Civil War II: Brazil, Arizona, Fort Sumter and Politics

AUGUST 20, 2022

**  Confederate festival in Brazilian town  where US exiles from the South founded a slave-owning colony after the Civil War faces ban, report says.  (Even overseas now?)

**  Two of Arizona's Confederate monuments have been defaced.  (Let's face it, not defaced, but had hate crimes committed against them.)

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AUGUST 21, 2022

**  Fort Sumter pulling merchandise with the Confederate flag on it.  (Daily Beast)

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AUGUST 23, 2022

**  Confederate flag shown near Don Bolduc campaign sign at parade.

--Old Secesh

Arizona's Confederate Monuments, Those Islamic Folk Again, Suing Your School and a Vote.

JULY 9, 2022

**  Here's the real history behind Arizona's Confederate  monuments.

**  CAIR urges  removal of Confederate  flags flown at  Charleston, S.C. harbor.  (Council  on American-Islamic Relations.  (Hope hey don't crash a plane into Castle Pinckney to take down those flags.)

**  Black students sue school after suspension for Confederate flag protest.  (Daily Beast.  Coosa High School, Georgia.)

**  120 House Republicans vote to keep statues of Confederates in Capitol.  (Daily Beast.  But , 285 members voted to remove them, including 67 Republicans.)

--Old Secesh

California, Arizona, Cleveland Indians, North Carolina, and Tennessee

JULY 26, 2021

**  2 EGUSD  employees accused of displaying Confederate flag.   (Elk Grove Unified School District, California.)

**  'Traitors':  Ariz. Republican slams Cleveland Indians for name change, praises Confederate generals.  (Played right into the clutches of Democrats.)

**  Picture shows  solidarity between Graham and Charlottesville  organizers.  (Graham, North Carolina)

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JULY 27, 2021

**  What's next for  Confederate marker in Colliersville's Town Square.  'Solutions' discussed.  (Tennessee)

**  Tennessee Museum to open  Confederate bust to public.  (Forrest.  Also busts of U.S. Navy's David G. Farragut and Albert Gleaves.  Still not sure why Farragut's and Gleaves' busts were removed.  Did Taylor bad mouth them as well?)

--Old Secesh

No Confederate Flag, No BLM Flag. Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, New Jersey, Raleigh and Florida

MARCH 27. 2021

**  Centre College students trying to get Confederate statue near campus removed.  (Danville, Kentucky)

**  Fort Smith  Confederate statue:  Talks in limbo.  (Arkansas)

**  Arizona GOP  wants felony for  protesters who damage  statues.  (If damaging statues is a hate crime (which it is) and hate crimes are a felony, then go for it.)

**  Why is North Carolina  paying this proud Son of Confederate Veterans to lock up black men.  (Yahoo News.  Shame on Yahoo for running an article like this.  Sounds like the New York Times or Washington Post.)

**  NJ 'teacher, activist' accused  of starting riot that topple Confederate statue surrenders.  (Accused of the Raleigh, N.C. riot and arrested.  I still find that hard to believe.  I figured somebody who did something like he is accused of would receive a good citizenship award.)

**  Confederate namesake school demoted teacher  for not removing Black Lives Matter  flag.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Robert E. Lee High School.   Hey, if you can't have a Confederate flag, you can't have a BLM flag.  Fair's Fair.)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Sad V., Schools, Base Names, Kansas City, South Carolina and Arizona

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

**  Casey:  The former 'Capital of the Confederacy' rings the bell for voters' rights.  (You know, Sad V.)

**  Former Easthampton High School students settle racial lawsuit against school and city.

**  Commission to rename installations named  after Confederates to meet in March.

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MARCH 1, 2021

**  An 'abomination':  Group offers $10,000 to remove Kansas City-area Confederate statue.  (Missouri.  The statue is in a cemetery with Confederate graves around it.  While I support, with reluctance, the removal of Confederate statues from public areas, cemeteries and private land should be exempt.  But I like the idea that those who want the statues removed pay for it themselves, which this group is willing to do.)

**  Activists push for removal of Confederate statue in Greenville.  (South Carolina)

**  Confederate symbols removed from Arizona in 2020.  (Three)

--Old Secesh

Will Virginia's George Washington Statue in the U.S. Capitol Come Down Next? A Legislator With Backbone, Imagine That?

DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  Virginia removes Confederate statue from US Capitol.  (Robert E. Lee, of course.  He will be replaced by a black woman.  That leaves a statue of George Washington who I'm sure the state will want removed because he owned you-know-what.  He will have to be replaced by another black person, of course.  Well, at least BLM wasn't able to get to it and commit their hate crimes on it like they did with the Sad R. statue.) 

I actually am in favor of removing all Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol because they did fight against the United States. Just, try to replace at least a few of them with someone who isn't a black person.

**  Arizona  state senator-elect Wendy Rogers praises Robert E. Lee.  (She said he was a great leader and patriot.  Anybody who thinks Lee was not a great leader, well, they also think George Floyd was a paragon of virtue and a wonderful person.  Finally, another legislator with some backbone who doesn't now down to BLM.)

**  Confederate statues still standing  in U.S. Capitol.  (There are ten of them.  This was by the Newsy site.  I'm surprised those great list makers at SPLC didn't make this one.)

--Old Secesh

About Those Confederate Halloween Costumes. Arizona, Virginia and Paintballs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

**  Party store in Fairfax County was carrying Confederate costumes.  (Virginia.  Completely ridiculous for the lady to have a cow about the costumes.  Lady, if you don't like the Confederate costumes, DON'T buy them.  Walk away.  Walk Away.  But, figuring this is Virginia, nothing much surprises me from that state anymore.  I still think there must be something wrong with their water.)

**  State officials reviewing Confederate monument plan.  (Arizona)

**  Va. Senate panel votes to keep public hearing  rules for Confederate statue removals.  (Virginia.  I'm surprised.  I think the other side has taken over almost all of the state's governing bodies.

**  Roanoke to give Confederate monument to cemetery, historical society.  (Virginia)

**  Police seek identity of men, one wearing Confederate flag jacket,  suspected of shooting paintballs.

**  Indiana borough council approves resolution concerning Confederate flag.  (Pennsylvania.  They condemn the flag.)

--Old Secesh

Ole Miss, SCV, Arizona, Missouri, Mississippi, Virginia and Charleston, S.C.

AUGUST 20, 2020


**  Sons of Confederate Veterans sue to keep Forrest bust  in Tennessee State Capitol.

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AUGUST 22, 2020


**  At football players' request, Ole Miss  covers up Confederate statue  overlooking practice field.  (Geez.  It had just been moved to this site for a more prominent site on campus.  You just can't please some people.)

**  'I can't toe the line':  Arizona's former leader of the Sons of Confederate Veterans resigned. (He wanted the group to stop showing Confederate flags. They didn't back him.)

**  Commission to recommend removal of Confederate monument.  (Jefferson City, Missouri.)

**  The question of whether a Confederate monument in the heart of Brandon should remain.  (Mississippi)

**  City:  No takers  for Norfolk's Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  The removal cost the city $125,000 and it is likely destined for Elmwood Cemetery.

**  Charleston violated free speech by nixing Battery parking.   Confederate flag waver says. (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh

So, SCV? Really? U.S. Senate Pulls a Surprise, Even Arizona

JULY 26, 2020


**  Virginia Beach takes down Confederate monument.  (Imagine the sad state of Virginia taking down another Confederate monument.  Who knew?)

**  Gus Bilirakis  embraces aide with  background in Sons of Confederate Veterans.  (Tampa Bay Times.  U.S Republican Representative from Florida.  Voted with the Democratic majority in House to remove Confederate monuments from U.S. Capitol.  We know how this newspaper leans with an article like this.  So what if an aide belongs to the SCV?  Many Democratic politicians totally back BLM, which riots, loots and burns at their "demonstrations" and then go on to make hate crimes by attacking Confederate statues.  Now these are really bad people who do this.  Just take a look at Portland, Oregon.)

**  Senate votes to rename US military bases named after Confederate officers.  (A big surprise with its Republican majority.)

**  Confederate monuments in Arizona.  How many are left?  (There were six, now four after a request by UDC to return two of them that are hotly disputed.  That means BLM was going to commit hate crimes if they hadn't already.

--Old Secesh

UDC Rising to the Forefront of Confederate Statue Removal. Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts

JULY 23, 2020


**  Two Confederate monuments in Arizona will be located to private property.    This comes at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) who had gifted them to the state.  Back in February, the NAACP requested that all six Confederate monuments in the state be removed.  Several of them, if not all, have been victims of hate crimes by BLM.

(I applaud the UDC for calling for their removal and would like to see all UDC chapters and SCV camps across the country call for Confederate statue removal to keep them from being damaged by BLMers and their white minions.  The big problem is where to put them back up where BLM can't get at them.)

**  Louisiana parish can move Confederate  statue from courthouse.  (Caddo.  Again, this was done by request of the UDC.)

**  'Silent Sentinel'  Confederate statue removed from outside Loudoun County courthouse.  (Virginia)

**  America's founders and Confederate generals.  (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.  Plaques to Confederate  soldiers once in Ocean Park removed at request of NAACP, but placed in the Martha's Vineyard Museum.)

Way to Go UDC.  Let's Get On Board SCV.  Remove the Statues So BLM Can't Damage and Commit Hate Crimes Against Them.  --Old Secesh

About That Statue in the Churchyard in N.C., SCV's Giant Flag, Maryland and Arizona

JULY 5, 2020


**  Church near Charlotte demands immediate removal of Confederate statue.  (Cornelius, N.C.  Apparently this is a primarily white church.    The statue was built in 1909.  Wonder how come it took them so long to figure out they didn't like it, or was it a George Floyd thing?  It was already "vandalized" in 2015.   Looking at pictures of the monument I see it has been "vandalized" and an article from July 7 said that three people were caught and arrested for vandalizing it.  I didn't think "vandalizing" Confederate monuments was a criminal act anymore.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans raise a massive Confederate flag along NC highway.    It is a 20-by-30 foot flag on an 80-foot pole in Burke County and can easily be seen from I-40.

**  Meeting in the middle:  Local  residents suggest removing Confederate monument.  (El Dorado, Az.  Union County)

**  A Confederate statue is toppled in rural Maryland, then quietly stored away.

**  Lilly Kofler:  A 'monumental' swing in public opinion  on the future of Confederate monuments.  (No kidding.  It won't be long before they are all down.  Then the "protesters" will start going after other statues and monuments.)

--Old Secesh

Virginia Statues, Tucson Parade, and a High School Basketball Game

March 5, 2020

**  Bills that would allow localities to move Confederate monuments takes steps  forward in House, Senate.  (Virginia--  The bill passed both houses already, but with each adding provisions.  Right now they are trying to get the revisions aligned.  I was wondering why the governor hadn't signed it already and every monument removed already.)

**  Tucson Rodeo Parade to ban Confederate 'battle flag'; won't change color guard.  (The mayor and a new council woman objected.  The battle flag is banned, but not the First National Flag which will still be in the color guard of the parade.  Not too bad of a deal for the SCV which can just use the First National or Bonnie Blue Flag.)

**  Confederate veterans are part of Arizona's history.

**  Confederate flag displayed, racial taunts to students at Armstrong basketball game.  (Richmond, Va.--  Armstrong is a primarily black school.  They were playing Central High School in Woodstock, which is primarily a white school.  There is no excuse for what the students at Central did.)

--Old Secesh

Arizona Parade, Why Pick On Confederate Flag?, North Carolina Protest and an Editorial

March 2, 2020

**  Arizona mayor, city counclwoman: No Confederate flags at parade.   (Tucson--  The two white women are now calling for removal of the flags from SCV float.  The councilwoman opened fire with a statement earlier that she wouldn't be in the parade because off the flags.)

**  The March 1, 2020, News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.) "Letters to the Editor for Sunday, March 1  "Why pick on the Confederate flag?"  by Scott Myers  (Makes a lot of good points about which flag flew over slavery longer and who brought the slaves to the United States among other things.  Worth a read.)

**  NC protesters against Sons of Confederate vets.  (Raleigh, N.C.--  video of some of protest.  Heavy police presence and at least the protesters didn't get violent, just marched and chanted.)

**  Charlottesville won't mark Thomas Jefferson's birthday.  It will mark slavery's end instead.  (Considering that city's connections to Thomas Jefferson.  Well. there is definitely something wrong with that city.  Now they're celebrating their city not being destroyed by Union forces under Phil Sheridan.)

**  Editorial:  Monuments about more than Civil War history.  (Pilotonline, Hampton Roads, Va.  Happy that the bill was passed to remove Confederate monuments.  They would also like to see other monuments to Blacks connected to the city be put in place.  I agree with that.  You can never have too many monuments and plaques about history.)

I'm Still Thinking there's Something Mighty Wrong Going On In Virginia.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Army-Marines, Tucson, Raleigh and Whose Side is HuffPost On?

March 1, 2020

**  Army won't follow Marine Corps and rename Confederate bases.  (Glad to hear it, but I always wondered why so many Army bases were named after Confederates.  You'd think they'd be named after Union generals.)

**  Tucson council member, mayor seek removal of Confederate flags from rodeo parade.  (SCV float.  A picture of the float sure didn't appear to be a white supremacist rally.  Like waving a red flag in front of a bull, you know.)

**  The Army doesn't plan on renaming the 10 installations named  for Confederate leaders.  (And, if you'd like to know what the ten are, feel free to go to the Southern Poverty Law Center site to find out their names.  They keep close watch on anything and everything Confederate in hopes of removal.)

**  Hilton Hotel to host neo-Confederate group conference on the last day of Black History Month.  (HuffPost.  That would be the SCV.  Well, we now know where the Huff stands on all this.  There's that Neo-Nazi mention again.)

The Huff thinks this institute meeting is just the most horrible thing.  However, the article just thought the destruction of the Silent Sam statue was just a case of protesters voicing their beliefs and not students committing a hate crime.

**  YpsiFest move blames on disputes over parking, youth attendance and confederate flags.  (Ypsilanti, Michigan--  Excuse me, Confederate.)

**  Protesters against Sons of Confederate Veterans conference turn against police.  (Raleigh, N.C.--   The police were there to prevent them from getting out of hand and committing criminal acts.  Some didn't like that.)

--Old Secesh

A Couple Stories Giving a Different View on the Statues As a Woman and Comedians "Dis"

February 29, 2020

**  Confederate monuments speak truth to power.  (From the Richmond Free Press by H.V. Traywick Jr..    A very interesting article /opinion piece.  The Richmond Free Press is a black newspaper, so it was somewhat of a shock to read this in it.

Give it a read as it puts forth some interesting information.

**  Santa Cruz:  Confederate flags are why I refuse to walk in the Tucson Rodeo Parade.  (Tucson, Arizona.  "The Confederate flag is a symbol of oppression, slavery and white supremacy" says Lane Santa Cruz.  Well, we'll certainly miss seeing you in that parade, Mrs. Santa Cruz.

**  Letter to the Editor:  Confederate  memorials like any other war memorials.  (Anniston Star (Alabama) by Billy Price.--  Also giving "Our Side" of the story.  Give it a read.

**  NWA Editorial:  Raising a red flag.  (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette--  About those flags in the Eureka Cemetery.  Against placing the Confederate flags at the graves of Confederate veterans.

**  Comedians 'honor' white nationalist Rep. Steve King with his own Confederate statue.  (Obviously, considering the source, not too flattering."

--Old Secesh