very surprisingly, this is pushed by the local NAACP chapter.)

**  Dallas likely to rename three schools with Confederate namesakes.

**  Why is Confederate flag so offensive.  (A big part of it is that the idiot groups keep waving it.  I wish they wouldn't.)

**  Committee considers five  options to monument.

**  Marren Morris, Rissi Palmer and other country stars discuss racism in them music industry.  (How many white artists get played on black radio stations?)

**  Debate over renaming schools remains impassioned  almost a year after George Floyd's death.  (George Floyd, the poster guy for education.  I'm waiting for George Floyd High School.  Maybe put his face on the $20 bill?)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Texas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee

MARCH 12, 2021

**  In Fort Worth, the police grapple with racist comments online.  (Texas)

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MARCH 13, 2021

**  Massachusetts school board approves Confederate flag ban.  (Northampton, Mass.  However, BLM symbols were not banned and should be.  There was a complaint about students on remote learning wearing Confederate flag clothes.)

**  Will Dallas ISD schools rename three schools with Confederate ties? (Texas)

**  Why was city's decision ton Confederate statue done behind closed doors?  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  Private citizen makes bid for Northampton's Confederate statue.  (Virginia)

**  Winston-Salem  Confederate monument remains in storage  2 years after relocation.  (North Carolina.  There should be a lawsuit to force its being relocated outside somewhere.)

**  MTSU  student leaders renew push to remove Nathan Bedford Forrest's name from ROTC building.  (Tennessee)

--Old Secesh

What Are They Going To Do When All the MLK Roads Need to Be Renamed? Once a Neo, Always a Neo.

MARCH 12, 2021

**  Texas distorts its past -- and Sam Houston's legacy --  to defend Confederate monuments.

**  Lots more road renaming needs to be done.  (What are they going to do when all those Martin Luther King Jr Roads will be needing renaming?   After all, he was not without certain faults that offend.  All this can go two ways, you know.)

**  Florida's Neo-Confederate Republicans intend to stifle voter  turnout.  (Love it when they use Neo, as in Neo-Nazi.  But, the funny thing is that BLM is actually more of a Neo-Nazi group, see Brown Shirts, than most anything else.)

**  NC community has mixed emotions about the move of Confederate monument to neighborhood.  (Chicord, N.C.)

**  Local officials weigh in on potential sites for Confederate marker.  (Bowling Green, Ky.)

Will Renaming a Martin Luther King Highway Be a Problem for You?   --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Latinos, Tennessee, Confederate Constitution, Picnics, Texas and Army

MARCH 10, 2021

**  Latino Civil Rights leader will help remove Confederate symbols, names from DOD  bases.

**  Tennessee panel votes to move Confederate bust from Capitol.

**  160 years later, Confederate Constitution an ignoble relic.

**  Why the first battle of the Civil War was called the 'picnic battle.'  (Wow, real Civil War history!)

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**  A Texas agency is defending the Confederacy.

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MARCH 12, 2021

**  Army continues to honor  Confederate unit histories, even as base names  draw scrutiny.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: North Carolina License Plates, Tennessee, KKK, Florida Holidays, Massachusetts

MARCH 9, 2021

**  Group sues NC over end of Confederate license plate.  (North Carolina Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).  Of course, if the SCV plate is not allowed, someone should take a look at the license plates of certain fraternities and sororities.  Must be fair you know.)

**  Tennessee  panel to vote on Confederate bust in state Capitol.  (Forrest. How do you think they'll vote?)

**  'KKK'  flyers showing up in homes  of those protesting against Confederate statue.  (Statesville, North Carolina.  Stupid move if the KKK did it.  Not impressed.)

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MARCH 10, 2021

**  Dropping  Confederate holidays in Florida a focus for some Democrats.  (What is it about Democrats and Confederadication?)

**  Nothampton school committee to vote on  banning Confederate flag.  (Massachusetts.  Perhaps they should also vote on whether to ban that crazy principal.  Do you think they won't vote to ban the flag.  But if they do, they should also ban anything with BLM on it, obviously.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans sues NCDOT over  decision to remove battle flag from license plates.  (North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

What About Those College Professors? Half the Staff. A Murky Legacy. Not Here.

MARCH 8, 2021

**  Confederate statue haunts  Blacks in Mo. town.  (Liberty, Missouri.  For crying out loud.  It is in a cemetery!!!    The graves of some 40 unnamed Confederates are around it.  At least the "activists" who want the statue removed are willing to pay $10,000 for it.  I can respect that.)

**  Half the staff:  Confederate flag to fly  from smaller pole.  (Virginia.  All the impact!!)

**  Confederate monuments  vandalized in city-owned cemetery.  (Atlanta.  Again, that was not vandalism.  It was nothing short of a hate crime.)

**  A murky  legacy:  Confederate generals who helped black locals.  (How could this be?)

**  Ky. mayor says Confederate statue  won't be on city property.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  South Alabama professors wore Confederate gear, posed with a whip  and noose.  Now they're under investigation.  (From Halloween 2014.  They have been placed on leave.  University of South Alabama.  Of course, nothing at all happened to college professors who provoked attacks on Silent Sam at UNC or the one at UAB who posted how to pull down a statue.  We must be fair here.)

Like, BOO!!!   --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Confederate Flag, Virginia, Texas, Fraternity and North Carolina

MARCH 7, 2021

**  Permit issued to reduce the height of Louisa County Confederate flag.  (Near Charlottesville, Virginia. 1500 square foot flag can be seen from I-64.  Flagpole reduced from 120 feet to 60 feet.)

**  Va.'s high court asked to overrule  Richmond  Confederate statues case.

**  State lawmaker files bill to protect Confederate statues, monuments.  (Texas)

**  Students at NC college split from fraternity they say glorifies  Confederate general.  (Probably a Kappa Alpha Order fraternity)

**  County manager explains resolution for moving Confederate monument.  (Statesville, NC)

**  Democracy Now:   More Confederate monuments to tear down.

**  Confederate statue won't be moved to city property.

**  Public weighs in on  changing name of Lee Plaza.  (Roanoke, Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Is BLM a Terrorist Group? 7 Civil War Battles, Kentucky, Kappa Alpha Order, Military and SPLC List

MARCH 6, 2021

**  Letter to Editor:  Confederate flag and terrorism.  (Personally, I regard anything with BLM on it as terrorism.)

**  7 Critical Civil War Battles.  (How about this!!  Actual Civil War.  I'll list these three in my Saw the Elephant:  Civil War blog tomorrow in case you're wondering what they were.)

**  Confederate statue won't be moved to city property.  (Owensboro, Kentucky, Daviess County)

**  Tribune Star Editorial:  Fraternity should disassociate itself  with Confederate icon.  (Terre Haute, Indiana.  Kappa Alpha Order at Indiana State University.)

**  Commentary:  As military seeks to eliminate extremism, it must also remove  symbols of discrimination.

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MARCH 7, 2021

**  SPLC report:  24 Confederate symbols removed  from NC in 2020, 2nd ranking among states for removal.  (And when SPLC talks, people listen.  Now if they would just make up that list of BLM "peaceful demonstrations" last summer that turned into riots with any combination of confrontations, hate crimes (attacking Confederate statues), looting and burning I would be a happy lad.  Come on guys, you know you can do it (unless you're afraid it might make your side look bad.))

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Alabama, Protection Law, CNIDODCSAAPWSVCSA, Missouri, Confederate Flags, Monuments and South Carolina

MARCH 4, 2021

**  In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections.

**  Alphabet explosion:    Pentagon commission for removing Confederate names sports unwieldy acronym.  (That would be CNIDODCSAAPWSVCSA.)

**  WE found it folks:  Worst military  acronym ever conceived.  (No kidding.)

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MARCH  5, 2021

**  Debate rages over whether to remove Confederate  monument at Liberty Cemetery.  (Liberty, Missouri)

**  Confederate flag of today was never a real thing.

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MARCH 6, 2021

**  The South's monuments will rise again.  (Most will be erected again at some point.)

**  Greenville's Confederate monument stick on Main Street as Heritage  Act awaits court hearing.   (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh

BLM Hits Atlanta Cemetery's 'Lion of the Confederacy' Statue

From the March 3, 2021,  11 Alive (Atlanta, Ga.)   "Confederate-era  statues vandalized at Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery" by Michael King.

Some of the spray-painted  graffiti included profanity and racially offensive remarks. They were "vandalized" on Feb. 28.  Two of the ones hit include "The Lion of the Confederacy" (1894) and the Confederate Obelisk (1873)

The Lion is the headstone for 3,000 unknown Confederate soldiers buried there.  There were lots of BLMs on both.

Again, this IS NOT vandalism.  It is nothing short of a hate crime and should be treated and prosecuted as such.

BLM Is Ramping Up For Another Summer of Rioting and Looting It Would Appear.  --Old Secesh

How Much Does It Cost to Remove a Confederate Monument?-- Part 2: Let Those Who Want It Gone Pay

Here are some costs according to the article:

Baltimore paid $40,000  to move four statues.

Lexington, Ky. paid $225,000 to remove a five-ton statue of Jefferson Davis.

Charlottesville, Virginia, is estimating  it will cost $700,000 to move two Confederate statues in the downtown area.

New Orleans paid  $2.1 million to remove four Confederate statues.  The cost was first estimated at $170,000, but spiked after the first contractor signed to do it had his car burned.

Of course, they can also ask Richmond, Virginia's mayors good buddy how much he got paid for removal of statues there.

--Old Secesh

How Much Does It Cost to Remove a Confederate Monument? Iredell County, N.C.-- Part 1

In the last post, I wrote about Iredell County removing their Confederate statue because of a 4-1 county commissioner vote.    At this point, no one knows the timeline or cost to move the massive monument.

The county has asked the City of Statesville City Council to assist in the move.   Suitable locations for removal are at  Fourth Creek Cemetery and  Oakwood Cemetery, bot of them owned by the city.

Also, the Sons of Confederate Veterans  Camp 387 and  the local chapter of  the Daughters of the Confederacy are to be consulted on the site selection and relocation.

Then, there is a big question about the costs to be associated with the removal and relocation.  Also, a question is when will funds be available for this.

Right now, it appears that funding will be provided by the county.

However, it is my firm belief that all costs involved with this project should be paid by those who want the statues removed.  

Time To Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.  --Old Secesh

CNIDDCCSAQAPWSVCSA: Worst Military Acronym Ever?!

MARCH 4, 2021

**   County votes to move Confederate  statue from courthouse lawn.  Cost, timeline still unknown.  (Statesville, North Carolina.  Again, notice it wasn't put up to public vote.  Too bad. All costs of removal should be paid by those who want it gone.)

**  Kentucky  among states that removed a combined 168 Confederate monuments in 2020.  (Guess who's list?    Three removed in Kentucky.  Still waiting for that SPLC "List" of BLM demonstrations that turned into riots.  Come on guys, you know you can do it.) 

**  Bill Scott:  Contempt for society is why some people fly the Confederate flag.

**  The commission that has been appointed to rename the Confederate military bases is called the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorates the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.  In short:  CNIDDCCSAQAPWSVCSA.   Now, that's a real mouthful acronym indeed!

Even the Acronym Is Too Long.  --Old Secesh

Well, Here Come the George Floyd and O.J. Military Bases. Vandalizing Confederate Statues Is a Hate Crime.

MARCH 3, 2021

**  A tiny NC   mountain town is addressing  its big Confederate past.  (Sylva, N.C.)

**  Texas voters' views  shifting on abortion, pot, gambling and Confederate monuments, poll finds.  (Half of them would leave Confederate monuments where they are, either as is, or with historical context.  I doubt that the BLM and their supporters are going to be too keen on having people vote on keeping the statues after what happened in Virginia in November.)

**  Commissioners tasked with scrubbing Confederate base names sworn-in at first meeting.  (Let's hope that not every renaming will be for a black person, but fear that is exactly what will happen in today's climate.  I can even foresee a George Floyd military base in our future.  Probably an O.J. one as well.)

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MARCH 4, 2021

**  Confederate-era  statues vandalized  at Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery.  (I se BLM is getting a jump on the spring riot/hate crime season.  Again, that is not a simple case of vandalism when they do it, that is nothing short of hate crimes and should be prosecuted as that.)

**  Confederate  monument protests mirror St. Augustine's  Civil Rights struggle in new exhibit.  (Florida.  A very prejudiced artist.)

**  In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections.  (A win for us of sorts.)

Let's See.  Fort Floyd and Fort O.J.  --Old Secesh

That SPLC and Their List!!! List Me. Another Night Time Statue Removal.

MARCH 2, 2021

**  Renaming options set for  Jacksonville high school named for Confederate general.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith.  Maybe we should have SPLC give us a list of "acceptable" names.)

**  Kentucky  among states that removed a combined 168 Confederate monuments in 2020.  (Three in Kentucky, one in Indiana, none in Tennessee.)

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MARCH 3, 2021

**  Virginia is  losing some Confederate symbols, but others still travel its roads.  (There are still 1776 SCV license plates on the roads.  What would SPLC think of this?  Do they have a LIST of names of those people?)

**  SC senator files resolution to remove Confederate  naval jack from the Citadel.  (A white man, but Democrat.)

**  Alabama tied for most Confederate symbols removed in 2020.    (Tied with Texas with twelve.)

**  Confederate statue in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, taken down in the middle of the night.  What's with these night time take downs.  We all know what happens and why certain people operate at night.  What does SPLC think about this.  Did they update their LIST?)

**  North Carolina is second in the nation for removing Confederate monuments.   (Just a few entries earlier I had one saying Alabama and Texas tied for the most removed.  Did SPLC get their LIST wrong?

**  Virginia #1, North Carolina #2 nationwide in Confederate  symbol removal in 2020.

And, in the meantime, how many Blacks wounded and killed other Blacks in Chicago in 2020.  Come on SPLC, we need to know another important list.

--Old Secesh

Come On SPLC, Where's That BLM Riot List? Virginia, Florida, Confederate Flags in Oregon, An Indian Confederate General, Georgia

MARCH 2, 2021

**  Virginia leads the nation with the highest number of Confederate monuments, symbols removed.  (SPLC again.  71 were removed.   Sure wish they'd make that list about BLM "peaceful demonstration" that became violent and had looting, rioting, arsons and hate crimes committed against Confederate monuments.)

**  Confederate symbols removed from Florida in 2020.  (There were ten of them according to none other than SPLC, the Southern Law Poverty Center.)

**  Ban Confederate flags at school?  Committee focuses on new legislation.  (Oregon.  Of course if you ban Confederate flags, BLM items should also be banned as they support rioting, looting, arson, violent  confrontation and hate crimes.  When people go after a Confederate monument that is a hate crime.)

**  The last Confederate general to surrender was an Indian.  (Hey, every so often you just have to have something from the real Civil War, not this liberal revisionist stuff.  In case you're wonder, the general's name was Stand Watie.)

**  Ga, lawmaker authors bill to abolish Confederate monuments in the Peach State.  (A black woman.)

--Old Secsh

How About That Woke State University or Cancel Culture University in Utah? A Statue of York, a Slave with Lewis and Clark Expedition

MARCH 1, 2021

**  A murky legacy:  Confederate generals who fought to uphold slavery later helped black Virginians. (William Mahone, Benjamin F, Bland and William Taliaferro.  So, there might have been another side to the story.  Maybe some Confederates weren't the vile people our wokers paint them as.)

**  Danville museum shifts mission to showcase all sides of history.   (Virginia.  Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History)

**  Sculpture of enslaved explorer mysteriously appears in Oregon Park.  (Bust of York, a slave of  William Clark.  The more statues we have of history the better.  I did not know that there was a slave along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  About time.)

**  Reese:  Dixie State University needs a new name.  (Utah.  I've already offered up one for the new name:  Woke State University.  Or, how about Cancel Culture University?)  (Or maybe Black Lives Matter University?)

**  How a wave of segregationists  tributes from streets to  schools entrenched the  ideas of white supremacy.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Sad V., Schools, Base Names, Kansas City, South Carolina and Arizona

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

**  Casey:  The former 'Capital of the Confederacy' rings the bell for voters' rights.  (You know, Sad V.)

**  Former Easthampton High School students settle racial lawsuit against school and city.

**  Commission to rename installations named  after Confederates to meet in March.

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MARCH 1, 2021

**  An 'abomination':  Group offers $10,000 to remove Kansas City-area Confederate statue.  (Missouri.  The statue is in a cemetery with Confederate graves around it.  While I support, with reluctance, the removal of Confederate statues from public areas, cemeteries and private land should be exempt.  But I like the idea that those who want the statues removed pay for it themselves, which this group is willing to do.)

**  Activists push for removal of Confederate statue in Greenville.  (South Carolina)

**  Confederate symbols removed from Arizona in 2020.  (Three)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Maryland, Names, Florida, Artists, Gallows, Song and Schools

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

**  Confederate symbols removed from Maryland in 2020, what remains.    (One removed in 2020. The Jeb Stuart Trail was renamed.)

**  Florida artist John Sims demands  change through art , writing.  (A black guy.  Hates all things Confederate.  Had a show in Gettysburg  "The proper way to hang a Confederate flag" where he hung the flag from the gallows.  He'd better hope der Bubba doesn't see that.)

**  Changing Maryland's state song  on legislative table.

**  'My people built this country' Massachusetts principal fights back after receiving backlash for condemning  display of Confederate flag in school.  (A black principal said that.)

**  Tribute:  Senior lawmaker  calls for flag removal.

**  Editorial:  Can Jacksonville move from angst to consensus.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh