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

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

The Second Civil War: SPLC, Baltimore's Monuments, Minnesota, Virginia and California

JUNE 11, 2022

**  SPLC  to screen movie, discuss Confederate monuments  Saturday.  (Montgomery, Alabama.  Do you think it wil be pro-Confederate or racist?)

**  Baltimore's 4 Confederate monuments to be part of Los Angeles art show.  (These monuments should have been given to the SCV or UDC.  I'm sure they will be shown in a negative light.)

**  Duluth  community, school district responds after student brought a c(C)onfederate flag to Denfeld.  (Denfeld HighSchool, Duluth, Minnesota.)

**  California's absurd focus on slavery reparations.  (California reparations?  Get serious folks.)

**  Shenandoah County School Board votes against restoring c(C)onfederate  school names.  (Virginia.  Thus avoiding a SPLC list.)

Wouldn't It Be Something for Some Journalists to Learn That Confederate is Capitalized?   --Old Secesh

Confrontation at Stone Mountain

APRIL 30, 2022

**  Country music festival Stagecoach bans Confederate flags.  (California)

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MAY 1, 2022

**  Attractions closed, Lasershow canceled as Confederate Memorial Day event held at Stone Mountain Park.  (Georgia)

**  Confederate  heritage group joined by counter protesters at Stone Mountain.

**  Confederate defenders  met by counter protesters at Stone Mountain.  (A very one-sided article by the New York News.  So much for unbiased news.)

**  Concern for clashes in Stone Mountain ahead of group's plan to observe Confederate Memorial Day.  (The media sure did their part to fan the flames.)

Wouldn't it be something if the other side would just allow memorial observances to go on without trying to interrupt them.

--Old Secesh

Now, Why Would SPLC Be Against a Confederate Rally?

APRIL 29, 2022

**  Residents  call on Bell County to remove c(C)onfederate  monument outside county courthouse.  (Belton, Texas.  A small group of Blacks and their white "Woke" friends.)

**  Stagecoach festival bans  Confederate flag displays in camping areas.  (California)

**  SPLC wants  Stone Mountain Pak to  revoke for permit for this weekend's Confederate rally.  (Georgia.  Now that really surprises me.  Could this be considered a racist stand?  Was SPLC against the BLM rallies in 2020 that ended up with rioting, looting and arson?)

**  Confederate flag outside Ontario house raises concerns about hate symbols.  (Canada.  I will tell you, one definite hate symbol id anything with BLM on it.)

**  Two Bell  commissioner candidates want  Confederate statue removed.  (Texas)

Something About SPLC Being a Bit Racist, You Know.  --Old Secesh

More Good Ol' SPLC Lists

APRIL 5, 2022

**  Virginia:  The state with the most Confederate monuments.  (These numbers hot off the press from the good folks at SPLC--  Total # Confederate symbols: 290, City with the most Confederate symbols:  Lexington with 31, Number of symbols removed since 1880:  107.  Maybe SPLC would like to keep an up-to-date list of how many Blacks kill other Blacks each week these days.)

**  Why Owensboro, Kentucky is fighting to remove a Confederate statue.

**  See how many Confederate memorials still exist in California.  (I bet SPLC can tell you.)

**  How many Confederate  memorials still exist in Ohio?

SPLC, the Maker of Confederate Hate Lists.  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Is That Police Blue Line Flag Really a Confederate Flag?

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

**  Calif. teacher rips kid over pro-cop ,ask, calls it 'new Confederacy.'  (The kid wore a blue line police facemask.  Sure doesn't look much like a Confederate flag to me.  Duh!)

**  Congressman Al Green joins Missouri City  leaders to rename 'Confederate Drive.'  (Texas)

**  Black worker at Confederate site raises race complaint.  (Montgomery, Alabama)

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

**  Bill seeks higher fines for taking down Confederate statues. (Alabama)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Trump Rally, Tuskegee, Confederate Flags, California

JANUARY 31, 2022

**  Trump's Texas rally:  Confederate flags, conspiracies, JFK Jr.'s ghost.  (Rolling Stone)

**  Judge to hear suit over Confederate memorial in Tuskegee.  (Alabama)

**  "Vile, violent, and hateful":  Leaders denounce Nazi, Confederate flags at Ottawa protest.  (Canada.  Confederate flags have nothing to do with Nazi flags.)

**  California city named for Confederate general declines to change name... for now.  (Fort Bragg, California)

--Old Secesh

Those Racist Mission Bells, Are They the New Confederate Statues? Was It a Confederate Flag or Not?

JANUARY 29, 2022

**  'Mission bells' have become California's version of Confederate statues.  This Bay Area city is poised to install one.  (Gilroy, California.  Bless their little woke hearts.)

**  Experts weigh in on backdrop in Moms for Liberty photo.  (Carmel, Indiana.  A big "todo" about whether it was some sort of Confederate flag or not in the background.  Bless their little woke hearts.)

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JANUARY 30, 2022

**  Judge to hear suit over Confederate memorial in Tuskegee.  (Alabama.  Think it will be a fair hearing?)

Don't You Just hate It When Those Bells Go Racist?  --Old Secesh

Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina and California

JANUARY 28, 2022

**  Public hearing set on exorcising Confederate general's name from Vienna street.  (Vienna, Virginia.  Wade Hampton Drive S.W..  Judging by word use, I think I know how this journalist stands on the issue.)

**  AL-5 hopeful Dale Strong:  Relocating Confederate statue was done to 'preserve and protect it.'  (Alabama)

**  Asheville Vance monument appeal set for review by NC Appellate Court.  (North Carolina)

**  Heritage protection of North Alabama attempting to cut Dale Strong from ballot over monument removal.  (Huntsville Confederate monument.)

**  Popular NorCal town  still torn over changing racist namesake.  (Fort Bragg, California)

--Old Secesh

Confederate Statues Become a Hot Commodity, Joseph Wheeler High School, Relocating, Melting Down Statues

DECEMBER 15, 2021

**  Confederate statues become a hot commodity, Here's where they're ending up.

**  Group pushing for Wheeler High name change to join virtual SPLC panel.  (Georgia.  Named after Gen. Joseph Wheeler.  I wonder where SPLC stands on this.  What do you think?)

**  Washington County Board of Supervisors votes to relocate  Confederate monuments to green space.  (Abingdon, Virginia)

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

**  Unsuccessful bidders launch formal protest against melting down of Lee statue.  (Charlottesville, Va.  Perhaps they should find a statue of Martin Luther King and melt it down for public art.)

**  Commission recommends moving Calhoun statue to California art exhibition.  (Charleston, South Carolina)

--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

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

Poor Kirby Smith (Nobody Wants Him), Neo-Brown Shirts? Sad Charlottesville, Another Bragg Going, About That Tuskegee Hate Crime

JULY 9, 2021

**  After Lake County rejection, where does statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith go now?   (Florida)

**  Neo-Confederates worked with other  far-right groups in failed efforts to preserve monuments.  (There's that Neo-Confederate term again.  Do you think these guys use it to make Confederate supporters sound like Neo-Nazis.  That is very Neo-Brown Shirt of them.)

**  Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally.  (Virginia.  Did you think they wouldn't?)

**  Fort Bragg  Citizen Commission wants input on changing town's name.  (Fort Bragg, California.  And you thought the name to be changed was just Fort Bragg.)

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July 10, 2021

**  Charlottesville prepares to take down Confederate statues on Saturday.  (Virginia.  Like I said, the sooner out of that town, the better.  Another town on my no-go list along with Richmond and Asheville.)

**  Tuskegee  leader vandalizes Confederate  statue, is ok with facing vandalism charges.  (Alabama.  But, what he did was not just vandalism, it was a hate crime.  He should be facing those charges.  Let's see of he takes that so easily.)

--Old Secesh

Tuskegee Councilman Commits a Hate Crime. Faith Parade, Sam and Stephen Probably Okay, South Carolina, Charlottesville and California

JULY 8, 2021

**  'Enough': Tuskegee Councilman Johnny Ford takes saw to Confederate monument in town square.   (Alabama.  He is guilty of a hate crime and should be prosecuted as such.  Not surprisingly, he is a black man and former mayor as well.  Also, time for a recall. Like the Virginia state senator, there is a legal and illegal way to do things.  They ought to know.)

**  Confederate re-enactor groups draw ire at Faith, NC  July 4th parade.  (Wonder who was angry?)

**  Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen  F. Austin likely to stay at US Capitol  despite  House vote.  (Texas.  Wouldn't that make Der Nance mad?)

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JULY 9, 2021

**  Confederate flag to fly again in rally at South Carolina Capitol.

**  Charlottesville officials won't disclose when they plan to remove Confederate statues.  (Virginia.  The sooner the better.  Charlottesville is in the same group with Asheville, N.C. and Richmond, Va.  And, one other positive in their removal is that BLM and their ilk won't get the opportunity to commit hate crimes against them anymore.)

**  Carmel proclaims itself an inclusive city in response to a Confederate flag.  (California.  Confederates need to be included as well.)

Hard to Believe the Tuskegee Guy Wasn't Arrested.  -Old Secesh

Confederadication: Flag Leads to Controversy in Oregon. Virginia, South Carolina, California, North Carolina and Florida

JULY 7, 2021

**  Confederate flag flown during  Redmond 4th of July  parade leads to controversy. (Redmond, Oregon.  Well, it was Oregon and we know about that state.)

**  Loudon County Board votes to begin process to rename Confederate roads, area.  (Virginia.  Now, it would have surprised me more if they had chosen not to rename the roads.  Everybody gush now.)

**  Dueling rallies planned for SC  State House on anniversary of Confederate flag removal.  

**  Elk Grove school district's superintendent condemns  2 employees  for displaying Confederate flag. (What did he condemn them to?)

**  North Carolina  Appeals Court denies Asheville bond for Confederate  Vance monument.

**  'Where They Stood' photo project  shows what happened to Florida's Confederate  statues.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Iowa, US Capitol, Louisiana, Richmond, California and Maryland

JULY 2, 2021

**  Iowa Congressional delegation split on purging Confederate, white supremacist  statues from US Capitol.  (Guess who voted to do away with them>)

**  Settlement not reached in lawsuit to remove  Confederate Gen. Alfred Mouton.  (Louisiana)

**  Editorial:  Move, don't destroy Confederate statues.

**  Looking back:  Stonewall Jackson  statue removed from Richmond's  Monument Avenue one year.  (And the really sad thing is that new statues  (and only of black people) will be put up in their place.

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JULY 3, 2021

**  Community demands firing of employees who had Confederate flag in Elk Grove Unified School District van.  (California.  My question is this.  Does community here refer to Blacks and their white minions or the whole community.  Also, had it been a Black Lives Matter flag in the van, would that have been a problem?)

**  Talbot officials  ask court  to dismiss lawsuit seeking removal of Confederate monument.  (Maryland)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: New Orleans, Texas, U.S. Capitol, Conservatives and California

JULY 1, 2021

**  Confederate monument fight in New Orleans is the lens to "Neutral Ground" to examine race in America.

**  A Confederate  tradition:  The insurrectionists of January 6 also believed they were defending America.

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JULY 2, 2021

**  Dan Crenshaw again joins Democrats in voting to remove  Confederate statues from US Capitol.   (Texas U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw.)

**  Opinion:  Sooner or later, the Confederate statues will go.  (Statues in US Capitol)

**   Conservatives balk at removing Confederate  statues from US Capitol.  Here's the problem with their reasoning.

**  Confederate flag displayed in Elk Grove district vehicle; two employees on leave.  (California)

--Old Secesh

Sad R. Again, Sad C. Again, Bases, Forrest, Mississippi and California

JUNE 11, 2021

**  Richmond design committee endorses removal of remaining  Confederate monument bases, fencing.  (Virginia.  The sooner we get all vestiges of any and everything Confederate out of that sad place the better.  One city I plan on never visiting again.)

**  No offers yet to take Confederate statues.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  Again, all expenses for removal and relocation should be paid for by those who want them gone.)

**  Commission  examines assets that honor Confederacy, will suggest name changes.  (Military bases.  Again, don't rename all of them after Blacks.)

**  Missouri City city council gives initial approval to rename Confederate Drive.  (Texas)

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JUNE 12, 2021

**  Remains of  Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park.  (Tennessee)

**  County seeking counsel  in removal of Confederate statue.   (Mississippi)

**  Confederate flag seized from  Big Bear High School on last day of school.  (California)

--Old Secesh

Of Flags, Statues and Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

**  Man who flew Confederate flag near intersection of two Florida interstates found dead.  (Tampa, Florida.  30 x 60 foot flag on a 139-foot pole at intersection of I-4 and I-75.   The flag had been taken down temporarily in June in the wake of the Floyd killing amidst the BLM riots after threats to burn it were received.  The man's death was a result of injury from a farm animal.)

**  Isle of Wight votes to remove Confederate monument from public property.  (Virginia.  This was a vote by the board of commissioners, not the public.  The motion to move it was brought by the only black member of the board.  Like I say, all it takes is for one black person to be offended to get things like this done.  Sad.  Very sad.  Whatever happened to majority rules?  Now its Black rules.)

**  Booker, Lee announce re-introduction of bicameral bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol.  (Booker is a black man who is U.S. Senator from New Jersey.  Lee is a black woman who is a U.S. Representative from California.  Big surprise.  They are both Democrats.  Where have we heard this before.  I wonder if the woman knows that she needs to change her last name?)

**  Lowndes Co.  supervisors take next steps in moving Confederate monument.  (Mississippi.  They accepted bids to  dismantle, store and re-erect the statue in Friendship Cemetery for $80,000.  However, I still believe that the expenses should be paid by those who want it removed, not the government.)

--Old Secesh