North Carolina, Florida, Fort Lee, 'Lion of the Confederacy' Statue

AUGUST 18, 2021

**  Court ruling clears way  to remove Confederate monument.  (Brunswick, Georgia)

**  Bartow says Confederate monument can move to Oak Hill Cemetery.  (Bartow, Florida)

**  Speakers discuss merits, future of Confederate monument in  Newton.  (North Carolina)

**  McEachin, Clyburn, call  for Fort Lee to be renamed.  (No duh.  Are they just coming up with this bit of information?)

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AUGUST 19, 2021

**  Two dozen plea:  Leave Confederate monument  as-is.  (North Carolina)

**  Charlotte to change street named for Confederate monument.  (North Carolina)

**  NAACP, county leaders discuss fate of Asheboro Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  Guess how the NAACP stood on this issue.  Very racist of them, you know.)

**  Historian reacts to city's decision to remove Confederate sculpture.  (Atlanta, Georgia. Ernest Blevins.  He says that it just sends the message that crime succeeds.)

--Old Secesh

Hate Crimes to 'Lion of the Confederacy' Cause Its Removal in Atlanta

AUGUST 17, 2021

**  Kandiyohi County  sheriff denounces display of Confederate flag at  County Fair, says it was bot  sheriff's vehicle.  (Minnesota)

**  NAACP seeks removal of Confederate statue.  (Randolph County, North Carolina.  The NAACP wanting something Confederate gone.  Whoever could imagine that?)

**  History as it Happens:  Charlottesville  says goodbye to the Confederacy.  (Virginia.  I say "Good riddance" to that town.)

**  Groups respond to Talbot County filing motion to dismiss lawsuit to relocate statue. (Maryland.  Those "Talbot Boys" you know.)

AUGUST 18, 2021

**  Confederate monuments:  Atlanta removing 'Lion of the Confederacy' statue from Oakland Cemetery.  (Georgia.  It is being removed because of near constant hate crimes committed against it by certain "unknown" persons.  This is sad.  There is a picture of a fairly recent hate crime to the right of this.)

I have to wonder what those certain persons would think if the hate crimes were committed against one of "their" statues?

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Wilmington Goes After the Pedestals. Johnny Ford, Tuskegee's Criminal. SPLC Again

AUGUST 16, 2021

**  George Davis  pedestal removed in downtown Wilmington.  (North Carolina.  Now, if Wilmington will just remove a few of their many, many traffic light cameras.)

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AUGUST 17, 2021

**  Tuskegee city council man Johnny Ford focused on removal of Confederate statue.  (Alabama.  He actually should be focused on his defense as he should have been arrested for the crime he did to that statue.  But, since he is Black he will get away with it.  I wonder what they would have done had it been a white person doing something like he did to a black statue?)

**  22 Alabama on SPLC's list of US schools  honoring Confederate  leaders.  (Our good friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) again.  Wonder if they are racist?  Hey, most Confederates were white people.  And, we're STILL waiting on SPLC's list of how many BLM "peaceful demonstrations" in 2020 became looting and burning orgies and damage figures.)

**  Remnants of Confederate  statues now removed  from downtown Wilmington.  (North Carolina.  And, of course, all costs for removal were paid by those wanting them gone.  Of course.)

--Old Secesh

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues-- Part 5

Three other statues honoring white supremacists -- including former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina --  would also be immediately removed under the legislation.  Longer-term, the architect of the Capitol would be instructed to identify any other statues depicting those who served in the Confederate States of America for removal from public display.

The statues would go back to the states that sent them.  The statue of Jefferson Davis, for example, would be returned to Mississippi and that of Alexander Hamilton Stevens would be returned to Georgia.

Davis served as the Confederacy's president and Stephens its vice president.

Each state gets to submit two statues for display in the Capitol.  When the donated statue arrives, it is placed in a location selected by the Joint Committee on the Library, a group of ten law3makers from both chambers that oversees works of fine art in the building.

As I Said Before, I Am in Favor of Removing All Confederate Statues from the U.S. Capitol.  --Old Secesh

Sadly, Yesterday's Hope Was Too Soon: They're Back!!!

I was near ecstatic when we had not had a Confederate alert since August 19.  But, today, I see that the alert is back and full of upsetting things the other side keeps doing.

And, I was so looking forward to dropping this blog.  Guess that is not going to happen at this time.

Come on guys, give me a break!!

As the little girl said,   "They're Baaaack."

Back to the Two-Finger Typing for Me.  --Old Secesh

No Confederate Alerts Since August 19!!!!! Has the Nightmare Finally Ended?

I have not had a single Alert for the word Confederate since AUGUST 19!!!!!   Does this mean that the constant attacks on any and all things Confederate has ended.  We can only hope.

As I said, when the attacks cease, so will this blog.  I so look forward to that day.

It can not come too soon.

Maybe certain people realize that they have bigger problems than Confederates.  Let's face it, school attendance for their children is the lowest of all groups.  And they had to fight so hard to get better education.

And then, there is the crime problem.  Way too many of them commit crimes.  And, I am not even going to the problem with them shooting and killing each other.

Even if they stop, I want the removal of all Confederate items from public areas to continue as well as the renaming of any school whose student population is mostly minority.  Also the renaming of the Army bases.

They have made their point.  Now work on more pressing points.

Come On Guys.  --Old Secesh

Those Other Supreme Court Justices in the Dred Scott Decision: Seven Voted Against Dred Scott and All Seven Were Democrats

As I said in the last post, only one of the Supreme Court Justices who voted on the Dred Scott Decision, was not a Democrat.  Benjamin Robbins Curtis (Massachusetts) who was a Whig.

The other justices  and state they were from:

Roger Taney  (Maryland)

John McLean  (Ohio)

James Moore Wayne  (Georgia)

John Catron  (Tennessee)

Peter Vivian Daniel  (Virginia)

Samuel Nelson  (New York)

Robert Cooper Grier  (Pennsylvania)

John Archibald Campbell   (Alabama)

So, five were from slave-holding states.  This means that two from free states also voted with the majority.  I would have expected a 5-4 vote.

So, if you hate Taney for writing the court's decision, you  also might want to think about the other six justices who agreed with him.  But, you have to remember, this was the way of thinking back then.  And, please don't forget that the justices who voted against Dred Scott were Democrats.  This was also the party that kept Blacks down for so long.

--Old Secesh

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues-- Part 4: What About the Other Six Justices Who Voted With Taney?

From the June 30, 2021, Chicago Tribune.

The Roger Taney bust will be replaced with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice to serve on the nation's highest court.  Thurgood Marshall is a very deserving man of an honor, but, I have to ask this question.  Does EVERY thing that's replaced have to be replaced with a black person?

The two-foot high marble bust of Taney is outside a room in the Capitol where the Supreme Court met from 1810 to 1860.  It was in that room that Taney, the nation's fifth chief justice, announced the Dred Scott Decision, sometimes called the worst decision in the court's history.

The Supreme Court held that Scott, as a black man, was not a citizen and therefore had no right to sue for freedom, and found that legislation restricting slavery in certain territories was unconstitutional.

Regardless of how we view it now, the fact is that slaves were considered property at the time and as such did not have the right of a free person.  The Supreme Court voted 7-2 that Scott was not a free man and Taney wrote the opinion.  Now, Taney is held in ill-regard, but, shouldn't also all six members who voted with Taney be held in this esteem.

The other members of the Supreme Court in 1857 were McLean, Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier, Curtis and Campbell.  All were Democrats (notice this, ALL WERE DEMOCRATS) except Curtis who was a Whig.  So Taney and six other Democrats voted that slaves were not citizens.

Benjamin Robbins Curtis and John McLean were the only two who voted against it.  The others obviously were not yet "Woke."

Imagine Democrats Today Being Against Blacks.  --Old Secesh

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues-- Part 3: About Those Capitol Statues

Continued from July 6, 2021.

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga) said the Confederate statues send a message to black people that their lives are not valued because those being honored "stood for the proposition that you were less than human."

"It's personally an affront to me as a Black man to walk around and look at these figures and see them standing tall, looking out as  if they were visionaries and they did something that was great.  No, they did something that was very hurtful to humanity," Johnston said.

Mr. Johnston is a black man.  Of course, slavery was not the sole reason for the Confederacy.  There were other pressing points as well.

But, I do agree the Confederate statues should be removed from the Capitol.  These men did fight against the United States.

--Old Secesh

Removing Those Pesky Confederate Statues and Pedestal Under Cover of the Night. Does That Mean You Have Something to Hide? Who Is Uncle Beau?

AUGUST 16, 2021

**  Before dawn Sunday, Wilmington begins  removing Confederate monument pedestals.  (Wilmington, North Carolina.  Why do they move so many Confederate statues and now pedestals during the wee hours of the night.  Is it because they are doing something bad.  Hopefully the folks who don't want them there are paying for it.)

**  Emails point to the origins of Wilmington's plans for the removal of  Confederate monuments.  (North Carolina)

**  Uncle Beau  bashed for posting (c)onfederate flag weeks after Mike Youngquist got slammed for the same thing.  (?)

**  George Davis pedestal removed from downtown Wilmington.  (Now, if they will just remove a few of those stoplight cameras.  I don't know of any other town with as many traffic light cameras.  If you can remove one thing, you can remove another.)

--Old Secesh

Why Must Everything Be Renamed for Blacks? SPLC Again, Oh Those Fairs, Oh Those Flags. COVID-19 and the Civil War, Schools

AUGUST 14, 2021

**  Correcting revisionist history:  SPLC challenges more than 100 schools honoring Confederate leaders to change their names.  (They even made a lost.  Imagine them making a list.  Of course, I'm sure they want all of them to be renamed for Blacks.)

**  Flag debate rises again  with fair season.  (You know which flags are in question.  The way I look at it, if a person is offended, don't buy it or look at it or even do business with the person.)

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AUGUST 15, 2021

**  AS US COVID-19 deaths top the Civil War's toll, we're repeating disease history.  (Time Magazine.  Well, how about that.  No statues or flags here!!!)

**  Northampton  school board gets first look at 'hate symbols' policy.  (Massachusetts.  Confederate flags of course.  Is there anything about BLM paraphernalia on that list?  That is pretty much hate in my books.)

**  Hampton to rename five schools called for servant owners, Confederates and segregationists.  (Of course, they will be renamed for Blacks.)

--Old Secesh

Melting Confederate Statues! Really!! UDC Pays to Repair Confederate Statue in Tuskegee That City Official Purposefully Damaged. And He Still Hasn't been Charged or Arrested!

AUGUST 13, 2021

**  Can Confederate monuments be recycled?  (In Charlottesville some idiot members of city council have evidently suggested melting them down and given the metal to artists.  Must be of the black persuasion.)

**  Watch Now:  Confederate  statue's presence at Nelson court house stirs debate.  (Lovingston, Virginia.  Blacks are upset.  Big surprise.)

**  Repairs made to damaged Confederate statue in Tuskegee.  (Alabama.  A crew hired by UDC repaired it.   This should have been paid for by the criminal city official who damaged it on purpose.  He still is not in jail either.  Much like the Virginia state senator who incited a riot.)

**  Harlem Reps. Espaillat and Evans reintroduce No Funding for Confederate  Symbols Act.  (New York)

**  The  historical preservation law that obscures history.  (Washington Post.  Guess what they think.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Charlottesville, Who Gets It, Frosh Speaks, Florida

AUGUST 11, 2021

**  More than a dozen organizations apply to acquire Charlottesville's toppled  Confederate monuments.  (Sad Virginia.  Notice they didn't put the removal up for a public vote.  Guess they learned a lesson in last November's voting.  As long as none of them go to a black organization or museum.)

**  County looks to remove Confederate statue after removal last summer.  (North Carolina)

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AUGUST 12, 2021

**  Frosh joins calls for removal of Confederate Talbot Boys statue.  (Maryland)

**  Email records:  Historical Commission members  'disappointed' in Polk's  Confederate memorial vote.  (Polk County, Florida)

--Old Secesh

Hey BLM and NAACP, Where Are the Marches and Protests After a Chicago Cop Was Killed In Line of Duty and Another Wounded?

What if it had been the cops shooting and killing the occupants of the car?  What would BLM or the NAACP have had to say about that?

Have either group sent condolences?

Have they condemned the actions of the people in the car?

And, I'm kind of surprised that SPLC has not come up with one of their famous lists showing times cop have been killed or wounded by Blacks.

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Meanwhile, the statistics for Chicago:

LAST WEEKEND:

13 killed, 74 wounded

WEEK IN PROGRESS (8/8 to 8/14):

12 killed, 80 wounded

AUGUST TO DATE:

35 killed, 184 wounded

YEAR TO DATE:

475 killed, 2306 wounded

You can get updated stats at the Hey Jackass, Chicago Mayhem site.

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Most of the wounded and killed were Blacks, shot by other Blacks in case you didn't know.  And, sadly, this is not just happening in Chicago.

Which is more of a threat to black people, a Confederate statue or flag, or certain other black people?

Just Would Like to Know.  Even Just a We're Real Sorry This Happened.  --Old Secesh

Virginia, North Carolina, Pride Flags, Capitol, Canada and Mississippi

AUGUST 10, 2021

**  Lexington City Council approves renaming Confederate-themed street. (Virginia.  New Market Place will become Evergreen Place.  The Battle of New Market was a Confederate victory.)

**  State Confederate sons and daughters contest Wilmington's settlement  with local chapter.  (North Carolina)

**  Pride flags stolen, replaced with Confederate flags at Virginia Tech's Wesley Center.  (Blacksburg, Virginia)

**  Fact check:  Police officer Michael Fanone did not storm the US Capitol waving a Confederate flag.

**  Hamilton  councillors to ban Nazi swastikas, Confederate flags, from city property. (Canada)

**  Leaders must decide how to replace Confederate monuments.  (Mississippi.  Of course, replace all Confederate monuments with monuments to black people.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Anti-Confederate Editorials, SPLC, Emmett Till

AUGUST 9, 2021

**  Why Confederates shouldn't be honored.  (Editorial from the Roanoke Times, Virginia.  Figures.)

**  The fate of Confederate monuments should be clear:  We know why they were built and why they have to come down.  (New Republic.  Sorry guys.  Those statues were built for the same reason the Union statues are on Northern courthouse squares and parks.  They honored those who risked all to defend what they believed in.  And since most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves, I kind of think that was not what they believed in.  Might it have something to do with their homes being invaded by enemy troops?)

**  The last article cited data from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who keep a "hit list" of anything Confederate that they want removed.   I am wondering what comments those listing folks have made about the killing of the Chicago police officer and wounding of another by that pair of non-white suspects?  Probably nothing.)

**  Proposed Emmett Till statue:  Photos.  Clarion (Mississippi Ledger.  Well worth looking at.  I am in favor of this statue.  Justice was not served here.)

Hey SPLC, Waiting for That Comment on the Chicago Police Officers Shot This Weekend.  --Old Secesh

Wildman's Dent Myers Civil War Surplus & Herb Shop Hit. Virginia State, Nooses and Virginia

 AUGUST 8, 2021

**  Buildings at Virginia State University renamed for Black women. (Ettrick, Va.   A historically black college.  Actually that makes sense, but wouldn't that make that school a bit racist to be a historically black school.  What would Blacks says if there were historically white schools?)

**  An Amazon site's Black workers  keep finding nooses.  The company needs to act.  (Windsor, Ct.  Those nooses represent a very sad time in our history.  I hope they catch whoever is responsible and fire and prosecute them.  No excuse for this kind of behavior.)

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AUGUST 9, 2021

**  What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight.  (Greenwood.  A new statue will be erected in Greenwood for Emmett Till.  I am for this new monument.  This part of history needs to be shown and remembered.)

**  Virginia contends with Confederate names on side streets.  (Well, Virginia.)

**  Group says it vandalized Kennesaw Confederate paraphernalia store with 'Antifa Smurfs'.  (Kennesaw, Georgia.  They hit "Wildman's Dent Myers Civil War Surplus & Herb Shop.  Okay, I can't help but chuckle at this one.  Smurfs.  Mighty Antifa of them.  Of course, Wildman Dent Myers is quite a trip all by himself.   Look him up.)

Good Old Wildman Dent Myers.  --Old Secesh

Again, That (c)onfederate Thing. Wilmington, Georgia, Sad R., Army and Virginia

AUGUST 7, 2021

**  Tensions grow with United Daughters of the Confederacy on confederate (Confederate)  statue ownership..  (Wilmington, N.C..  Excuse me, but Confederacy and Confederate are the same thing, so why didn't WECT capitalize Confederate.  Must be a school thing.)

**  Construction delayed  on Dublin's Unity Park due to no decision on Confederate monument.   (Dublin, Georgia)

**  A university-led remedy to place-based discrimination in Richmond, Va.

**  Lt. Col. Allen West 'appalled' that senior military leaders open to critical race theory.

**  Loudoun County asks public for help  renaming facility.  (Virginia.  Kephart Bridge Landing.  Of course, it will HAVE to be renamed for a black person.)

Don't You Wish Some Folks in Journalism Knew That Confederate Was A Proper Name?  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Fort Benning Lynching, Charlotte, NASCAR, Bubba, Maryland and North Carolina

AUGUST 4, 2021

**  Fort Benning memorializes soldier lynched 80 years earlier at the post as Army acknowledges an injustice.  (Georgia.  A horrible thing.  Imagine, this was a U.S. soldier who was lynched.  Hope they also reopen the case.)

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AUGUST 5, 2021

**  Rally to call for removal of Confederate statue, one of the last in Mecklenburg County.  (Charlotte, North Carolina.)

**  Confederate flags,  drones, cigarettes.  What you can and can't  bring to Go Bowling at the Glen.  (NASCAR Race.  Got to make Der Bubba happy, you know.)

**  Confederate streets in Potomac renamed  after black historical figures Geneva Mason and William Dove.  (Maryland.  Why do all Confederate streets have to be renamed after Blacks?)

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AUGUST 6, 2021

**  Community activist receives threatening letter hours before Confederate statue rally.  (Charlotte, N.C.  That should not have happened.)

**  Protesters call for removal of Confederate statue in Cornelius.  (North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Is NPR Anti-Confederate? Did You Know That Confederate Is a Proper Name and Should be Capitalized? Evidently Reuters and WWAY Don't.

AUGUST 4, 2021

**  Now that the Forrest bust has been removed, what Confederate symbols might be next?  (Nashville Public Radio.    Wonder what this fine institution had to say about the removal of the Farragut and Gleaves busts?  I still would like to know why they were removed.  Hey, Farragut was Union for crying out loud!)

(Of course, NPR is very liberal and Democrat.)

**  City finds simple way out  with Confederate monument settlement.  (Wilmington, N.C..  The UDC will take them.  Hopefully, part of the deal involves the city paying all costs for removal, including putting them up elsewhere.  Even better, let those folks who want them gone put their money where their mouths are and pay for it themselves.)

**  Fact Check--  D.C.  officer Michael  Fanone was not pictured carrying a confederate (Confederate) flag at Capitol siege.  (Reuters Fact Check.  Hey, Reuters, how about checking to see if you capitalize Confederate?)

**  Mixed  opinions after Wilmington City Council votes to permanently remove confederate (Confederate) statues.  (WWAY 3 ABC Wilmington, N.C..  Looks like WWAY might know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.)

--Old Secesh

Is North Carolina Becoming Just Another Virginia? Sure Hope Not. One Virginia's All We Can Take.

AUGUST 3, 2021

**  Tennessee removed  one Confederate monument, yet an entrenched state law still holds sway.  (Nashville Public Radio.  Whose side to you suppose they are on?)

**  Wilmington  Confederate monuments not coming back.  (North Carolina.  So Sad Wilmington.)

**  Editorial:  Let's stop tolerating the Confederate flag.  (Northern New York Newspapers.  But, we have to "tolerate" BLM flags.  And everyone knows that means looting, rioting and burning.)

**  Black man assaulted at Indiana lake facing charges.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

**  Rally to call for removal  of Confederate statue, one of the last in Mecklenburg County.  (North Carolina.  Is North Carolina becoming another Virginia?)

--Old Secesh

Shame on Wilmington, N.C. But At Least They Gave Them To the Correct Group. The Times Says. Statue Removal and Texas

AUGUST 2, 2021

**  City Council votes to permanently remove two Confederate monuments from downtown Wilmington.  (North Carolina.  Shame on Wilmington.  Removed last year during the Days of Rage for "public safety."  They will be turned over to the UDC.  At least they are doing something right.  But, the UDC should be reimbursed for all expenses relating to relocation.  Hopefully, those who were offended by it will pay, not the city.)

**  The South must teach its children the truth.  (Imagine the New York Times saying something like that.)

**  Spirit of Confederacy statue removed from Sam Houston Park.  (Houston, Texas.  Taken down undercover of the night.  Sadly, will go to a black museum.  I wonder why so many Confederate statues are removed at night.  That's when the bad people come out or when you're doing some bad.)

**  Street name changed after residents vote for  something 'more equitable' for Missouri City.  (Texas.  At least this was put to a vote.  It should always be put to a vote on any removal or name change.)

--Old Secesh

Why Does It Take Some Folks So Long to Realize Something Offends Them? California, Virginia, North Carolina and U.S. Grant

August 1, 2021

**  Employee no longer working for Elk Grove Unified School District after Confederate flag display.  (California.  Hopefully the same would apply to anyone displaying any BLM materials.)

**  **  110 year old Confederate monument removed from long time home.  (Franklin, Virginia.  Of course, I always have to wonder why it took certain people so long to figure out they were offended by anything that had been around for that long.  Being relocated to a cemetery.  It is the 8th Confederate monument relocated in Hampton Roads since 2020.)

**  Courthouse no place for Confederate monuments.  (North Carolina)

**  Truth-telling exhibit planned for Christiansburg town square.  (Virginia.  It will highlight black history of the county, including slavery.  I'm all for it.  There can never be too much about history, good, bad or ugly.)

**  How Confederate-era superstitions threaten the multiracial Democracy that  Ulysses Grant fought for.  (After that came the era of Jim Crow according to the article.)

--Old Secesh

Is Judicial System Anti-Black If Confederate Portraits and Statues Present? Cleaning Up State Police Language. Forrest Going to Columbia and the Confederate GOP

JULY 31, 2021

**  Judicial portraits and Confederate monuments stir debate on bias  in the justice system.  (It is believed that the portraits and monuments mean that Blacks will not get justice.  An even better suggestion is for Blacks to quit breaking the law so much.  Just look at the number of people shot and killed in Chicago for any week.  As Chris says, "Obey the law and be polite.")

**  Rampant racist language , Confederate flag prompted discipline years ago at  State Police."  (Arkansas.  I agree that there should not be this kind of language used in home bases.  Nor should their be swearing when arresting people.)

**  Community  Reaction:  Forrest remains on the way to Columbia.  (Tennessee.  Some for it, some against it."

**  Watch GOP turn 'Confederate Gray.'  "Well, the Democrats have turned BLM

--Old Secesh

When Will Blacks Be Happy? Forrest Moved. Bases Renamed for Blacks and What About BLM Garb?

JULY 30, 2021

**  Columbia will soon be home to the remains of  Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Community leaders share concerns.  He was moved from Memphis as a safety measure and because Blacks were offended.  Now he will be moved to private property and the Blacks in Columbia, Tennessee, are not happy.  Is there any way you can make a black person happy?)

**  Idaho's Medal of Honor Recipient Vernon Baker worthy of a military base named after him.  (Agreed, but do all the bases have to be renamed for black people?  Come on, there must be at least one worthy white person out there.  Let's quit being racist in the renaming.)

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JULY 31, 2021

**  Commissioners asked to rethink Confederate monuments.  (Coweta County, Georgia)

**  Interim USA president updates investigation into pics of professors in Confederate garb.  (University of South Alabama, in case you're wondering about the USA.  I think an investigation should be opened for any professors who wear BLM stuff or attend any BLM functions.)

--Old Secesh

Those Gone Monuments. Sad R. Right? Charlotte and UNC-Chapel Hill Mess

JULY 29, 2021

**  Where they stood:  A photojournalist  documents the nation's fallen Confederate monuments.  (Too sad.)

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JULY 30, 2021

**  Augusta County prosecutor says contract to remove Confederate statues was proper.  (Sad R.'s removal of the statues.)

**  Rally at Town Hall, march to Confederate monument planned August 4.  (Charlotte, North Carolina)

**  Inside the dramas  at UNC-Chapel Hill:   Boards, partisan politics and the flagship.

--Old Secesh