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
JANUARY 22, 2023
** Metro Detroit prosecutor sparks outrage with Robert E. Lee birthday post. (How low will they go?)
** For Richmond, a compelling new chapter. (Well, I won't see it as I never plan to go there again.)
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JANUARY 23, 2023
** Editorial: Texas' Confederate day honors traitors who fought for slavery. (Indiana Gazette. Shows what they know in Indiana.)
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 20, 2023
** Fate of c(C)onfederate statue outside Bell County Courthouse is still up in the air, years later. (Belton, Texas)
** Texas still silently celebrates Confederate Heroes day. (So?)
** Opinion: Confederate Day honors traitors who fought for slavery. (Someone who obviously doesn't know the whole story.)
And, To Think There Are No Problems With Crime and Poverty That They Would Do Better Dealing With Than Some Statues. -- Old Secesh
JANUARY 20, 2023
** Thursday is Confederate Heroes Day in Texas, but Houston lawmakers want it gone after this season.
** VA changes name of only medical center honoring Confederate officer. (Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's physician. It is located in Richmond. Big surprise there.)
** Editorial: End Confederate Heroes Day and don't stop there. (Houston Chronicle. So, they join the Waqshington Post andNew York Times in Confederadication.)
** Florida still celebrates 3 Confederate holidays. (So?)
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 8, 2023
** Texas lawmakers renew push to abolish "Confederate Heroes Day." (They are Democrats, of course. I would also like to know if they are Black or White.)
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JANUARY 19, 2023
** Yes, Texas has a state holiday called "Confederate Heroes' Day." (And they also have a holiday called Juneteenth.)
** Is Confederate Heroes Day still appropriate for Texas?
** Confederate Heroes Day: Texas Rep. Jarvis Johnson files bill to abolish state holiday. (Rep. Jarvis is a black man. Could this be a racist move?)
If You're a Black Person and Want to Get Rid of This Holiday, Does This Make You Racist? --Old Secesh
JANUARY 14, 2023
** Opelousas man accused of damaging Confederate monument may face hate crime charge. (Louisiana. Damage a black monument, that's a hate crime. Same should be true if someone damages a Confederate one.)
** The AP Hill statue is gone, but traffic problems persist, drivers say. (Sad R.)
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JANUARY 18, 2023
** Why does Texas celebrate Confederate Heroes Day?
** In some Southern states, this week's holiday wasn't just for MLK. (Guess what they're going after?)
"Vandalizing" Confederate Monuments Is Really a Hate Crime. --Old Secesh
JUNE 18, 2022
** Under attack: Virginia Military Institute's culture forced to change. (You don't ignore your history. Especially your proud history.)
** Sunday is Juneteenth: How did that come about? (Not my holiday. Take away Confederate ones and replace with black ones. I don't think so.)
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JUNE 19, 2022
** Georgia city official resigns after Confederate shop reopens. (Kennesaw, Georgia. Wildman's Civil War Surplus reopened after Woldman's death. Awww! Poor politician.)
** Kentucky Supreme Court to review monument removal decision.
--Old Secesh
JUNE 8, 2022
** Louisiana legislature scraps Confederate holidays more than 150 years after the Civil War.
** Republican council member takes another shot at Confederate monument removal. (Jacksonville, Florida. He wants the city to put up half a million dollars for removal. I say that those who want it removed should have to come up with the money. Let them put their money where their mouths are.)
** Washington County rededicates Confederate statue. (Abungdon, Virginia. It was moved from the courthouse.)
** Confederate statue removed. (Daviess County, Kentucky)
** Students charged with raising c(C)onfederate flag at La Plata school. (Maryland)
--Old Secesh
JUNE 6, 2022
** Memory box found inside Caddo Confederate monument. (Louisiana. About the only good thing that comes of removing Confederate monuments.)
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JUNE 7, 2022
** For Confederate bases, name change long overdue. (Virginia Mercury)
** Two time capsules found as Caddo's Confederate monument is being removed. (Louisiana)
** Debate continues over Alabama holidays honoring Confederacy.
** Bill to remove Confederate holidays sent to the governor. (Louisiana)
--Old Secesh
JUNE 5, 2022
** Confederate flag earpiece at Rock Plaza. (Country singer Trace Adkins wore one at a concert. How horrible of him. Wait till SPLC finds about this. They might put him on a list.)
** NASCAR banned the Confederate flag in 2020. Company insiders explain how it happened. (You know, that Bubba guy who Kappynappered it.)
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JUNE 6, 2022
** La. Senate approves cutting Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee Day from the state's holiday list.
** Alabama state offices close for holiday honoring Jeff Davis. (What will SPLC have to say about that. Probably will put the state on a list.)
--Old Secesh
MAY 26, 2022
** Louisiana closer to removing Confederate-themed holidays. (Let's see. Remove a Confederate holiday, add a black holiday. I see.)
** Preliminary work begins on Caddo Confederate monument removal. (Louisiana)
** Straw ballot on Confederate monuments fails to win Jacksonville City Council support. (Jacksonville, Florida. There was to be a straw vote on it in November. But. let's face it. Those who want the statues removed know that if it is put to a people vote, they will lose.)
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MAY 27, 2022
** Work to scrub the Confederate stain from military bases is off to a good start. (Washington Post. Nothing like some good old-fashioned non biased reporting, right Post?)
** Confederate flag and gun rights taunt causes furor at University High School. (Normal, Illinois)
--Old Secesh
APRIL 15, 2022
** Mississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage month. (So, why are some folks making such a big deal about this? If some folks can commemorate Juneteenth or Harriett Tubman's birthday, why can't some others commemorate their ancestors. If a person doesn't like the holiday, then they don't have to do anything about it.)
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APRIL 16, 2022
** Civil rights group condemns Gov. Tate Reeves' proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month. (Two guesses who? The good folks over at the very racist Southern Poverty Law Center. I would expect them to do no less.)
** Our view: Gov. embarrasses us all with Confederate Heritage Month proclamation. (Columbus, Mississippi Dispatch. Really sad when a newspaper takes this sort of hatred approach to news.)
** Madison County makes April Confederate History and Heritage Month. (Texas)
It is amazing that some politicians have the backbone to stand up against certain groups and their minions on this issue.
--Old Secesh
APRIL 12, 2022
** Gov. Reeves declares April Confederate Heritage Month. (Mississippi. April is the traditional Confederate Heritage Month.)
** Perquimans board oks language for signs at monument. (North Carolina)
The signs say the statue was erected to honor the Civil war dead and also will say that some on the county opposed secession and the Confederacy and that some of them were Blacks. An acceptable context signage.)
** Military base could be renamed for Lawrence Joel. His name could replace a Confederate soldier's. (Lawrence Joel from Winston-Salem, N.C. and recipient of the Medal of Honor. A deserving candidate. Just don't name all the bases after Blacks.)
--Old Secesh
MARCH 8, 2022
** Cordele moving ahead with removing Confederate monument. (Cordele, Georgia)
** Confederate flag shirt of Greenville County Council member protested.
** Lawmaker files legislation to end Louisiana's Confederate holidays.
** Montgomery officials considering renaming streets named for c(C)onfederates, klansmen. (Alabama)
** Mary McLeod Bethune statue to be installed in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. (A worthy of the honor black woman. But, will every removed statue have to be replaced with one of a black person?)
--Old Secesh
MARCH 6, 2022
** Former site of Confederate statue picked for new symbol at Dixie State University. (Utah. I am shocked that they didn't put up a statue to Blacks in the place of the Confederate soldiers. They replaced it with a bison. Of course, I am surprised that they haven't changed the name of their school yet. I propose Woke State University.)
** Replacing images of Confederate generals. (Arkansas)
** SC workers get Juneteenth, Confederate holiday choice. (Personally, I think they should have a holiday devoted to that wonderful man named George Floyd who led such an exemplary life.)
And, Here I Was Thin king That the New Law Said That ALL Confederate Statues Removed Had to be Replaced with Ones of Black People. Well, Just "Woke" Me. --Old Secesh
MARCH 4, 2022
** Upside down American flag flies above a Confederate flag in Magna. (Magna, Utah)
** Rep, Johnson: "It took a lot of courage" leaders speak on move to remove Confederate state flag. (Mississippi)
** Second lawsuit over Confederate monument dismissed. (Brunswick, Ga.)
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MARCH 5, 2022
** Bill in Louisiana aims to remove Confederate holidays. (Again, put it to a public vote.)
--Old Secesh
MARCH 1, 2022
** Business owner who removed Confederate monuments speaks publicly for the first time. (Sad R.'s monuments. This man made a lot of money doing this and was a big supporter of the mayor.)
** Fully reckoning with the legacy of American slavery requires more than the removing of Confederate monuments. (I agree with this. The complete true story must be told.)
** Groundbreaking planned on private park in Bentonville for relocated Confederate monument. (Arkansas)
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MARCH 2, 2022
** South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate holiday. (Also Juneteenth proposed as new state holiday. Of course, replace a Confederate holiday with a black one. Real surprising.)
What a Burn!! --Old Secesh
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
** S. Carolina considers replacing Confederate Memorial Day. (Of course, it will have to be replaced with another holiday honoring Blacks.)
** Madison attorney sues city over removal of Confederate Rest.
** Pinehurst officials say Fort Bragg's new name should honor George Marshall. (Not a black man. Who'd have figured?)
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FEBRUARY 25, 2022
** What happens if you fly a Confederate flag in Canada. (There are evidently a bunch of newly "Woke" folk up there.)
** Bill giving folks a floating holiday to replace Confederate Memorial Day is heading to SC Senate.
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 18, 2022
** Alabama 1 of 2 states still combining King-Lee holiday.
** Renewed effort to drop Confederate general from King-Lee holiday. (Alabama)
** Florida lawmakers want to remove three state holidays honoring the Confederacy. (They will probably replace the Confederate ones with black ones, of course.)
I agree that the two birthdays should not be commemorated on the same day. However, whose birthday was commemorated first?
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 10, 2021
** Hoyer, Democrats press Senate to act on removing statues of Confederates, racists from Capitol. (Can you even imagine a the Democrats, the Party of Jim Crow, doing something like that. Maybe they want to make amends?)
** Student suspended for flying Confederate flag; mom says it's not racism, but history. (Minnesota. As long as students with anything BLM also get suspended.)
** Bill would strike holidays from state calendar. (Florida. Would remove Lee and Davis birthdays and Confederate Memorial Day. Also would remove any provision against mutilation or disrespect for anything Confederate. (Of course, it is those wily old Democrats again.)
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OCTOBER 11, 2021
** Confederate statue at Washington County Courthouse to move due to construction. (Virginia. Think it will come back?)
** Goodbye Columbus? Those urging the explorer be thrown overboard need to do their homework. (Columbus too?)
--Old Secesh
