States with Most Confederate Memorials

DECEMBER 20, 2022

**  States with most Confederate memorials.  (73 Confederate monuments were removed or renamed in 2021.  There are still 723 of them left.   This has to really upset SPLC and the Washington Post.))

**  West Point commences remediation efforts.  (There are 13 Confederate assets and memorabilia that need to be removed.  Personally, I would like to see the Confederate Armstron cannon captured at Fort Fisher and on display at the Point's Trophy Point returned to the fort.  I could definitely live with that.  Hey, after all it is CONFEDERATE!!)

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

**  West Point to remove monuments to Confederate alumni.

**  Another take on the Confederate flag flown at the Christmas parade.  (Greenville, Texas)

Just Hate It When SPLC and the Washington Post Are Upset.   --Old Secesh

The USS Confederacy, Georgia Colleges, Black Confederates? No Confederate Flags in Christmas Parade

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

**  Historically Speaking:  Norwich's U.S. Navy frigate, the USS Confederacy.  (Imagine a ship with this name in the U.S. Navy, but it really was. Hopefully we won't have to go back into the past and change the name because it offends certain people.)

**  Georgia regents:  No college name  changes over racial history.  (A list of 75 names of buildings named after people involved with slavery, segregation or mistreatment of Indians.)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

**  Heritage group honors Black men it says were Confederate veterans.  (Alabama.  48th Alabama Re-enactment group. Even though some historians say black Confederates were just a myth.)

**  Confederate flag banned from flying in Mechanicsville Christmas parade.  (Virginia.  As long as anything BLM is also banned.)

**  Confederate monuments to stay in place in Bastrop until relocation plan finalized.  (Texas)

**  Next step for Confederate names task force.  (Virginia.  You know, removing the names and renaming them for Blacks.)

--Old Secesh

Lynching Memorial Okayed for Mississippi Town. No More SCV Vanity Plates in NC. North Carolina, South Carolina, Hate Crime and Confederate Flag

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

**  Lynching memorial approved for Lafayette County Courthouse.  (Oxford, Mississippi.  Seven black lynchings occurred in the the county, (three at the square or near it).  I am all in favor of any historical monument, even one showing the sad side of human nature.  The Confederate monument in the square still stands so it is okay with me as long as this is paid for by private citizens, not the town.)

**  North Carolina stops issuing Confederate license plates.  (These are Sons of Confederate Veterans plates. As long as they take a look at others that some might find offensive.  Hopefully there are no BLM license plates.  I see there are quite a few black fraternity and sorority plates, but since they advance education they are okay.)

**  Pasquotank to talk  future of Confederate monument in Monday meeting.  (North Carolina)

**  Police:  Charleston Battery  Confederate monument vandalized.  (South Carolina.  The Confederate Defenders monument.  BLM written on it.  This is not vandalism.  This is a hate crime.)

**  Pitt County commissioners vote to move Confederate statue that was removed last year from courthouse.  (Greenville, North Carolina.  It will be moved to private property.  The movement should be paid for by those wanting it gone.  No public funds should be used.)

**  Sons of Southern Cross sue Van Buren mayor over Confederate flag at Christmas parade.  (Arkansas.  They can't have the flag in parade.)

--Old Secesh

What's In a Name. Was It a Riot or Demonstration? Only Her Hairdresser Knows for Sure.

JANUARY 16, 2021

**  How the Civil War got its name.    (From the Jan. 15, 2021, JStor Daily.  What happened on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol has been called a riot or insurrection.  What BLM did last summer is called peaceful demonstrations or, at worst, civil unrest.  All could be considered demonstrations.  Hopefully the media will come up with a common terminology for events such as we witnessed Jan. 6 and last summer and apply it equally to both sides.

Well, there has also been huge differences in what the conflict we today call the Civil War has been called.  This is and that applied to both at the time it was fought and up to today.  A very interesting article.)

**  Panel to consider Fort Polk name change.

**  Lawsuit  filed against city of Van Buren, mayor, for barring Confederate flag from Christmas parade.  (Arkansas)

**  A year of racial reckoning, black lawmakers believe they can finally  eliminate Confederate Heroes Day in Texas.  

**  The Jim Crow legacy of Southern military bases.

--Old Secesh

Tennessee Governor, Wake Forest Christmas Parade, "Removing Monuments Will Not Lessen Racial Divide"

March 13, 2020


**  House OKs letting Tennessee governor not sign Confederate general day.  (Governor Bill Lee won't have to sign bill honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest.)

**  Letter to the Editor:  New event spreading fear, not cheer.  (SCV commander writing about their exclusion from the Wake Forest Christmas parade.  Not sure who came up with the headline which was confusing.)

**  Removing monuments will not lessen racial divide.   (Staunton, Va. Opinion page.    This person is very right.  If anything, it is making it worse.)

--Old Secesh

Memphis Statues and UNC Still Up In Arms

December 19, 2019

**  Confederate museum with Nathan Bedford Forrest statue doesn't want to be 'monument' graveyard.

** The Sons of Confederate Veterans want their due.

**  Memphis Confederate statues released to Sons of Confederate Veterans and descendants.
I wonder if this will come with money like at UNC?

**  Documents leave unanswered questions about UNC's deal with Sons of Confederate Veterans.

**  UNC Silent Sam settlement will vastly increase NC Confederate group's finances.

**  Confederate statues gone for good.

**  "Reparations" for Confederates?  UNC system trustees face backlash after paying more than $2.5 million.

**  A city cancelled its Christmas parade instead of banning Confederate flags.

**  Group plans to re-erect Memphis Confederate statues.

**  Notham proposes cutting budget for Confederate grave maintenance in favor of black cemetery fund.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

"I Feel So Bad for the Children" and Guilty Folks at UNC

December 7, 2019

**  A town's Christmas parade is canceled  because of potential protests over Confederate symbols.  Wake Forest, N.C.

**  Media piles on Nikki Haley  after misinterpreted Confederate flag remarks go viral.

**  'I feel so bad for the children':  NC towns cancel Christmas parades after  threat of protests and demands to remove Confederate groups.

**  University of Mississippi approves plan to relocate Confederate monument.

**  UNC faculty votes to condemn Silent Sam settlement giving$2.5 million to Confederate heritage group.  No surprise here.  They encouraged and supported students to commit the hate crime destroying the statue.

**  State officials may move Old Miss Confederate monument, but won't scrap it.

**  UNC students march, protest Confederate monument settlement.  They have only themselves to blame.  They tore the statue down.  I have to wonder why they haven't been expelled for criminal activity.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Christmas Parade Cancellation Was Big News Last Week

December 6, 2019

**  Fearing protest, North Carolina town cancels Christmas parade featuring Confederate group.  USA Today

**  North Carolina Christmas parade canceled over Confederate controversy.  NY Post

**  Towns cancel Christmas parades after Confederate groups' floats spark potential protests.  Newsweek

**  North Carolina town cancels Christmas parade due to fear of protests over the inclusion of Confederate group.    The Hill blog

**  Christmas parades with Confederate floats canceled.  Washington Post

**  North Carolina Christmas parades canceled over reaction to Confederate floats included in them.  HillReporter

**  Christmas parades with Confederate floats canceled.  Houston Chronicle

These are dealing with the cancellations of Christmas parades in Garner and Wake Forest, North Carolina over fear of protests and violence from the Confederate-haters.


A Big Ol' Bah Humbug From Them.  --Old Secesh

And So It Goes: No Parade for You

December 5, 2019

**  University of North Carolina gives Confederate group $2.5 million in lawsuit settlement. (Silent Sam)

**  Wake Forest cancels Christmas parade after threat of anti-Confederate threats.  (North Carolina)  Isn't this the saddest news for a Christmas parade?

**  Wake Forest joins Garner in canceling its Christmas parade for fear of disruption.  And we know who is making the threats. Certainly not the Confederate re-enactors.

**  Jessica Luther Rummel:  Yearslong research shows genesis behind Confederate monument , why it must be moved.  (Confederate statue in Denton, Texas)    Some first rate, but extremely biased research.  Not that I'm biased, of course.

**  La. parish approves funding to remove Confederate monument.  (Caddo, Louisiana)  ($500,000)

A Bah, Humbug from the Confederate Haters.    --Old Secesh

About Those Christmas Parades in North Carolina

In the past several days, one parade was canceled and one received the go-light.  Both North Carolina towns are near Raleigh, the state capital.

Garner canceled theirs, but Wake Forest will still have their annual parade.

The Wake Forest parade (Wake Forest Univ. was originally located here before it moved to Winston-Salem) has included the Sons of Confederate Veterans for decades.  The parade will go on as planned.

The City of Garner, however, canceled their parade, which has had Confederate re-enactment groups for many years,  But fears that their appearance might cause "those people" who hate all things Confederate to cause problems and disrupt it with confrontations caused the city council to cancel it this year.

It is too bad when a group can disrupt an annual, peaceful event simply through threat as "those people" do now.

Kudus to Wake Forest for standing up to "those people."  Disruptions and confrontations will not be coming from Confederate re-enactors.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Statues "Vandalized" Again and Wake Forest Christmas Parade to Go On

December 1, 2019

**  Observer Forum:  Did UNC System make right call on Confederate statue Silent Sam?

**  Wake Forest residents back decision to let parade continue.  (N.C.   The Christmas parade will be held despite the fact that Confederate re-enactors are in it.

**  Greg Harton:  A monument stands for something.

**  'This is racist' and 'Impeach Trump' spray painted on Lee statue in Charlottesville.

It "Ain't" Over.  --Old Secesh

Confederacy Under Attack: UNC Gives "Silent Sam" to SCV

November 28, 2019

**  University of North Carolina gives 'Silent Sam' statue, toppled by protesters in 2018, to Confederate group.

**  Alabama Supreme Court rules that Birmingham cannot cover Confederate statue in Linn Park.

**  'It's a disgrace':  UNC will give Silent Sam to Sons of Confederate Veterans after suit.

**  Controversy surrounding Confederate group prompts Garner (N.C.)  to cancel Christmas parade.  People opposed to the Sons of Confederate Veterans have been making social posts against their participation so parade was canceled for fear of confrontation.

**  Even though I've already written about "Silent Sam" being turned over to the SCV twice, I couldn't help but like this headline:  "Confederate group nabs  statue toppled at UNC."  There you go, nabbing again.

Bah, Humbug!!   --Old Secesh