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