Where's Lee? Renaming Woes, A Surprise NAACP Stance

AUGUST 12, 2022

**  What happened to Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue?  (Virginia.  It has been donated to a black museum to be melted down.  Obscene.)

**  120 House Republicans vote  to keep statues of Confederates in the Capitol.  (Daily Beast.  They were outvoted.

**  Report:  It will cost  $5 M to rename Georgia's Fort Benning.

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AUGUST 13, 2022

**  U.S. Capitol  finally replaces  Confederate statue with black female  leader.  (Daily Beast.  Seems like a "Woke" thing to do.  Is there a law that all Confederate statues in the Capitol be replaced with one for a black person?)

**  Delaware NAACP  condemns  Town of Georgetown  for pushing ahead on funding  museum flying Confederate flag.  (Now, that really does surprise me.)

--Old Secesh

High Costs for Renaming Confederate Bases

AUGUST 11, 2022

**  High cost to rename Confederate bases.

**  Report says  Fort Bragg renaming to cost over $6 million.

**  Renaming Fort Polk to cost a reported $1.3 million.

**  Fort Barfoot closer to becoming reality.  (Fort Pickett to be renamed for  Tech Sgt.  Van Barfoot.)

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AUGUST 12, 2022

**  The Confederate statue that sparked the Unite the Right came down-- but its future remains contested.

**  Renaming Army bases that honor  c(C)onfederates would cost $21 M.

Again, all costs associated with these name changes should only be paid by those who want the names changed.

Get Ready to Dig Down Deep in Your Pockets SPLC, NAACP and BLM.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Paying for Base Name Changes, Texas, Georgia, Delaware

AUGUST 11, 2022

**  High price tag to rename 'Confederate' bases.

**  Confederate groups may once again stall Charlottesville's plans fot the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.  (Virginia)

**  How many Texas schools still have Confederate-linked names?  (Sounds like a job for the good folks at SPLC.)

**  Judge warns Newton chairman not to remove  Confederate statue.  (Covington, Georgia)

**  Georgetown mayor voids check to  historical society over c(C)onfederate flag controversy.  (Delaware. )

--Old Secesh

Fort Renaming Should Be Paid By Those Who Want the Change

AUGUST 9, 2022

**  Renaming Fort Bragg to cost more than $6.3 million.  (This should be paid for by those who want the name changed.  Hey, dudes, put your money where your mouth is!!)

**  Georgetown Historical Society responds to calls to remove Confederate battle flag.  (Delaware.  They will leave it up.  Finally some folks with backbone.  But, what will CAIR think?))

**  Fort Hood name change receives final recommendation.   (Texas.  Fort Cavazos.)

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AUGUST 10, 2022

**  Renaming  9 Confederate-honoring Army posts will cost $21 million.  (Again, let SPLC, BLM, NAACP and WWMs pay for it.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouths Are Guys.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Who's Paying? How Many Confederate Memorials in Ohio?

AUGUST 5, 2022

**  Confederate statue base set to be removed from courthouse lawn in Daviess Co.  (Owensboro, Kentucky.  Hopefully those who wanted it gone are paying for it, but kind of doubt it.)

AUGUST 7, 2022

**  See how many Confederate  memorials still exist in Ohio.  (There are six.  Wonder where they got the figures?  You think SPLC?)

AUGUST 8, 2022

**  Storied Maryland military unit expected to lose seven of the 'battle streamers' that top its flag because of Confederate ties.)

--Old Secesh

Oh 'Dem' Flags and Statues

AUGIST 5, 2022

**  Court upholds removal of Confederate monument in North Florida.  (Yep, always really surprises me when our justice system takes that stand.)

**  Unity in Community calls for removal of Confederate statue.  (Cornelius, N.C.)

**  Efforts to preserve a Confederate  monument in a Madison park get dealt a blow from an appeals court.  (Madison, Florida)

**  Betsy Johnson fails to condemn Confederate flags at her rally.  (Big whup.)

**  Confederate flag controversy  in Sussex County Council.  (Georgetown, Delaware)

**  Is Florida's state flag 'the most overtly racist symbol in the United States'?

Still Buggin' Folks.  --Old Secesh

So, What Is a WWM?

AUGUST 3, 2022

**  'This is ridiculous': Johnson responds to Kotek's challenge to condemn Confederate flags at rallies.  (Oregon)

**  Confederate controversy in Georgetown:   Council approves controversial funding request for local museum.  (Delaware.  And the WWM, Islamic folks, SPLC, BLM are up in arms.  WWM, by the way is White Woke Minions.)

**  Youngkins pick for Virginia's historic resources board resigns after comments on Confederate statues, slavery.  (Virginia)

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AUGUST 4. 2022

**  CAIR  welcomes resignation of Va. appointee who made pro-Confederate comments.  (Still waiting for the Council on American-Islamic Releations, CAIR, to welcome or condemn Islamic terrorist activity.)

**  Confederate Names Task Force gets closer to renaming  VA highways.  (And, of course, all will have to be named after after black folks.)

--Old Secesh

Florida, Maryland, Army, Warren Buffett and Louisiana

JULY 31, 2022

**  An about-face:  A monument honoring black Union soldiers is re-turned to face Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers. (Florida.  It originally faced away from the park so visitors couldn't see his face.  I am all in favor of statues for Blacks when appropriate.)

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AUGUST 1, 2022

**  Meet the  Neo-Confederate 9/11 Truther Maryland GOP voters picked for attorney general. (Rolling Stone)

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AUGUST 2, 2022

**  The 29th Division gets to keep its Confederacy-themed patch.  (Blue-Gray Ying-Yang)

**  Warren Buffett's company accused  of racism,  redlining, even  posing in front of a Confederate flag.  (Daily Kos)

**  Louisiana locals call for Confederate statues to be replaced with Britney Spears.  (Hit Network)

--Old Secesh

Confederate Flags Still Bothering Some Folks

JULY 30, 2022

**  Plane pulls Confederate flag over NASCAR All-Star Race.  (Now, that's just a horrible, norrible thing.)

**  Stephenson County fairgoers upset about  wearing of Confederate flags on fairgrounds.  (Well, then, they shouldn't wear them if it upsets them. It's a free world, you know.)

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JULY 31, 2022

**  Gainesville City Council votes to remove Confederate statue.

**  Petition to remove Tampa's  massive Confederate flag has  over 75000 signatures.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Sad R., Confederate Flags, Austin and Tennessee

JULY 29, 2022

**  Contractor who removed Confederate monuments shares story for the first time.  (That would be the Sad R.monuments.  Hopefully he will also say how much money he made and how he got the job.)

**  Flags of the Confederacy removed at Augusta County Fair.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate Avenue changed to Maggie Mayes St. in Austin.  (Texas.  She is a black woman.)

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JULY 30, 2022

**  Confederate History Month proclaimed.  (Livingston, Tennessee.  The mayor signed it and is a black man.)

**  Removal of A.P. Hill  Confederate statue in Richmond delayed amid city's legal battle.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Still, Those Pesky Confederate Flags and Monuments, Even Hats

JULY 28, 2022

**  Store owner in  Port Dover, Ontario,  pulls Confederate flag hats saying she is sorry.  (Canada)

**  Confederate flag seen at  California  raceway despite ban.

**  CAIR condemns South Carolina town's plan to install Confederate statue.  (Really.  Islamic people condemning anything with what they do?)

**  Southern Delaware town funds museum that  flies a Confederate flag.

**  Some upset  over Florence County Council decision regarding  historical monument.  (South Carolina.  sad rYou think CAIR, BLM, NAACP or SPLC?)

**  Williams:  Richmond's Confederate monuments are mostly gone.

--Old Secesh

You Want That Confederate Monument Gone, YOU Pay For It!! CAIR and SPLC Again

JULY 27, 2022

**  Jacksonville Mayor Curry budgets $500K to remove Confederate monuments, faces Council.  (Florida.  No public funds should be used for statue removal.  The money should come from those who want them removed.  Hey guys.  Put your money where your mouth is.  We know you can sure use your mouth!)

**  CAIR calls on Delaware town to drop funding  for museum inless Confederate flag removed.  (The good folks at the Council on American-Islamic Relations again.  I call on them to apologize for 9/11 and to compensate the families of those the Islamic terrorists murdered that day.)

**  How a Fort Worth  high school ditched its Confederate mascot in 1990.  (Texas)

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JULY 28, 2022

**  Texas still has the third highest number of Confederate  memorials in the US.  (And, you'll never guess who came up with this list.

SPLC, of Course.  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina, California

JULY 27, 2022

**  Georgetown votes to give Confederate flag-flying museum more than $24K.  (Delaware)

**  Gov. Youngkin not taking stance on remaining Confederate statues, won't restore those previously removed.  (Virginia.  Remember the groudswell of anti-Democrat voting that took place on the last election in that state.)

**  As Confederate  statues come down, here's why SC county voted to put one up at  a museum.  (Florence County, SC)

**  Confederate flags removed from campsites at Sonoma Raceway.  (California.  I betcha the Bubba is real happy about this.)

**  NAACP asking questions after fan flew Confederate flag at Sonoma Raceway.  (California.  I ask NAACP what their stance is on all the Blacks killing and shooting other Blacks in Chicago?)

--Old Secesh

Believe It or Not, Some Confederate Statues Remain in Sad R.

JULY 23, 2022

**  Two years after protests, some of Richmond's Confederate statues remain.  (Washington Post.  How kind of them to point this out.  Does this mean that they need to go as well.)

**  Confederate battle flag flies over Great Northern Fair.

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**  Confederate flag blocks funds for museum repairs.  (Delaware)

JULY 25, 2022

**  Man comissioned to take down  Confederate statues unveils NFT  collection to raise $13 million.  (This still smells like political cronyism.  Someone made a lot of money doing this.)

--Old Secesh

Hate Crimes to Confederate Statues Continue and A Prom Dress, Really?

JULY 20, 2022

**  Confederate monument in Murray County defaced.  (Another hate crime.)

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JULY 21, 2022

**  King George's County Confederate monument may move in September.

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JULY 22, 2022

**  Jail officer swears her Confederate prom dress isn't racist.  (What does that have to do with the price of beans?)

**  Owensboro  Confederate statue update.

**  Chatsworth man charged with defacing Confederate veterans monument.  (I was shocked to hear that.  I thought that if you committed a hate crime on anything Confederate you'd be honored and feted as a hero.)

**  Sponsors continue to pull out of Faith 4th due to c(C)onfederate  imagery.

--Old Secesh

West Virginia, Virginia, Republican Confederates? Lee and Washington, Texas, Sad R., and Wisconsin

JULY 19, 2022

**  Student says she is fighting racism atW.Va. school, where some fly Confederate flags.

**  Confederate street renaming:  Next steps for Fairfax City residents.  (Virginia.  What black person will they rename them for?)

**  Rise of the Republican Confederacy.  (And to think that it used to be a Democrat Confederacy.)

**  How Robert E. Lee and Booker T. Washington became educators dedicated to rebuilding a war-torn United States.  (Epoch Times.  Go figure that one.)

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JULY 20, 2022

**  How many Texas schools still have Confederate-linked names.  (Go as SPLC, they'll know.  They have those lists, you know.)

**  Richmond tore down  its statues -- and revealed a new angle to history.  (Washington Post, of course.  How to be proud you're a racist.)

**  Judge dismisses lawsuit that aimed  to return Confederate  monuments to Madison  cemetery.  (Madison, Wisconsin)

--Old Secesh