That Bad Ol' Mark Twain

APRIL 19, 2023

**  Why Mark Twain had an incredibly brief stint as a Confederate soldier.  (Well, now I guess his books will have to be banned by the "woke" folks.)

**  Rare Confederate bank notes among highlights at upcoming auction.  (What will BLM, SPLC and NAACP think of that? Probably will have a problem with the term "Highlight".)

**  What to do about Stone Mountain?     Black residents talk park's racist past.  (Georgia)

**  Greenville police investigating stolen grave marker. (Greenville, North Carolina.  It is a pillar memorial.  Would this be vandalism or something else?)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Now They're Upset With Confederate Money. Trump, Brooklyn, Costs of Removing, Florida

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

**  Broward exhibit shows how Confederate money reinforced slavery.  (Florida.  Well, the money showed scenes of slaves working out in the field.)

**  Trump's personal head wanted to fire defense secretary because he  opposed Confederate flags on bases.

**  The chance to rename Brooklyn's General Lee Avenue is here.  (New York.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

**  Confederate statues may be gone,  but they continue to cost local taxpayers.  (North Carolina.  Statues either "toppled" by protesters (hate crime) or removed by local governments.  Chatham County paying $300 a month to store its Confederate statue.

**  Bartow's Confederate  marker moves to Oak Hill Cemetery.  (Florida.  Removed in secrecy.)

Save Your Confederate Money.  The South's Gonna Rise Again.  -Old Secesh

Fort Rucker, Fort Gordon, That Statue in Jacksonville and Even Confederate Money

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

**  Public's help wanted in renaming Fort Rucker.  (Alabama)

**  Confederate,  segregationist road names  to be removed in Loudon.  (Virginia)

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

**  Confederate monument will stay in Florida park for now.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Jacksonville  Council wimps out:  Confederate monument to stay.  (Florida Times-Union)

**  Raucous crowd removed from Council meeting over removal of Confederate tribute statue.  (Jacksonville.  The Blacks want the monument gone, but so far this year 95 people in Jacksonville have been murdered, mostly  Blacks.  I would think that was a bigger issue than an old statue.)

**  Hometown History:  Fort Gordon.  (Georgia.  Fort Gordon had quite a World War II history.)

**  Broward exhibit  shows how Confederate money reinforced slavery.  (Florida)

What Was That They Used to Say About Saving Your Confederate Money?  --Old Secesh