Confederadication: Georgia, Florida, Fort Bragg and Sad R.

OCTOBER 26, 2022

**  State Supreme Court dismisses law suits challenging removal of Confederate  statues.  (Georgia)

**  Florida GOP paid  thousands to far right Charlottesville attendee.

**  Fort Liberty costs and timelines:  5 things to know about the renaming of Fort Bragg.  (North Carolina.  As I have said before, those wanting the renaming should pay for it.)

**  Richmond gets court win  in lingering Confederate statue case.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

High Costs for Renaming Confederate Bases

AUGUST 11, 2022

**  High cost to rename Confederate bases.

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

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

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

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AUGUST 12, 2022

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

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

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

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

Heritage Not Hate, Statues of Black Soldiers, Trial on the Unite the Right Rally, Renaming Fort Bragg

OCTOBER 29, 2021

**  Heritage, not hate?  Decoding Confederate nostalgia.

**  Newly built statue of black soldier stands opposite Confederate statue in  Tennessee.  (Franklin.  Again, I am agreeable to this.  You can never have enough historical statues or markers in my opinion.)

**  Confederate monument removal resurfaces in Lakeland  mayoral contest.  (Florida)

**  Jury hears opening  statements in trial over whether  Charlottesville Unite the Right  rally was intended to spur  violence.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  I believe violence was probably expected but wouldn't have been a definite thing had not the other side showed up with such vehemence.)

**  Jury selected for civil trial over Charlottesville  rally.  (Virginia)

**  Readers answer what they think Fort Bragg's next name should be.  (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

Here are some of their thoughts:

Joint Base Fayetteville

Keep the name Fort Bragg

Fort Healy

Fort William T. Sherman

Fort Lumbee

Fort Colin Powell

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Charlottesville's 'Woke' Moment, Who Was Worse at Charlottesville Riot? I'd Say It Was a Tie. Mississippi's Capitol Statues

JULY 10, 2021

**  Charlottesville's Confederate  statues are coming down.  How did we get here?  (Virginia.  It's called "Woke.")

**  Confederate statues in Charlottesville to be removed after years long legal battle. 

**  Confederate statue, site of white supremacist rally going  into storage.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  The only group that was as violent as the white supremacists at that site were the anti-white supremacist people.)

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JULY 11, 2021

**  There were eight articles on Charlottesville and two on the dueling rallies in South Carolina.

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JULY 12, 2021

**  4 articles on Charlottesville

**  Mississippi may have to rethink  Confederate statues in US Capitol.  (Statues of Jefferson Davis and James Zachariah George.)

--Old Secesh

Louisville Flags, 'The Lost Civil War', North Carolina, Charlottesville, Car Racing and Flags, Changing School Names?

JUNE 9, 2021

**  Pride flags stolen, replaced with Confederate flag in Louisville.  (Kentucky)

**  Ohio writer explores  the past of "Lost Civil War."  (A new book about Civil War sites that are no longer with us including destroyed during the war, by nature and even up to what BLM and the college students are doing to Confederate monuments.  Truly lost history.)

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JUNE 10, 2021

**  Confederate monument's fate moves closer to getting moved.  (Laurinburg, North Carolina.  Erected in 1912.  Again, how long must something be there before some folks figure out they are offended by it?  Evidently a long time.)

**  Charlottesville will remove two Confederate statues, but the next steps are uncertain.  (Virginia.  Again, all costs with removal should be paid for by those who want them gone.)

**  Confederate flag  in car at NC racetrack prompts apology from race organizers in Winston-Salem.  (Ridiculous.)

**  Should schools named after Confederate generals change their names?  (If the majority of the students are Blacks they definitely should.  Otherwise put it up to the alumni, parents and students who go there.)

--Old Secesh

Thomas Jefferson Statue at Univ. of Virginia Under Attack By Students and BLM

From Wikipedia.

I was looking up more information on the Thomas Jefferson monument at the University of Virginia.  I couldn't find any particulars about it, but did come across article after article on the attacks made on the statue by students and BLMers.

Here's what Wikipedia said about it.  Although I have put in the words hate crime each time Wikipedia called it vandalizing.

AUGUST 2017:  The statue was the target of graffiti hate crimes.

SEPTEMBER 2017:  The statue was again the target of protest during the Charlottesville historic monument controversy and the recent Unite the Right rally.  The statue was covered in black wrapping like the city had done to the Lee and Jackson statues.

University president Teresa A. Sullivan later called for civil discourse.

FRIDAY 13, APRIL 2018:  Someone committed a hate crime on the statue with the words "racist" and "rapist."  This was on the school's Founder's Day, tp celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday.

So Much for Open Minds at Colleges.  --Old Secesh

Man Hit By Confederate Statue in Virginia Recovering. Man Who Drove Car Into Leftists at Charlottesville Gets Life Sentence. Who Really is To Blame for Charlottesville?

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

**  Confederate statues can teach us meaningful lessons.

**  Charlottesville:  Confederate statue removed.   (BBC.  Virginia.  Again, the confrontation there is blamed on white nationalists, who definitely deserve blamed.  But it was also caused by the extreme leftist who showed up spoiling for a fight.

I was glad to see that the sorry excuse who drove his car into the leftists has received a life sentence.  I had heard nothing about that before.  Probably out of fear that if BLM or others heard about it that there would have been rioting, burning and looting.  I figured he was be executed for his foul deed.)

**  'Slowly but surely he's recovering'!:  Man hit by Confederate statue in Portsmouth back home.  (Virginia.   I am glad he survived.  The story was that he was trying to get others out of the way as it began to fall.  Sure.  And he was just going out to the local convenience store at 3 in the morning to get a Slurpee.  He should now be arrested. Although I must admit that I enjoyed seeing the reaction of the young white woman sitting on the statue and having the joyous time of her life when she saw what happened.)

**  Letter to the Editor:  A mistake to remove Confederate statues.

--Old Secesh

Should the Past Be Viewed in the Context of Their Time or In the Prism of Modern Values?

 SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

**  Crowd cheers as Charlottesville takes down statue of Confederate soldier.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate statue near site of White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville removed.  (It wasn't just the white nationalists being confrontational there, but also the radical left who came with the specific intention of causing problems.  They were successful.)

**  Caddo Parish Confederate monument to be moved to DeSoto Parish. (Louisiana.  The UDC agreed to move it because the site in front of the courthouse was no longer safe.  You know what the BLMers like to do to Confederate monuments.)

**  Where does it end?  (From Sept. 12, 2020 Charleston Express.  By Joey McCutchen.  A very thought-provoking article.  Give it a read.  Makes the point of the past being now as being viewed with modern values.)

**  Georgia mayor:  Voters to decide on Confederate monument.  (Brunswick, Georgia.  This is the way these decisions should be made.  Let the people vote.)

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By the way, this past weekend in Chicago, Sept.11 to Sept 14:  14 killed. 44 wounded.

Month of September:  36 killed, 154 wounded

Year to Date:  512 killed, 2488 wounded

And, Blacks are all up in arms about those Confederate statues.  I think there might be other issues that should be of greater concern.  And after all, there has not been one recorded instance of a Confederate statue attacking a black person.

LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON REMOVALS!!  --Old Secesh

North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Alabama

 SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

**  Sylva, Jackson County discuss next steps for Confederate statue.  (North Carolina)

**  Charlottesville prepares to take down Confederate statue near the site of the violent Unite the Right rally.  (Virginia.  Both the Right and Left were equally guilty of making it a violent confrontation.)

**  Tupper town board discusses racism and Confederate flag.  (New York)

**  Florence police create a 'protest free zone' for businesses in front of Confederate statue demonstrations.  (Alabama.  There have been 14 weeks of demonstrations in the city.  Bad for downtown businesses.)

** Protesters search for common ground in Confederate monument debate.  (Alabama)

--Old Secesh

The State of Confederate Statues in North Carolina-- Part 2

Here is a list of removed Confederate statues in North Carolina, compliments of the Southern Poverty Law Center:

**  ANSON COUNTY (1):  Statue stood in front of the Wadesboro Courthouse.  Removed July 8 and expected to go to private property.

**  ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY  (2):  Removed two statues, the second one on July  24.  They are looking to remove a third statue.  These two places will also have to change their names because they are named after slave owners.

**  CHARLOTTE 1:   A Confederate reunion marker came down after a June 21 order for removal near  Grady Cole Center.

**  DURHAM (1):  The base was carted away August 14, three years after "protesters" toppled the statue after Charlottesville.

**  FAYETTEVILLE (1):  A statue started to be removed June  27.  It reportedly had private owners and would go into storage.

**  LOUISBURG  (1):  June 30, the town started to dismantle a Confederate statue to be placed in a cemetery.

--Old SeceshGone

Please, Take Down the Lee Statue in Sad Richmond. Beware 'Historical Context Opinions.'

AUGUST 11, 2020


**  It's Time for us to change  the course of history.  (About a Confederate monument in Galveston, Texas.)

**   Williamson County may form committee to discuss removal of Confederate statues.  (Texas)

**  St. Augustine passes motion to move Confederate monument.  (Florida)

**  Construction crews removing the base of Confederate monument in front of courthouse.  (Durham, N.C.  The statue was toppled by BLMers and their white minions in August 2017 after the Charlottesville, Va. confrontation.  What was left was removed for public safety.)

**  Virginia judge grants new  injunction against removal of Confederate statue.  (The Lee statue in Sad Richmond will remain up for at least another 90 days.  This should be a great embarrassment to the city the way it allowed it to be desecrated.  I wish it was down now.  It hurts to see it standing there covered with all that obscenity and all those BLM hate crimes.  You know that in most U.S. places, if you even "vandalize" a public monument, you'd get arrested.  However, it seems to be okay to do that in Sad Richmond.)

**  Supervisors set to discuss Confederate monument  in special called Monday meeting.  (Halifax)

**  Gettysburg Confederate monuments to get new panels to offer more historical context.  (In front of each of the 12 Confederate state monuments.  I've seen a few of these "context" markers.  Lots and lots and lots of people's opinions and very anti-Confederate.  I'm against.  If they want to write on them that the war was fought partly because of slavery, I'd be alright with that.)

It Saddens Me to See What They've Done to That Impressive Statue.  (Just look at the picture of it at its dedication back in 1897 to the right of this.)  --Old Secesh

Speaking of Statues, What About Charlottesville's Confederate Monuments?

Just wondering what happened to the two statues here.  I have not seen anything about them being removed and I figured the locals would be chomping at the bit to get rid of them after they caused that confrontation in that city when they first attempted to remove them.

Come on guys, the Confederate Statue Protection Law was removed as of July 1.  Why the dawdle?  Are they still up?

What Gives?  --Old Secesh

Riots in Chicago and Across the United States

Why do the media outlets continue to call what happened protests?  It  may have started that way, but what I saw on State Street in Chicago on TV last night was definitely NOT a protest.  It was a complete riot.  The police should be commended for not attacking the rioters and looters, especially after the names, taunts and items hurled at them.

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I know the reason for the initial protesting was the death of the man in Minneapolis at the hands of the police, but I went to the Hey Jackass Mayhem in Chicago site for an update on shootings in Chicago so far this year.  The numbers are sad.  And most of the victims are Blacks and have been shot by other Blacks.

S&W--  Shot and Wounded,  S&K-- Shot and Killed

This week so far (May 24-30):
21 S&K, 80 S&W

Month of May
60 S&K, 274 S&W

Year to date:

204 S&K, 904 S&W

Maybe, just maybe, there is a bigger issue than one man being killed by police.  And, just maybe a bigger issue than those Confederate statues.

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Of course, watching the footage of what happened at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill when the students committed the hate crime and tore down the Silent Sam statue sure reminded me of what I was seeing in Chicago and many other U.S. cities last night.

The radical left has gotten as badly out of control as the radical right.  And, it used to be that the left could at least be counted on to be sane, but not any more.  Just watching the two sides at Charlottesville it was hard to tell who was worse.

Hey, friends, last night was nothing but riots.  Wondering if what the rioters were breaking or spray painting was just vandalism as it is in the case of Confederate statues?  Or was it a hate crime.

I wish the media would stop calling it protests.

Call It Like It Is.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Monuments in State of Washington

January 24, 2020

**  Confederate monuments in Seattle hidden in plain sight.    (Seattle Univ. Student Newspaper.  Very anti-Confederate.)

**  How to debate Confederate symbols.

**  GOP candidate:  If you like birth control you should like Confederate statues.

**  City to pay over $365K to cover plaintiff's attorney fees in Confederate statues case.  (Charlottesville, Va.)

**  David Duke agrees to pay $5K to man hurt at Virginia rally.  (David Duke is a former KKK leader.  The man was injured when the car crashed into counter protesters.  I always hate to see the KKK involved in this.)

--Old Secesh

As We Enter the Fifth Year of the Renewed Attack on All Things Confederate

We can definitely put the date of the beginning of this effort in earnest at June 17, 2015, it had been going on with increasing incidence ever since the Civil War Sesquicentennial, where it began picking up impetus.

That date, a white supremacist, racist, whose name won't be mentioned by me, entered that church and killed those blacks who welcomed him into study the Bible.  He has done the most to hurt the Confederacy than anyone ever did, other than John Wilkes Booth.  Why he is still alive is beyond me.

The second worst thing was the confrontation in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.  This is where we also first majorly encountered the radical left.  When I saw video of what happened, I have to say that there were plenty of really bad people on both sides.  The sorry excuse who crashed his car into the anti-protesters is also, for some reason, is still alive.

I started this blog because newspapers usually don't report everything that continues to happen, which might give some the idea that this is over.  Believe me, it isn't.  And, personally, I don't believe it will be over until the last Confederate statue and memorial is pulled down or removed.

What I report are headlines from various newspapers and media sources and with some I make comment.

I am calling this the Second Civil War or Civil War II.

--Old Secesh