North Carolina, Jacksonville, Confederate Memorial Day, Beauvoir, Texas, Georgia

APRIL 25, 2021

**  Agreement reached on protests at  North Carolina Courthouse.   (Old Alamance Courthouse.)

**  Opportunities for hope  in Jacksonville after conviction in George Floyd's death.  (Florida)

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APRIL 26, 2021

**  Monday is a state holiday in Alabama:  Confederate Memorial Day is April 26.

**  The Circle:  Mitchell Eason  photo with Confederate flag resurfaces.  (So?)

**  Beauvoir hosts Confederate Memorial Day events.  (Mississippi)

**  Sonya Clark unravels American propaganda  in 'Monumental Cloth".

**  The Watchdog:  Texas  lawmaker shares his pleas  with colleagues to end Confederate  Heroes Day.

**  Icons of Civil Rights Movement  and racial equality are replacing  Confederates on monuments.  (It is too bad that all the removed Confederate monuments are being replaced with black ones.  Didn't some other white people do things to be proud of?)

**  Georgia park with giant Confederate  carving proposes changes.  (Stone Mountain, Georgia)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Baton Rouge, King George, Confederate Memorial Day, Stone Mountain, Loyola and John Lewis

APRIL 25, 2021

**  Baton Rouge may  create mission  to rechristen streets named after Confederate  soldiers.  (Louisiana.  Hopefully not all of the streets will be renamed after Blacks.)

**  Residents again ask King George  to move Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  With a headline like that I thought for a moment it was the Revolutionary War all over again. Of course, the "residents" who want it moved are NAACP folks.  Imagine them wanting a Confederate statue moved.)

**  Remembrance of Confederate soldiers.  (Eleven Southern states  will observe Monday, April 26 as Confederate Memorial Day.)

**  Georgia park linked to confederacy (Confederacy) views, gets their first black chair.  (Stone Mountain.  Looks like someone at the Los Angeles Sentinel would know Confederacy is a proper name and should be capitalized.)

**  Loyola alumni work on renaming  Confederate street names.  (Loyola University New Orleans)

**  Virginia high school rededicates to John Lewis, dropping Confederate name.  (Springfield, Va.  Robert E. Lee High School.)

--Old Secesh

Who Removed the Monument in New Orleans? How About a BLM Riot Month Observance in May?

APRIL 24, 2021

**  A toppled Confederate monument in New Orleans removed -- but not by New Orleans officials.  (Honoring Confederate Father  Abram J. Ryan.  No one knows who "done it.  Who knows, possibly Sad R. since they're so zealous.  Maybe Asheville.)

**  April claimed as Confederate  History and Heritage Month.   (Boone County, Arkansas.  I wonder what BLM. SPLC and NAACP think about this.)

Maybe folks ought to proclaim the month of May as "Beginning of BLM Riots Month" since that is when they broke out last year.

**  Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies set for Monday.  (Mississippi)

**  Agreement means protests over Confederate monument can continue in Burlington.  (North Carolina)

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APRIL 25, 2021

**  Confederate Memorial Day  observances draw  protest and counter-protest in Greenville.  (South Carolina.  It appeared to be about 12 BLMers and about 5 or 6 pro-Confederate.)

--Old Secesh

A Sad Day for College of William & Mary and a Turn of Events at Stone Mountain

APRIL 22, 2021

**  Black pastor becomes chairman of the board running the world's largest Confederate monument.  (Named by Georgia's governor.  This could be interesting.)

**  Town hall sheds light on Fairfax County's sites with Confederate names.  (Virginia)

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APRIL 23, 2021

**  Vienna neighborhoods among sites after Confederates discussed in town hall.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate  statue in Kentucky should not be moved, says group claiming to own it.  (UDC)

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APRIL 24, 2021

**  Supreme Court of Virginia issues mandate in Charlottesville's Confederate statues case.    (Clears the way to get rid of the statues.)

**  William & Mary  renames three buildings, history department  that honored Confederate supporters.  (Virginia.  A sad day in that school's history.  But, hey.  What can you expect from a state like Virginia.))

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: UDC, Atlanta, Dallas, Artist, Beware Florida Racists and NAACP

APRIL 21, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Kennesaw  Chapter 241 observes Confederate Memorial Day.  (Georgia)

**  Atlanta City Council okays removal  of railroad statue  with Confederacy ties.  (Just because the man responsible for founding your company served in the Confederate Army in no way makes him a bad man.)

**  Dallas lawmaker files to remove Confederate monuments at Texas Capitol.  (A white man.)

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APRIL 22, 2021

**  Artist  Sonya Clark  weaves a corrective to the story of the Confederacy.

**  'Maliciously' taking down a Confederate monument in Florida is a second degree felony.  (This should also apply to anyone committing a hate crime of any sort.  Taking down a Confederate monument is a hate crime.)

**  Legal  settlement ensures protests are allowed around the Alamance Confederate statue.  (North Carolina.  NAACP racist group sued for this.  Protesters also allowed to swear at police.  Next thing you know, they'll be back in court seeking that destruction to the statue will result in awards and honors all around.)

--Old Secesh

Texas, Atlanta, Hammerin' Hank, Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky and georgia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

**  6  Confederate  memorials could be removed from Texas Capitol if state bill passes.

**  An Atlanta school named for Confederate   general will be renamed to honor Hank Aaron.  (I can go for that.)

**  Delay in plan to move Confederate monument in Shreveport.  (Louisiana)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

**   Editorial:  Pandering to the base:  Florida protects Confederate holidays, makes felons of  protesters.  (Orlando Sentinel.  Looks like they're joining ranks with the Post and Times.)

**  Group sues county over  Confederate statue.  (Owensboro, Ky.  UDC says they own the statue.)

**  Tallahassee man pledges  $10K to remove Confederate statue on Old Capitol grounds.  (Florida.  Hey, put your money where your mouth is.  He is to be commended.)

**  Judge dismisses Confederate monument lawsuit.  (Brunswick, Georgia.  SCV lawsuit.  Real big surprise that a court would find against the SCV like this.)

--Old Secesh

About That Mississippi Initiative 74 and the State Flag. Two More Biased Organizations. Not My Guys Says Lawyer.

APRIL 18, 2021

**  Initiatives seek to bypass Mississippi lawmakers.  (Initiative  74 would call for a revote on the new flag.  This time by the public.  Four flags would be put on the ballot including the old one, the new one and two others.  Then the people will vote.  I am all in favor of the public voting on all issues like this and will go along with the majority.)

**Mississippi Center for Justice:  Confederate  Heritage Month disgraces Mississippi.  (I hadn't heard of this organization before, but it appears to be along the lines of the SPLC and very racially biased.)

**  CAIR welcomes  vote to end Arkansas  Confederate Flag Day.    (Council on  American-Islamic Relations.  Enough said.)

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APRIL 19, 2021

**  Cemetery  site being prepared to move Confederate monument in Mississippi.  (Columbus, Mississippi.  Statue was in front of court house.)

**  Lawyer:  2 arrested had no role in Confederate chair theft.  (That chair stolen from the Alabama cemetery again.  Imagine their lawyer saying something like this!!)

**  About 100 members of Confederate group rides through Stone Mountain Park despite being denied.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Oh Those Confederate Schools. Confederate 'Cavalry' Rides at Stone Mountain. Belo Goodbye

APRIL 18, 2021

**  Jax's Chamber of Commerce urges school district to change Confederate school names.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  There are six named after former Confederate generals.)

**  Confederate 'cavalry'  rides through Georgia's Stone Mountain Park  after permit denied.  (SCV's mechanized Cavalry group. About 100 motorcycles.  Peaceful.)

**  Arkansas House votes to end state's 'Confederate Flag Day.'

**  Biography of Braxton Bragg re-examines  legacy of 'hated' Confederate general.  (How about some none Civil War II news on occasion.)

**  Liberty County  Schools parents upset  after student shows up  wearing confederate (Confederate) flag costume.  (Hey WCTV, Confederate is a proper word.  Do you know what you're supposed to do with proper words? Bristol, Florida.  Two black parents were upset after their daughter had gotten in trouble last week for wearing a hair bonnet.  The student's Confederate attire was a whole lot over the top, though.  The parents had every right to be upset.)

**  It's time to change the names of Jacksonville's schools named after confederate (Confederate) leaders.  (Hey, Florida Times-Union, Confederate is a proper name.  Do you know what you're supposed to do with proper names?)

**  Belo Mansion in Dallas to be renamed  due to AH Belo's  ties to Confederate Army.  (Texas.  headquarters of the Dallas Bar Association.  Alfred Horatio Belo commanded a Confederate regiment during the war and was wounded twice.  There is also an A.H. Belo corporation which owns several newspapers.  I imagine that name will have be changed as well.)

Come On Media.  Confederate Is a Capitalized Word.  One Would Think You'd Know.  --Old Secesh

So Sad That Cities Across America Have to Prepare for BLM Riots As Decision in Minneapolis Approaches

What has the United States come to where anytime court decisions are handed down that a certain group of people don't like, every city has to prepare for the inevitable BLM riots (even though our extremely biased media refers to it as peaceful demonstrations and civil unrest)?

So sad.

Now, I agree with PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS, but that is rare when that certain group is involved.  It degenerates to confrontation with authorities, lots of really bad language, burning, looting and in general rioting.

This did not happen when O.J. was acquitted in one of the most racist trials in U.S. history, but that was because that certain group got what they wanted.

Wouldn't it be something is the verdict goes against Blacks and their BLM, if they did have peaceful demonstrations?

We don't need another 2020.

I guess some folks need those new large screen HDTVs, top of the line cell phones, jewelry and clothes.

--Old Secesh

Alabama, Confederate Heritage Month, Monuments and Statues, Arkansas, Alabama, Atlanta and Texas

APRIL 16, 2021

**  Proposal in Alabama to up protection  for Confederate statues.

**  Advocacy group to reeves:  Throw Confederate Heritage Month 'into dustbin of history.'

**  IOW votes to hand over Confederate monument  to private property in Walters area.  (Isle of Wight, Virginia.  The public will pay $32,500 for removal.  Actually, just those who want it removed should pay.  Time to put your money where your mouth is.)

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APRIL 17, 2021

**  Virginia faces complicated debate over two Confederate monuments.  

**  Alabama lawmaker equates Martin Luther King  to Confederate general.

**  Arkansas  House votes to end state's 'Confederate Flag Day.'

**  Editorial:  Mississippi , finish what you started.  End Confederate Heritage Month.  (From Los Angeles Times.)

**  Business demands removal of Confederate statue owned  by City of Atlanta.

**  Texas Historical  Commission approves relocation of Denton County's Confederate memorial.

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: That Chair, Sad R., Confederate heritage Month, Alabama, Confederate Flag Day, Texas and a Black Caucus

APRIL 16, 2021

**  Confederate chair found in New Orleans;  alleged bandits nabbed.

**  Timeline outlined for disposal of city-owned  Confederate statues.  (Sad R.   As far as I am concerned those Confederate monuments and anything Confederate for that matter, can't be removed from there soon enough.  Tomorrow would not be soon enough.)

**  Mississippi declared April  'Confederate Heritage Month', sparking backlash and debate.  (No big surprise there.  Guess who doesn't like it?)

**  Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues.  (Some backlash.)

**  House votes to  change 'Confederate Flag Day' to 'Arkansas Day.'

**  Denton County Confederate monument  relocation plan approved.  (Texas)

**  Mississippi Black Caucus condemns  declaration recognizing Confederate Heritage Month.  (Black Caucus?  Does that sound a bit racists to you?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: That Ransomed Monument, Flags, What Next for Statues, Confederate Heritage Month and Schools

APRIL 15, 2021

**  3rd person arrested in stolen Confederate monument case.

**  Confederate flag zip tied to Statesville woman's front door.  (North Carolina.  I wish the Confederate extremists wouldn't do things like this.)

**  What comes next  for Confederate statues.    Memory Project  suggests looking to  Germany for answers.  (Germany removed almost all vestiges of Nazi Germany.)

**  Norfolk Southern seeks Atlanta's blessing to remove Confederate statue.  (Railroad company.  Samuel Spencer, first president of the company.  He was a bad man because he served in the Confederate Army.

**  'Its out of hand':  NC woman finds confederate flag on door, says she was targeted by KKK.  (ABC 13 News.  Looks like someone at the station would know that the contraction for it is is spelled it's.  Also, Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.)

**  Mississippi governor declares April as Confederate Heritage Month.

**  Nate Monroe:  Enough already!  Rename Jacksonville's Confederate  schools.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh

Why It's Civil War II. School, Pension Tax, That Confederate Monument Ransom, Flags and Fort Sumter

APRIL 14, 2021

**  Atlanta school to drop Confederate general's name and honor Hank Aaron.  (Nathan Bedford Forrest)

**  A new use for Confederate pension tax.  (Alabama)

**  In Confederate monument ransom plot, New Orleans police arrest  third suspect.

**  Mayor's anti-hate  policy would impact the Confederate  flag in Richmond.  (Big surprise this happening in Sad R.  The Confederate flag banned on city property.  However he did not say anything about the equally racist BLM material.)

**  After publicly dumping  its Confederate flag, Mississippi accused of quietly  continuing 'Confederate Heritage Month."

** New legislation aims to replace Confederate Flag Day with Arkansas Day.

**  160 years later, US still fighting  over Civil War.  (Fort Sumter was fired upon April 12, 1861 and surrendered the next day.  No kidding about the war still being fought.  That is why I call this blog Civil War II.  There was a World War I and a World War II, just as there now is with the Civil War.)

--Old Secesh

How Long Have Black Protests Against Confederate Monuments Been Going On. Still About That Chair

April 13, 2021

**  Black protesters have been rallying against Confederate statues for generations.  (Smithsonian.  The article focused on one attack on a Confederate monument in 1966 in Tuskegee, Alabama.  Excuse me, one doesn't a major groundswell make like what has happened since George Floyd was killed.  I can not remember many other times that the attacks took place.)

**  Lawyer:  Two arrested had no role in Confederate chair theft.  (There's that chair again.)

**  Stone Mountain Park denies permit for Confederate Memorial Day service.  (Georgia.  No big surprise.  Had the SCV been allowed to hold it, guess who would have come out to protest it.)

**  Confederate throne returned, two people arrested in New Orleans.

**  Western Carolina county won't talk about moving Confederate monument,  even at request of city where it is located.  (Burke County.  Morgantown, North Carolina.)

**  Committee recommends placing statue of Nathan Forrest in museum, not in public.  (Rome, Georgia)

**  Anti-racism activists kidnapped Confederate monument and used it as a toilet... or did they?

--Old Secesh

Going After Anything Confederate

APRIL 11, 2021

**  Second Look:  Court to hear appeal of ruling allowing  Covington statue removal.  (Georgia)

APRIL 12, 2021

**  Confederate monument  to stay on register after move.  (Caddo Parish, Louisiana)

**  Alabama senators want Confederate tax  to fund black history.

**  After threats to turn it into a toilet, a Confederate monument is recovered.

**  The year that drove old Dixie down.  (It was 2020, but obviously still going on.)

**  Statesville woman says KKK targeting her family for second time in two months.  (North Carolina.  She is going after the Confederate monument.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Gettysburg, Sam Houston, Oh Dem Flags, Da Toilet, Schools and the Stolen Monument, Well, Chair, Found

APRIL 10, 2021

**  Protesters push  to take down  Confederate monuments from Gettysburg.  (A horrible thought.)

**  Opinion:  Texas distorts Sam Houston's  legacy to defend  Confederate monuments.  (Texas)

**  On Ormond Beach street, LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter banners wave in war with Confederate flag.  Hey, if the Gay and BLM flags can fly, so should the Confederate flag.)

**  Alleged thief says  group will return Confederate monument after using it as a toilet.  (What a potty.)

**  Liberty County high schooler wears  Confederate flag costume to school, sparking concern.  (Tallahassee, Florida)

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APRIL 11, 2021

Stolen Confederate monument recovered in New Orleans.  (That would be the Jefferson Davis Chair taken from the Selma, Alabama, cemetery.

**  Two charged with possession  of stolen Confederate  monument, another sought.  (The Jefferson Davis Chair.)

--Old Secesh

Where and How I Stand on Removal of Confederate Statues-- Part 2

I would prefer that the Confederate statues remain where they are.   I would be for Blacks erecting statues of their people if historically connected to the city or town.  But, I am of the belief that the Confederate statues will have to be moved from public spaces, so support that reluctantly.  Sadly, Whites have to make amends for the Jim Crow era  and this is one way to do so.

Those statues should be repaired or have spray paint removed and turned over to Confederate organizations like the SCV or UDC.  They will be the ones to find a suitable place to relocate, probably cemeteries or battlefields.   Maybe even privately-owned Confederate parks.

All expenses for removal, storage, relocation and re-erecting should be paid by those who don't want the statues there as opposed to being paid by public money.  Provisos should be in place to cover further damage by Blacks and their white minions in the future, but hopefully that won't happen because they got their way and should be satisfied.

Something I Could Live With.  --Old Secesh

Where I Stand on the Confederate Removal Poll-- Part 1

This is about the poll in North Carolina that I wrote about in my last post.

Of course, I don't live in North Carolina and didn't take part in the poll.  The percentages of people in each category who opposed and supported removal absolutely did not surprise me at all.  Probably didn't surprise anybody.

I was born in North Carolina and lived there for essentially the first ten years of my life before moving to Illinois (we lived for a half year in Jacksonville, Florida).

I support the statues remaining where they are.

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Education, a Master's Degree in History and 30 hours beyond that.

I am 69 (and will be 70 near the end of May)

I used to vote mostly Democrat starting in the 1990s up until all this mess over BLM riots and attacks on the Confederacy started, so now tend to vote for Republicans.  In the last three presidential elections, I voted for Obama, Clinton and this last year Trump, even though I sure didn't want to.

I am a white person.

I live in a suburban area of Chicago.

As a matter of fact, I would be more than happy to end this blog if all the attacks stopped.  I'd much rather be concentrating just on the real history of the war and not this mess.

So, You Guys Attacking the Statues, Stop, and I'll Stop Defending.   --Old Secesh

The Poll Says Most North Carolinians Want Confederate Statues to Stay: A Breakdown

APRIL 10, 2021

**  Majority in NC want to keep Confederate monuments, according to new Elon poll.  (Elon University)

Here is a breakdown on the voting:

58% keep, 42% remove

Increased polarization and wide demographic divides evident.

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SUPPORT FOR REMOVAL:

Bachelor's Degree or higher: 63%

Between ages 18 and 24:   53%

Democrats:  67%

Blacks:  75%

City residents:  53%

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SUPPORT FOR RETAINING:

Less than Bachelor's Degree:  63%

People 65 and older:  69%

People between 45 and 64:  64%

Republicans:  84%

Whites:  70%

Rural residents: 68%

Suburban:  60%

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A Very Divided Country Indeed.  --Old Secesh

About That Confederate Chair. Twisting the Virginia Law. Poll Shows Most North Carolinians Favor Keeping Monuments Where They Are.

APRIL 9, 2021

**  Confederate chair held ransom.

**  City Council still undecided  on Confederate statues.  (Sad R.  So, apparently, the 1997 state law passed to protect Confederate statues only applies to those built after 1997, not to those erected before that.  I'm sure the original intent covered ALL statues, even those already standing.)

**  North Carolinians  still favor keeping  Confederate monuments.  Here's what  has changed.

**  Should  Confederate monuments stay?  Poll shows most in NC  say yes.

**  A majority in NC want to keep Confederate monuments, according to a new Elon  poll.  (58% want them to remain.  42% want them gone.)

**  Man who carried Confederate flag  to Capitol during Jan. 6 riot indicted.

**  West Virginia  lawmakers move to criminalize  removal of Confederate  statues.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Kidnapping the Jeff Davis Chair and Holding for Ransom. Do As We Say or Toilet It Will Be

APRIL 8, 2021

**  An anti-racist group is holding a Confederate monument  for ransom.  (Stole from Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama.  Group calls selves White Lies Matter.  Put the sign up or we'll turn the Jefferson Davis chair into a toilet.  Good sense of humor, these guys.)

**  Ransom note  threatens to make  Confederate monument in Alabama into toilet.

**  Jefferson Davis memorial throne  stolen from Confederate cemetery -- and under threat of being turned into toilet.

**  North Carolina NAACP  files lawsuit  to remove Confederate monument in Graham.  (Looks like they have enough other problems to deal with other than something like this.  Oh, well.)

**  7 Richmond public schools currently named for Confederate  soldiers or slaveowners.  (So?  You think they want them renamed?)

--Old Secesh

The Cost of BLM's Attacks. Is Confederate a Proper Name? Sad Asheville and Sad R Again.

APRIL 7, 2021

**  Charlottesville's Confederate monuments can come down,  Virginia  supreme court rules.

**  Online map established to Crowdsource Loudoun's Confederate, segregationists sites,  names, symbols.  (Virginia.  Included in it are battlefields.  Rename a battlefield?  I bet those good ol' listers at SPLC are involved in this.)

**  Vance  monument:  County to help Asheville replace confederate (Confederate)  governor's obelisk.  (North Carolina.  Looks like the good folks at the Ashville Citizen-Times would know that Confederate is a proper name.  Replace the monument?  I had heard they were going to demolish it.  How low can that town and county go?)

**  Despite family heritage, Catawba County  citizen wants Confederate  statue moved.  (North Carolina.)

**  Why is an 8-foot-tall fence going up around confederate (Confederate) monument in Graham?  We got answers.  Graham, North Carolina.  Looks like the good folks at WFMY would know that Confederate is a proper name and needs to be capitalized.  Cost $32,000.  Hope the NAACP and BLM are paying for it.  Sorry to say that even an eight-foot-high fence will keep BLM from committing hate crimes.)

**  Virtual gallery seeks to reimagine Richmond's Confederate history.  (Sadly, these days, as far as I am concerned, Sad R. does not have any Confederate history.  Never had it either.)

--Old Secesh

'A Cancel Culture City' That's Not Sad R.?

APRIL 6, 2021

**  Nonprofit calls Fort Myers  a 'cancel culture' city.  (Florida.  I wouldn't want to be called that.)

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APRIL 7, 2020

**  Confederate symbols prove  difficult to remove in many states.  (Guess what.  There are some of us who DON'T want them removed.  Just see what that old "Cancel Culture" Virginia found out when they put removal up to a public vote back in November.  Every place they did it, the "people" voted to KEEP the Statues where they were.

Hopefully, voters will remember when it comes time to vote again in that state for city and state officials.

**  Richmond City Council still considering plans for disposition  of Confederate monuments.

**  Loudoun's inventory of Confederate  symbols to involve the public. (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: All Those Confederate Symbols Still Around. Those Confederate Bases and Sad R.

APRIL 4, 2021

**  Over 2000  Confederate symbols remain in US public  spaces, and its proven  difficult to take them down.  (Maybe there are some who don't want them taken down.)

**  Editorial:  Why didn't the South regard the Confederacy  as a mistake.  (Roanoke Times.  Is the media against us?)

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APRIL 5, 2021

**  Statues of controversial figures difficult for  critics to eradicate.

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APRIL 6, 2021

**  Military must reject "slavery and treason" of Confederate base names, commissioner warns.  (Wonder whose side he's on?)

**  Richmond City Council debates process for choosing Confederate statue recipients.  (Obviously, all monuments should go to SCV or UDC after they have been repaired and cleaned at city expense, or even better yet, BLN and their ilk expense.  All expenses for removal and re-erecting should also be incurred by the city or BLM folk.)

Wouldn't It Be Something If Sad R. Actually, Finally, Did the Right Thing?  --Old Secesh

This Should Be Maryland's New State Song: 'We Is Woke, Oh We Is Woke. Great God Almighty, We Is Woke'

And, you can even keep the tune you already have and just change the words.

I've heard "Maryland, My Maryland" many times over the years, but to tell the truth, never paid much attention to the words.  After looking at the lyrics, I have to agree that they are very Confederate and anti-anything Union.  Yep, they need changing.  Maybe something along the lines of all this "Woke" stuff these days.

Or, something extolling the wonders of the state or things to be proud of would be good as well.

But, I just read a commentary by a commentator "General Assembly faces the music, votes to shame that tune."

I take it, he does not like the state song.  "And so it was  with 'Maryland, My Maryland,' an ode  to the Confederacy, or a Civil War regional fight-song, a seventh-rate song by a third-rate poet,  set to a plagiarized  melody, 'Lautiger Horatius,' or 'O Tannenbaum,' better known to American ears as 'O Christmas Tree.'  Take your pick."

With my song, which goes right along with "O Christmas Tree," all you have to do is change the words.

Shake Me, Woke Me.  And Little Ol' Seventh-Rate, Third-Rate.  --Old Secesh

Did Democrats or Republicans Start the KKK? Well, What Party Did Those Original KKK Guys Belong To?

APRIL 3, 2021

**  Letter:  Puncturing the Confederate 'Lost Cause' mythology.  (Hey Dude.  If you don't win, you lost.  Did the Confederacy succeed?)

**  Cop suspended over Confederate flag rant on Tik Tok:  'F-------- Democrats  started the KKK.'  (Well, they did.  Potty mouth cop.  But, now that we are holding everyone accountable to what happened in the past. it is time for the Democrats to own up to their KKK past.  Right guys?)

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APRIL 4, 2021

**  Confederate symbols prove difficult to remove in many states.

**  Minnesota school's 'Rebel' mascot   to change after petition compares it to Confederate soldier.  (We all know that all it takes is one black person to be offended to "Get 'Er Done.)

**  The fight over  Confederate statues  continues in the South, despite last summer's protests.  (That's a good one.  Protests?  They were more like riots complete with burning and looting.  Let's hope that now the media knows what a riot looks like after that was what they called the attack on the Capitol in January.  Last summer it was simply civil unrest.)

The Democratic Party of the KKK.   --Old Secesh

Only Its Hairdresser Knows if That Fountain Is a Confederate in Disguise. 'We Is Woke, Baby' About That School Mascot in Minnesota

APRIL 3, 2021

**  Lexington City Council wants to test the waters renaming Confederate themed streets.   (Virginia.  Yep, Ol' Virginny.  Don't surprise me none."  You know that SPLC, BLM and the NAACP will back you 100%.)

**  MN  school's 'Rebel' mascot  to change after comparisons to  Confederate soldier.  (Dilworth, Minnesota.

**  Event to urge removal of Confederate monuments.   (Gettysburg, Pa.  Planned for April 9.  Ridiculous.)

**  Making the case that Corpus Christi's Coppini  fountain is not  a Confederate memorial.  (Texas.  Is it or isn't it.  Only its hairdresser knows for sure.)

**  Shore lawmakers split on push to toss Maryland's Confederate  themed  state song.  (It would be too bad if they drop it as it is a good state song, even though definitely pro-Confederate, but look at when it was written.  Maryland could be considered to be an "occupied" state.  At least, keep the tune and change the words.  You know, "We Is Woke, Oh We Is Woke, Thank God Almighty We Is Woke!!")

--Old Secesh

Charlottesville, Va. Vying With Richmond and Asheville for Lowest. Tik Tok? Maryland

APRIL 2, 2021

**  High Court:  Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues.  (Virginia.  Of course, Charlottesville is running a close race with Asheville and Richmond for being the least Southern city.)

**  Cop suspended for TikTok video claiming  Confederate flags are not racist.  (If it was on his own time I don't see anything wrong with expressing your opinion.  Now if you want to see something truly racist, take a look at BLM.  Enough said.  What is Tik Tok anyway?)

**  Maryland bill will ban Confederate flags in schools.  (As long as they also ban BLM stuff, I'm ok.)

How Low Can You Go?   --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Maryland, Laws and State Song, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Police

 MARCH 31, 2021

**  Maryland law would ban swastikas, Confederate flags, hate symbols in public.  (And, those laws should also cover anything with BLM on it.  If that's not a hate symbol I don't know what one is.)

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APRIL 1, 2021

**  St. Clair Shores woman says neighbor put up Confederate flag over  political differences.  (Michigan)

**  Pennsylvania police officer  filmed TikTok defending Confederate flag while on duty.  (Definitely not something to do while you're at work.)

**  Shore lawmakers  split on push to toss Maryland's Confederate  themed state song.  (I thought the bill to eliminate it had already passed.)

Guess Not.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Texas, Sad Asheville, Kentucky, NAACP, North Carolina, Florida and a Confederate Flag

MARCH 30, 2021

**   Statue of Confederate soldier removed from Ellwood Park today.  (Amarillo, Texas)

**  Once an Asheville symbol, Confederate 'monument to pain' will be destroyed.  (North Carolina.  Sad R. reaches a new low.  How low can they go?)

**  Speaker at Murray State's 'Voices  and Votes' exhibit touches on removing Confederate statue.  (Murray, Kentucky)

**  N. Carolina NAACP sues to have Confederate monument removed.  (Winston-Salem.  Could this be considered a racist move?)

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MARCH 31, 2021

**  Demonstrators demand  voters change names of schools bearing Confederate names.   (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Confederate flag in middle school classroom raises alarm in Clinton.  (It was there because of a unit on the Civil War.  An American flag was hanging next to it.  Have they stooped that low?  Jeessh!)

--Old Secesh