Stone Mountain's Confederate Day

APRIL 27, 2023

**  Stone Mountain prepares for Confederate Day demonstrations.  (Georgia.  You'd think Blacks would be more concerned with Black-on-Black crime and murders than Confederate Day.  Maybe demonstrate against that.)

**  Groups again call for cancellaton of Stone Mountain Confederate event.  Wonder if CAIR is involved with this?)

**  Florida Republicans want to allow citizens to sue  over Confederate monuments.

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama and Mississippi

APRIL 26, 2023

**  Mississippi and Alabama celebrate  Confederate Memorial Day as efforts to abolish holiday stall.

**  New Florida bill  would empower  defenders of Confederate monuments.

**  Nikki Haley compares abortion divide to Confederate flag debate.

**  CAIR repeats call  for elimination of Confederate Memorial Day holiday in Alabama.  (Again.  Islamists weighing in on the issue?)

I Always Have To Smile When I See CAIR Piping In.  --Old Secesh

Should Confederate Monument Removal Be an Issue?

APRIL 25th, 2023

**  How do you feel about c(C)onfederate monuments  being a campaign issue in mayor's race?  (I'd consider it an issue.  And, I also believe that any proposal to remove a Confederate monument should be put to a vote of the people, not just a small group of politicians.)

**  Activists are calling  on state leaders  to leave Confederate Memorial Day in the past.  (Two guesses as to which race these activists belong.  First one doesn't count.  Is this a racist thing?)

**  Where Jacksonville  mayoral candidates Deegan and Davis stand on Confederate monument removal.  (Florida.   A lot of this revolves around if tax dollars should be used for removal.  I have always said that those that want them removed should foot the bill.)

--Old Secesh

About That Confederate Memorial Day

APRIL 24, 2023

**  State offices closed today for Confederate holiday.  (Alabama.  Don't tell SPLC.)

**  Groups again call for  cancellation of Stone Mountain Confederate event.  (Georgia.  Wonder who wants the cancellation.)

**  Descendants of Robert E. Lee and those he enslaved  reconcile at Arlington House.  (Virginia)

**  Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day.

Well, If You Do Not Like Confederate Memorial Day, Don't Ce;ebrate It.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Confederate History Month, Monuments and Statues

APRIL 21, 2023

**  Confederate History Month Celebration will be held this  Saturday.  (Maryland)

**  Confederate monument  stolen from ENC cemetery.  (Greenville, N.C.)

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APRIL 22, 2023

**  Trial over Charlottesville's statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee scheduled for Thirsday.  (Virginia)

**  Flowers planted at location of former downtown Confederate monument.  )Wilmington, N.C.  St least they didn't put up a monument honoring George Floyd.)

--Old Secesh

Who's Racist? That Typo in Texas

APRIL 20, 2023

**  It's time for Mississippi to end Confederate Heritage Month.  (Upworthy)

**  State Supreme Court  grants cert in Sons of Confederate Veterans' suit to prevent removal of monument.

**  White Tennessee  lawmakers speak out for insurrection in honoring Confederate history.  (How do black Tennessee lawmakers stand on it?  Who's being racist?)

**  Oops!  Fort Hood rebranding will have to wait due to typography error.  (Texas.  A typographical error, wrong font.)

--Old Secesh

That Bad Ol' Mark Twain

APRIL 19, 2023

**  Why Mark Twain had an incredibly brief stint as a Confederate soldier.  (Well, now I guess his books will have to be banned by the "woke" folks.)

**  Rare Confederate bank notes among highlights at upcoming auction.  (What will BLM, SPLC and NAACP think of that? Probably will have a problem with the term "Highlight".)

**  What to do about Stone Mountain?     Black residents talk park's racist past.  (Georgia)

**  Greenville police investigating stolen grave marker. (Greenville, North Carolina.  It is a pillar memorial.  Would this be vandalism or something else?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: That Stink in Florida and Arlington National Cemetery

APRIL 15, 2023

**  Collier teacher under investigation for showing 'Confederate History Month' video to school.  (Naples, Florida.  It is so sad when you can't teach history without being the official "woke" agenda.  A whole lot of articles about this.  Confederate Heritage Month is still a Florida holiday.)

**  It's a cemetery for crying out loud.  (Bacon's Rebellion.  About efforts to tear down the Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery where 400 Confederates are buried.)

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APRIL 17, 2023

**  "Confederate History Month" gives  a Florida public school teacher an excuse to honor  the losers.  Boing Boing.  Is this a part of SPLC?)

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APRIL 18, 2023

**  "No right way to tear down oppressive systems:"  The risks of toppling  Confederate monuments.  (Indy Week)

--Old Secesh

That Good Ol' SPLC Making Their Hate Lists Again

APRIL 13, 2023

**  SPLC:  Reports  48 Confederate memorials removed in 2022.  (Imagine the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) doing that?)

**  Montgomery  school name changes  lead Alabama's Confederate symbol removals in 2022.  (SPLC again.)

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APRIL 14, 2023

**  A Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a black Union hero.  (USS Chancellorsvile now USS Robert Smalls.)

SPLC, A Confederate Hate Group.  --Old Secesh

That Florida Bill and the Lawsuit

APRIL 7, 2023

**  Florida Senate advances proposal to protect  Confederate monuments.

**  Florida Senate bill will let people  sue over removing, damaging Confederate monuments.

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APRIL 8, 2023

**  Group refiles lawsuit over removal of Confederate monument outside Gwinnett  Historic courthouse.  (Georgia.  Sons of Confederate Veterans.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Sad R., CAIR, Santa Fe and U.S. Navy

APRIL 7, 2023

**  Community advocate raises concerns about City's new Confederate  shrine.  (Sad R.  Hard to believe this would be allowed.)

**  CAIR  reiterates condemnation of Mississippi governor's 'Confederate Heritage Month' declaration  (Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.  I always get a kick when a group like this representing many terrorist groups would weigh in on all-things Confederate.)

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APRIL 8, 2023

**  Charges dropped against Santa Fe woman in Confederate flag dispute.  (New Mexico)

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APRIL 9, 2023

**  Navy ship with a Confederate name now honors black Union hero Robert Smalls.  (The USS Chancellorsville is now the USS Robert Smalls.  The Battle of Chancellorsville was a Confederate victory.)

--Old Secesh

That Florida Monument Thing and South Catrolia Giant Confederate Flag

APRIL 6, 2023

**  Florida senators advance bill that would let supporters of Confederate monuments and other historical sue over their removal.

**  GOP  lawmakers want to protect Confederate monuments; others call it a legacy of white supremacy.

**   Pensacola Confederate  monument lawsuit could go to Tallahassee court.  (Florida)

**  Confederate flag still flying on I-85 as Spartanburg County suit awaits hearing.   (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Gov. Reeves, That Levar Guy and Florida

These are just the headlines.  Inside the ( ) are my comments.

APRIL 5, 2023

**  Gov. Reeves declares Confederate heritage month, a 30-year-old Mississippi tradition.

**  Richmond's Levar Stoney returns from Israel, eyes governor's mansion.  (Of course, he is the mayor od Sad R. that allowed all the horrible things to happen to those Confedrate monuments.  I wouldn't vote for him for dog catcher.)

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APRIL 6, 2023

**  Florida may allow litigation over Confederate monument removal.  (You know who will be livid about that.)

--Old Secesh

List of Renamed Bases-- Part 7: Fort Polk Becomes Fort Johnson, Fort Rucker becomes Fort Novolsel

The new names of the last two of the eight on the list:

Fort Polk, Louisiana, will become Fort Johnson after Army Sergeant William Henry Johnson, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for action in the Argonne Forest in France during World War I.  A black man.

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Fort Rucker, Alabama, will become Fort Novosel, after Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael  J. Novosel, a helicopter pilot who received the Medal of Honor for a medevac mission under fire in Vietnam while under fire where he  saved 29 soldiers.

--Old Secesh

List of Renamed Bases-- Part 6: Fort Hood becomes Fort Cavazos, Fort Pickett Becomes Fort Barfoot

Fort Hood, Texas, becomes Fort Cavazos, named for  Army General Richard E. Cavazos, who received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the Vietnam War.

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Fort Pickett, Virginia, becomes Fort Barfoot, in honorof Army  Tech Sgt.  Van T. Barfoot, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions with the 45th Infantry Division during World War II in Italy.

He was a Choctaw Indian.

--Old Secesh

List of Renamed Bases-- Part 5: Fort A.P. Hill Becomes Fort Walker, Fort Fort Lee Becomes Fort Gregg-Adams

Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia becomes Fort Walker.  Renamed after Doctor Mary Edwards Walker, the first female surgeon in the Civil War and the only woman awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Fort Lee, Virginia will be renamed Fort Gregg-Adams, after Lieutenant General  Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams.

Gregg was a key figure in the integration of black soldiers into the Army.  Adams was the highest ranking black woman in World War II.

--Old Secesh

Here Is a List of Renamed Army Bases-- Part 4: Fort Gordon Will Be Renamed Fort Eisenhower

Fort Gordon, Geotgia, will be renamed Fort Eisenhower after General of the Army and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.  He was a five-star general and served as the Allied Supreme Commander of forces in Europe during World War II.

--Old Secesh

Here Is a List of Base Renamings-- Part 3: Fort Bragg Becomes Fort Liberty

Fort Bragg will become Fort Liberty whichbreaks the tradition of naming bases after people.  Like someone's comment on in this renaimg, "Fort Liberty Bibberty." 

I just don't know.

How about a new Fort Grant?

Who Is Paying for the Name Changes?  --Old NotBibberty

Here Is the List of Army Bases to be Renamed-- Part 2: Fort Benning Becomes Fort Moore

This has been the topic of many articles in the last month as the military starts renaming them.  I do not list these unless more information is given than what I have already written.  That is why I haven't been writing a lot lately in this blog.  (And believe me, I sure will be happy if the day ever comes that I can completely drop this blog.  I have too many blogs as it is and this one is no fun to write.)

All of the  people the bases are renamed for are deserving.  The commission that chose the names did a good job.

RENAMED BASES:

FORT BENNING, Georgia, will become FORT MOORE, after Army Lt. Gen.  Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore. Hal Moore  received the Distinguished Service cross for his heroism in the Vietnam War.  Julia Moore advocated for military families and is credited for the personal notification of death procedures now practiced.

--Old Secesh

Here Is the List of Army Bases to Be Renamed-- Part 1

From the March 26, 2023,  "Army: Cost of renamimg  nine Confederate-named military bases  has nearly soubled" by Suzanne Downing.

And, of course, you know where I stand on the issue of costs.

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THOSE who want it renamed should bear the cost of doing so.

That means that BLM, SPLC and NAACP as well as their white minions should pay.

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

Civil War II: About Those Base Renamings

There are lots of articles about U.S. Army base renaming these days.  I mean lots and lots.

Again, I don't write each one down unless the title gives more information about it.

--Old Secesh

Army Base, Symposium and Black Museums

MARCH 29, 2023

**  American war hero replacing  Confederate.  (Virginia.  Fort Pickett becomes Fort Barfoot.)

**  Upcoming symposium to focus on continual harm inflicted by Confederate monuments.  (You just never know when one of them is going to attack and beat somebody.  Well, there was that one that fell on the "protester" pulling it down that time.  But even so.)

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MARCH 30, 2023

**  Richmond's Black History Museum  names new executive director after year-long  search.  (Virginia,  A black woman, of course.  But the saddest thing is that they have 13 of the Confederate monuments torn dow in Sad R..  There is no way a black group should have a Confederate statue.)

Wondering If That Symposium Is Going to Be Pro or Anti Confederate?  --Old Secesh

 

The Cost of Renaming Bases Has Risen to $39 Million. Who Pays? Come On BLM!!

 MARCH 28, 2023

**  Why we should melt Confederate statues.  (Alta Journal.  How woke.)

**  Army:  Cost of renaming Confederate-named  military bases has nearly doubled.  (Last year, the Renaming Commission figured it would cost $21 million.  Now it is $39 million.  Again, we all know who should be paying for it.)

**  Florida bill if passed  would stop local governments from removing  monuments including Confederate.

--Old Secesh

Who Should Be Paying for All These Army Base Name Changes?

MARCH 25, 2023

**  Confederate flag banned from Fort Worth Stockyards after flying in St. Patrick's parade.  (Texas)

**  Here's when Army bases honoring the Confederacy will shed  their old names.

**  Virginia  ceremony kicks off  Army's official removal of Confederate names from its bases.

**  Dawn Sanley on Confederate flag, tragedy that led to March madness to return to South Carolina.  (The NCAA would not hold any championship games in the state because of the Confederate flag on the statehouse.)

**  Fort Pickett to become the first  Army base to drop its Confederate name.  (Virginia)

And, again, I say that the cost of the name changes should be paod by BLM, NAACP, SPLC and their white minions.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IS!!!!   --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Fort Pickett, Fort Gordon and Stone Mountain

MARCH 20, 2023

**  Fort Pickett to get a new name:  Will be re-designated 'Fort Barfoot' in honor of Medal of Honor recipient.  (Virginia)

**  As Fort  Gordon becomes  Fort Eisenhower, a new logo is needed.  (Georgia)

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MARCH 21, 2023

**  DeKalb delegation wants to remove Stone Mountain's  designation as Confederate Memorial.  (Georgia. )

--Old Secesh

Still Renaming Bases, Still with the Monuments

MARCH 18, 2023

**  Jacksonville mayor candidates split on Confederate monuent.  (Florida.  Which one supports keeping it?  I'll vote for that one.)

**  Edenton, N.C.  leaders agree to move Confederate monument.  (Where's the backbone?)

**  Fort Bragg removes name from signs outside installation.  (Liberty-Bibberty!)

**  Georgia's Fort Benning to be renamed Fort Moore after military couple known for their service and leadership.  (And, surprisingly, they are White.)

--Old Secesh

Republicans, Florida, National Guard, Baltimore and St. Louis

MARCH 15, 2023

**  Florida GOP proposal would ban Pride flag -- but let Confederate flag fly at state buildings.

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MARCH 17, 2023

**  These Southern National Guard units to toss  Confederate  battle streamers.

**  Two  Baltimore Confederate statues vandalized, no suspects identified.  (Maryland.  And I thought they had removed all Confederate statues.  Hey, THIS is NOT vandalism.  It is a Hate Crime!!)

**  St. Louis school no longer named after Confederate soldier.  (Missouri.  Kennard Classical Junior Academy named after Lt. Samuel Kennard to be renamed Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy.  Betty Wheeler is a very deserving person, but also a black woman.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: U.S. Navy, NAACP, Ukraine, Yale and Arlington

MARCH 12, 2023

**  Stripping Confederate ties, the U.S. Navy renames two vessels.  (New York Times.  I bet the Times is really happy about that.)

**  NAACP, others, seek removal of Confederate ties.  (Milledgeville, Georgia.  I'm surprised the NAACP would take a stance like that.  This is not very racist, is it?)

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MARCH 13, 2023

**  Ukraine making same mistake as Confederacy in the Civil War.

** Yale scholar helps U.S. military rename Confederate memorials.

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MARCH 14, 2023

**   Arlington's Monument to Peace and Reconciliation slated for demolition.    (Arlinton National Cemetery's Confederate monument.    I suppise the Confederates buried there will also have to be removed.)

--Old Secesh

Lake Lanier, Buford Dam, Harriet Tubman and a Rededication

MARCH 11, 2023

**  Lake Lanier, Buford Dam may be renamed; local leaders are already objecting.  (Georgia.  Lake Lanier named for Geirgia native and poet Sidner Lanier who served in the Confederate Army and Buford Dam for Algernon Buford, railroad president who also served in Confederate Army.)

**  Harriet Tubman monument takes Newark space formerly held by Columbus.  (New Jersey)

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to hold rededication ceremony for Confederate monuments in Macon's Whittle Park.  (Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia.  They had been previously removed from downtown.)

**  Council eyes new location for monument.  (Edenton, North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Mania Continues. Who Pays for It?

MARCH 9, 2023

**  Confederate's name removed from Navy survey ship.  (USNS Maury, named for Confederate oceanographer pioneer Matthew Maury was renamed USS Marie Tharp.  She was an oceanographer as well and, believe it or not, a white woman.  Quite often all renamings are to Blacks.)

**  U.S. Army looking for local artist to design new logo for soon-to-be named Fort Eisenhower.  (It was Fort Gordon in Georgia.)

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MARCH 10, 2023

**  Board of Supervisors sends Fort Belvoir renaming concerns up to Secretary of the Army.  (Virginia)

**  Fort Polk to be renamed  Fort Johnson Summer of 2023.   (Louisiana.  Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a black World War I Medal of Honor recipient.  He is deserving of the honor, but, again, why do so many bases and things have to be renamed for Blacks?  Then name change is expected to cost $1.4 million for this one.  I say that those who want the name changed should have to pay for it themselves.)

**  Fort Benning renaming ceremony scheduled for May.  (Georgia)

Again, You Want It Renamed, YOU PAY For It!!!   --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Racing, Protect Those Monuments and Even Lake Lanier?

MARCH 7, 2023

**  Dale Earnhart removed the Confederate flag after a talk with maid.

**  Monument protection bill filed in House, Senate.  (Florida.  And you know whose monuments this is about.  What will SPLC say?)

**  Could Lake Lanier be renamed?   This is what a new federal report says.  (Geogia)

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MARCH 8.2023

**  Lake Lanier Association says there is no need to change lake's name.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Beware Those Mean Old Sneaky Confederate Statues

MARCH 5, 2023

**  Student says she's fighting racism at her high school, where some fly Confederate flags.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Benning and over 1,000 DOD other assets linked to Confederacy to be renamed.  (And who pays for it?)

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MARCH 6, 2023

**  Protesters feel threatened over Confederate monuments.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Yeah, ya gotta watch out for those mean statues.  You never know when one is going to attack you.  Pigeons everywhere should be very afraid.)

I See A Confederate Statue Sneaking Up Right Now!!   --Old Secesh

North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana

MARCH 4, 2023

**  'Are you listening?'  Residents sound off on Confederate  soldier statue at Burke meeting.  (Hickory, North Carolina)

**  Texas students demand removal of statue linked to school's racist past.  (University of Texas Arlington)

**  Confederate monument still standing nearly a year after vote to remove it.  (St. Landry Parish, Louisiana)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: North Carolina, Frat Parties and 'Bama

MARCH 3, 2013

**  Burke commissioners  hear from residents on Confederate soldier statue.  (Morgantown, North Carolina)

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MARCH 4, 2023

**  Alex Murdaugh  poses in Confederate  military uniform in 1989 frat party photo.  (Big whoop!!)

**  Heritage or hurtful history?  Milledgeville debates Confederate statue fate.  (Georgia)

**  Proposed Alabama bill will raise penalty for  removing Confederate  monuments.

--Old Secesh

You Can Never Have Too Much History

MARCH 2, 2023

**  Group says Confederate monuments  should stay in place, but more statues of Black leaders should be added.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  I agree with this.  You can never have too much history.)

**  Poll finds narrow support for Confederate statues.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Milledgeville NAACP all in on  relocating Confederate monument.  (Georgia.  Why does this not surprise me?)

Go Ahead and Put Up Those Statues for Blacks.  Well, Except One for That Minneapolis Guy.  --Old Secesh

USS Chancellorsville No More

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

**  USS Chancellorsville to be renamed after former slave who captured Confederate ship.  (Renamed after Robert Smalls.  Again, why do so many renamings have to be of Blacks?)

**  The statue graveyard where  torn down Confederate  monuments lie.  (Virginia.  The statues Sad R. allowed to be destroyed and destroyed itself are in a secret spot.)

MARCH 1, 2023

**  City of Milledgeville duscussing possible move of Confederate statue.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Digging Up Nikki's Past, Sad R., Those Pesky Confederate Flags

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

**  Nikki Haley defends Confederate flag in unearthed interview.  (Seriously, did someone bury it under the ground?)

**  One less Confederate  symbol.  (Sad R. again.)

**  Parents angry after Confederate flag  flown at Union County high school.  (Indian Trail, North Carolina.  It was flown from a pickup truck in the parking lot.  Bet BLM is mad.)

**  Fort Bragg to officially change name to Fort Liberty.  (North Carolina.  I'm not celebrating.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Nikki Yet Again. Change the Names, Don't Change the Names

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

**  The myth of Nikki Haley takes another hit.  (Washington Post.  Wasn't she the governor of South Carolina who had the Confederate flag taken down at the statehouse?  That had to have made the good folks at the Post happy.)

 **  Georgia County refuses to change Confederate street names.  (Clayton County)

**  When Fort Benning becomes Fort Moore, it will 'honor Army family.'  (Georgia)

**  Army narrows time for Fort Rucker name change.  (Alabama)

Certain Folks Going After Nikki.  --Old Secesh

Edenton, Nikki and Key West

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

**  As other towns take Confederate monuments down,  Edenton takes issue to court.  (North Carolina)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

**  Nikki Haley removed the Confederate flag.  She sounds  different as a candidate. (Washington Post)

**  Is Key West's Mallory Square really named for a Confederate leader?  (Stephen Mallory, Secretary of the Navy.)

--Old Secesh

Nikki Again, Georgia and the Hunley

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

**  Nikki Haley defended right to secession,  Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk.  (CNN.  Big surprise they report this.)

**  Clayton County to consider changing Confederate street names.  (Georgia)

**  The blundering Confederate submarine that sank itself three times.  (The H.L. Hunley.  Well, not actually a part of Confederadication.)

The Old Blundering Sesh.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: USNA, Kentucky and a Statue Victory?

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

**  Navy removes  Confederate name from Naval Academy.  (Maury Hall becomes Carter Hall, named after former President Jimmy Carter.  This is an acceptable renaming.  Of course, he was  from the South, so that could be a problem with certain folk.)

**  State representative  files legislation to remove Confederate  holidays from  state law.  (Kentucky)

**  Tennessee Historical Commission denies  request to remove Confederate memorial from Centennial Park.  (Nashville.  Does this mean we might have won one?  What will NAACP, BLM and SPLC say about this.  Bet they won't like this decision.)

I Bet Somebody's Not Going to Like That Last One.  They Are Used to Winning All the Time.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Tattoos Issue, Alabama and Stone Mountain

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

**  Lonegan and Space spar over Confederate flag tattoos in  GOP Senate primary.  (New Jersey)

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FEBRUARY  17, 2023

**  A battle at the Alabama courthouse:  Resolution sparks renewed focus on Confederate monuments.

**  How the world's largest Confederate memorial exists on one of Georgia's blackest  cities.  (Stone Mountain, Georgia)

Tat Me Baby, One to the Bar.  --Old Secesh

Fort Pickett in Virginia Becomes Fort Barfoot

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

**  Virginia National Guard site renamed in attempt to detach from Confederate ties.  (Fort Pickett will be renamed Fort Barfoot.  World War II Medal of Honor recipient Col.Van T. Barfoot.

**  Minor raising funds to move Confederate statue.  (Bell County, Texas.  He is doing the right thing.  Let those who want it removed PAY for it THEMSELVES.)

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

**  How the politics of race will play a key role in Nikki Haley's 2024 campaign.)

**  Stoney on how Mitch Landrieu inspired him to remove Confederate monuments in Richmond.  (Stoney is the mayor of Sad R.  Landrieu was mayor of New Orleans.  Of course, the monuments in New Orleans were taken down much more respectively than what happed in Sad R.)

I Still Say That Those Who Want Statues Removed or Places Renamed Should Pay All Costs Themselves.  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Stone Mountain, Nikki Haley, North Carolina and Sad R. Again

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

**  The haunting history of America's largest Confederate monument.  (Stone Mountain)

**  Nikki Haley's Confederate flag decision and her 2024 run.  (Time Magazine.  Run for president)

**  In Edenton, progress in removing Confederate  monument has stalled, dividing the town.  (North Carolina)

**  Lawyer demands billions after university  removes relative's name from building.  (University of Richmond.  Somehow, Sad R. anything doing something like that is not surprising.)

--Old Secesh

Liberty Bibberty in North Carolina

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

**  'Liberty Bibberty':  What social media  is saying about Fort Bragg's pending new name.  (Fort Liberty.  Sounds like something an emu might say.)

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

**  Is Key West's Mallory Square named for a Confederate leader?  A local historian found the answer.  Was it named after Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory?  No it wasn't.  I alswys thought it was.)

**  The Confederate statue compromise in Dalton.  

Had Lots of Fun at Those Mallory Square Sunset Celebrations.  --Old Secesh

If the Capitol Attack Was a Riot, Then, What Were the BLMers Doing Out on the Streets Back in 2020? Was That a Riot As Well?

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

**  Rioter who menaced  officer with Confederate flag gets prison.  (U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 attack.  I only saw pictures of him with the flag and pole over his shoulder.  And, of course, all those BLMers out in the streets in 2020, were there for social justice.)

**  Renaming brings to mind history, the cost of wokeness.  (It will cost a lot of money for all ther renaming.  I still think that the cost should be paid by those who want the names changed.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: U.S. Capitol, Lawyers, North and South Carolina

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

**  Man who carried Confederate flag in the Capitol on Jan. 6 set to be sentenced.

**  DOJ wants five years in prison for rioter who carried Confederate battle flag into the Capitol.

**  Confederate symbols should be removed from courthouses, ABA House says.  (American Bar Association)

**  Cornelius Confederate monument must go, group says. (North Carolina)

**  Free speech at heart of lawsuit against Spartanburg over Confederate flag.  (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Don't Give Confederate Statues to Black Organizations

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

**  Mother of student killed in Santa Fe mass shooting arrested after Confederate flag argument.  (Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Her son was killed in a mass school killing in 2018.)

**  Confederate flag fight continues in Santa Fe neighborhood.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

**  Manatee's commissioners are trolling, not leading, on Confederate monument issue.  (Florida)

**  Richmond took down its racist statues.  But now, the city doesn't know what to do with them.  (Virginia.  Do not give them to black museums or organizations.  They belong with the SCV or UDC.)

--Old Secesh

The Capitol Again, Santa Fe, Nashville and Long Island

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

**  Sculpture of Civil Rights leader to replace Robert E. Lee at Capitol.  (Statue will be of Barbara Rise Johns.  She is deserving, but why must all statue replacements be of black people?)

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

**    Santa Fe woman arrested after Confederate flag dispute with her neighbor.  (She took the flag down.)

**   Tennessee Historical Commission to review Nashville request to remove Confederate statue.

**  Street honoring KKK leader renamed after student-led effort.  (Long Isdland, New York.  named after Paul Lindner who was also a great titan of the New York Klan.  Renamed Acorn Way.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Back to Alexandria and Louie Doesn't Get His Way

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

**  The base of the Appomattox statue has resurfaced atop Confederate graves in Alexandria.  (Virginia.  This one is about Confederate surrender.  Why would the Confederate-haters be against this.  Don't let CAIR or SPLC know about it.)

**  Here's what Manatee, Bradenton residents said about  Confederate statue's possible return.  (Florida)

**  Louie Minor's motion to destroy Bell Confederate statue fails.  (Bell County, Texas.  He is a Mexican-American.)

--Old Secesh

Bringing Back Big Confederate Flag and a Statue?

These are the headlines.  To see articles type them in.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

**  I-85 Confederate  battle flag removal not valid, Spartanburg  board rules.  (South carolina)

**  Manatee County  ditches plan to restore Confederate monument-- For now.  (Florida)

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

**  Locals livid over  Manatee County's  proposal to restore its Confederate statue.  (The Daily Beast.  Florida.  I imagine THOSE locals are of the racist Confederate-hating folks.)

Oh, I'm So Livid, I'm Beside Myself.  What Would CAIR and SPLC Think?--  It's So Hard to be LIVID!!  Old Secesh

Florida, Stone Mountain and Texas

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

**  Five things to know about a Confederate monument's possible return  to Bradenton, Florida.

**  A new Stone Mountain documentary examines the world's largest Confederate memorial.

**  Texans split on removing Confederate holidays.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Charlottesville Again and Another SPLC 'Hit List'

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

**  Judge to hear  arguments over Charlottesville's Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

**  Charlottesville  statue trial postponed.  (Virginia.  To determine what is to be done with the Lee statue.)

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

**  States with the most Confederate memorials.  (Can you believe that this comes from the SPLC?  They list them because they want them taken down.  Mighty racist of them.)

--Old Secesh

That Washington Post and CAIR Again

JANUARY 31, 2023

**  Richmond mayor on removal of c(C)onfederate monuments.  (Washington Post.  Do you think they were for the mayor?)

**  MoCo GOP to host class led by pastor linked to neo-Confederate  group.  (Montgomery County, Maryland. Watch out for gthose neo-Confederates.)

**  CAIR calls on Maryland GOP to drop speaker tied to neo-Confederate group.  (Gosh.  Those guys?)

**  John Sims, the artist known for burning  the c(C)onfederate flag, remnds us of the power of B(b)lack art.

**  Edenton protest group installs anti-monument sign.  (North Carolina)

Definitely Not Our Friends.  --Old Secesh

All Hail the Almighty CAIR Who Can't See Their Own Problems

JANUARY 28, 2023

**  CAIR welcomes order  to remove Ala. Confederate statue, urges Miss. lawmakers to remove Confederate statues from Congress.  (Council on American-Islamic Relations.  I'd like to see them welcome an order to make their folks stop mistreating women and non-Islamic folks.   Wouldn't you?)

**  Briscoes were kept off AEW TV by WBD due to past tweets, Confederate flag gear.  (Even wrestling now?  Must be a CAIR thing.)

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JANUARY 30, 2023

**  Ruling  paves way to remove Tuskegee Confederate statue.  (Alabama.  Lots of articles about this these days.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: A.P. Hill's Reburial Angers Some and Those Pesky Confederate Statues in U.S. Capitol

JANUARY 27, 2023

**  A Confederate general was reburied and the funeral pictures are troubling.  (MSN.  I find this MSN headline troubling.)

**  Mississippi leaders hersitant  to replace white supremacist statues in  Washington.  (Jefferson Davis and James Z. George.  Both were also Confederates.)

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JANUARY 28, 2023

**  Confederate group instructed to remove Tuskegee statue,  court record says.  (Alabama.  UDC.)

--Old Secsh

Some Folks Mad About Hill's Reburial Ceremony

JANUARY 26, 2023

**  Funeral for Confederate general reburied in Virginia sparks backlash.  (Mostly online.  I don't think any persons were crass enough to show up at the solemn proceedings of the reburial to spout their hatred.)

**  Lee Park and rec center renamed.  (Alxandria, Va.)

**  Fort Rucker may take on a new name this year.  (Alabama.  It will be renamed Fort Novosel.)

You Just Can't Satisfy Some Folks.  --Old Secesh

A.P. Hill Goes Home, Skipping a Vote and Bringing It Back?

JANUARY 24, 2023

**  Confederate general's  remains removed to Virginia hometown.  (A.P. Hill's remains reburied in Culpeper, Va.  At least he is out of Sad R.)

**  Bell Co.  Commissioners skip vote on Confederate statue.  (Belton, Texas)

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JANUARY 25, 2023

**  County commission to discuss reinstalling Confederate monument.  (Manatee County, Florida.  I wonder what SPLC will say about that?)

Reinstalling?   --Old Secesh

Civil War II: That Texas Stink Continues

JANUARY 22, 2023

**  Metro  Detroit prosecutor sparks outrage with Robert E. Lee  birthday post.  (How low will they go?)

**  For Richmond, a compelling new chapter.  (Well, I won't see it as I never plan to go there again.)

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JANUARY 23, 2023

**  Editorial:  Texas' Confederate day honors traitors who fought for slavery.  (Indiana Gazette.  Shows what they know in Indiana.)

--Old Secesh

A Hot Time in Texas These Days: And, You'd Think They Would Have Bigger Fish to Fry

JANUARY 20, 2023

**  Fate of c(C)onfederate statue outside Bell County Courthouse is still up in the air, years later.  (Belton, Texas)

**  Texas still silently celebrates Confederate Heroes day.  (So?)

**  Opinion:  Confederate Day honors  traitors  who fought for slavery.  (Someone who obviously doesn't know the whole story.)

And, To Think There Are No Problems With Crime and Poverty That They Would Do Better Dealing With Than Some Statues.  --  Old Secesh

Still After Those Confederate Heroes in Texas. Now the VA

JANUARY 20, 2023

**  Thursday is Confederate Heroes Day  in Texas, but Houston lawmakers want  it gone after this season.  

**  VA  changes name of only  medical center honoring Confederate officer.  (Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's physician.  It is located in Richmond.  Big surprise there.)

**  Editorial:  End Confederate Heroes Day and don't stop there.  (Houston Chronicle.  So, they join the Waqshington Post andNew York Times in Confederadication.)

**  Florida still celebrates 3 Confederate holidays.  (So?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: They're (Well Some Folks) After Confederate Heroes Day in Texas

JANUARY 8, 2023

**  Texas lawmakers renew push to abolish "Confederate Heroes Day."  (They are Democrats, of course.  I would also like to know if they are Black or White.)

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JANUARY 19, 2023

**  Yes, Texas has a state holiday called "Confederate Heroes' Day."  (And they also have a holiday called Juneteenth.)

**  Is Confederate Heroes Day still appropriate for Texas?

**  Confederate Heroes Day:  Texas  Rep. Jarvis Johnson files bill to abolish state holiday.  (Rep. Jarvis is a black man.  Could this be a racist move?)

If You're a Black Person and Want to Get Rid of This Holiday, Does This Make You Racist?  --Old Secesh

Should Damaging Confederate Monuments Be Considered a Hate Crime?

JANUARY 14, 2023

**  Opelousas man accused of damaging Confederate monument may face hate crime charge.  (Louisiana.  Damage a black monument, that's a hate crime.  Same should be true if someone damages a Confederate one.)

**  The AP Hill statue is gone, but traffic  problems persist, drivers say.  (Sad R.)

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JANUARY 18, 2023

**  Why does Texas celebrate Confederate Heroes Day?

**  In some Southern states, this week's  holiday wasn't just for MLK.  (Guess what they're going after?)

"Vandalizing" Confederate Monuments Is Really a Hate Crime.   --Old Secesh

Little Rock, Stone Mountain, Canada and Charlottesville

JANUARY 12, 2023

**  City of Little Rock sued over removal of Confederate monument from MacArthur Park.  (Arkansas)

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JANUARY 13, 2023

**  The truth about Stone Mountain's giant Confederate memorial.   (Georgia)

**  Freedom convoy trucker claims his Confederate flag wasn't racist.  (Ottawa, Canada)

**  Judge dismisses one count in Confederate statue lawsuit, but principal allegations remain.  (Charlottesville, Virginia)

**  How Stone Mountain weaponized  art against black people in a compelling new documentary.  (Los Angeles Times.  Really?  Weaponized!!  Come On!!)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Renaming Streets and Desecrating Confederate Graves

JANUARY 12, 2023

**  Alexandria moves to speed up renaming of Confederate streets.  (Virginia.  Washington Post article.  Don't you just know the Post is all for this.)

**  Alexandria aims to rename three Confederate-honoring streets every year.  (Of course, they will have to be renamed for black people.)

**  Confederate gravesites desecrated  in Surry County, sheiff's  office says.  (North Carolina.  Two were arrested and charged  with felony disturbing a grave marker.  How about that, it wasn't a case of vandalism as the Post would call it.  And two people were arrested for it.)

--Old Secesh

Treat BLM/Confederate Symbols Equally

JANUARY 11, 2023

**  Black students allege school district banned BLM attire but allowed nooses, c(C)onfederate symbols.  (Effingham, Georgia, schools.  To ban one and not the other goes against my way of thinking.  Either both are banned or both allowed.)

If one is bad, then the other is bad.

**  I take full responsibility  for vandalizing UM's Confederate statue.  (Univ. of Mississippi.  But, it wasn't vandalizing.  It was a hate crime.)

**  Debate over future of c(C)onfederate monument.  (Manatee County, Florida)

**  Remove  Confederate monument in Liberty Cemetery.

**  Confederate monument removed from downtown Bradenton in 2017 may be repaired, brought out of storage.  (Manatee County, Florida)

Confederate Is a Proper Name and Should Be Capitalized.  --Old Secesh

What Happened to Fort Bragg? Who'll Pay for It?

JANUARY 11, 2022

**  So long Fort Bragg, welcome Fort Liberty.   

**  Fort Bragg must change its name by end of 2023.

**  NC taxpayers will cover costs as Fort Bragg's name changes to Fort Liberty.  (Again, let those who want it changed PAY FOR IT!!)

**  Manatee commissioners  want to discuss bringing back Confederate statue. (Florida)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Now VCU? Renaming the Military and the Battle of Belton

JANUARY 9, 2023

**  VCU's  medical college depended on and profited from slavery, new report says.  (Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Sad R.  They too are anxious to have Confederadication.  I sure don't know what is wrong with Sad R.  Must be the water?)

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JANUARY 10, 2023

**  U.S. military begins multi-million project renaming Army bases, Navy ships linked to the Confederacy.  (I still say this should be paid for by those who want the names removed.)

**  Battle for Belton Confederate statue removal carries to 2023.  (Texas)

Who Pays?   --Old Secesh

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

JANUARY 7, 2023

**  Pentagon  begins 'full implementation' of renaming Confederate named bases.  (Lots of articles about this.)

**  Tennessee city sues state office over  renaming streets named after Confederate supporters.  (Forest Hills, Tennessee.  Good thing they didn't spell their city Forrest.)

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JANUARY 9, 2023

**  U.S. military begins changing names of  Confederate ships, installations, more.  (These name changes will be costly and should be paid for by those who really want the names changed,  A separate fund should be set up for it.)

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

Fort Hamilton in NYC, Fort Liberty and Killeen

JANUARY 5, 2023

**  NYC fort renames street for Vietnam War  Infantryman.  (Fort Hamilton renamed Robert E. Lee Avenue for 1st Lt. John Warren.  A Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in Vietnam.  A deserving person, but also a black person.  Why do so many renamed things have to be of black people?)

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JANUARY 6, 2023

**  Get ready for Fort Liberty:  The Pentagon begins changing Confederate base names.  (Fort Bragg.  I'm kind of surprised is wasn't renamed Fort BLM.)

**  Possibility of renaming Killeen's Fort Hood Street evokes mixed opinions and high emotions.

--Old Secesh

Founding Fathers Zero, WWMs One

**  JANUARY 4, 2023

**  Virginia school board votes to rename  high school named after Founding Father who owned slaves. (Sad R., Virginia.  George Wythe High School.  Renamed it for Katherine Johnson of NASA, a black woman.  Why is it that everything renamed has to be of a black person.  Don't get me wrong, she is very deserving of all honors, but COME ON!!  Will Wythe County and Wytheville in Virginia now have to be renamed?)

I must admit that I had never heard of George Wythe (but have gotten cheap gas in Wytheville, Virginia often).  Go to Wikipedia and read about him.  A remarkable man even if he did have slaves.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

**  Nashville suburb sues Tennessee Historical Commission over Confederate named streets.  (Forest Hills, Tennessee)

**  The man who took down  Richmond's Confederate monuments.  (Devon Henry, a black man.  Of course, he made a whole lot of money doing it and also had a political inside track with the mayor.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Those Pesky Confederate Statues

JANUARY 3, 2023

**  White companies wouldn't remove Confederate statues.  So black man did it.   (Did he do it legally or illegally?  That Sad R. thing, you know.)

**  Confederate concerns:  Minor seeks to have monument moved.  (Confederate statue on Belton County, Texas, courthouse.)

**  Killeen business owners say renaming Fort Hood Street would put extra costs on them.  (Texas)

--Old Secesh

Those Pesky Confederate Flags, Getting Expelled and Confederate State Replacement

JANUARY 2, 2023

**  The history and controversy behind the Confederate flag.

**  Editorial:  Expelling Confederate symbols from the military academy.  (West Point.  Now we're being EXPELLED?  Really?

**  Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol to announce sculptor.  (Virginia.  To make a sculpture of Barbara Rose Johns Powell to replace the one of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol.  Of course, the new sculpture is of a worthy black person.  BUT, why do all replaced Confederate statues have to be of Blacks?  Aren't there some worthy white folks out there?)

It's an Expelling Kind of Thing, You Know.  --Old Secesh

Enslavers: A New WWM Word?

DECEMBER 31, 2022

**  Art at the Capitol honors 140 enslavers and 13 Confederates.  (U.S. Capitol.  Seventeen are depictions of Washington, 9 of Jefferson and 5 of Madison.  Also 15 depictions of Columbus.  Without these folks, I don't even know that we would have a country here.  

**  So, ENSLAVERS is the new WWM word for slaveowners.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

**  West Point begins removal of Robert E. Lee, Confederate paraphernalia.  (PARAPHERNALIA?  Really.)

Enslavers?  Paraphernalia?  --Old ?

Arlington National Cemetery

DECEMBER 29, 2022

**  What to do with the Arlington Cemetery's Confederate memorial.  (Washington Post.  What do you think the Post wants done with it?)

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

**  John Lewis statue to be placed where Confederate monument ince stood.  (It always angers me when a Confederate statue is replaced with one of a black person.  They should have left the Confederate one and added the Lewis one.)

**  Arlington Cemetery mulls  whether to preserve or dismantle Confederate monument.

--Old Secesh