No 'Rebels' 'Round Here. South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina

AUGUST 7, 2020


**  Virginia high school drops Confederate nickname 'Rebels.'  (Douglas S. Freeman High School in Henrico County.  In Sad Richmond.  Douglas Freeman wrote the acclaimed multi-volume series of books "R.E. Lee", "Lee's Lieutenants" and "George Washington.  As such, they are going to have to consider changing the name of the school.   Maybe they could call the school's teams the Seceshes?)

**  Mayor White:  COVID-19, police accountability slow  Greenville's Confederate monument plans.  (South Carolina)

**  Albemarle County votes to remove 111-year-old Confederate  soldier statue.  (Charlottesville, Sad Virginia.  Exactly how long does it take some people to discover that they are offended.  111 years seems like a real long time.)

**  Confederate statue removed from Denton's square after 21-year fight.  (Texas.  Well, at least "they" knew 21-years ago that '"they" were offended.)

**  Black cheerleader quits after squad poses with Confederate flag shirt.   (Daphne High School in Daphne, Alabama.  Six white cheerleaders posed with a tee shirt with the words I (heart with a Confederate flag in it) Redneck Boys.  Notice that the white in white cheerleaders was not capitalized.  Should it have been?  I guess we should be offended by the term Redneck and Redneck boys.  But not.)

**  Moving NC Confederate statue 'smacks of  ethnic genocide,' woman says ahead of  protest.  (Gaston)

--Old Redneck Boy Secesh

Civil War II: Ghosts, Fort Bragg, Fort Donelson, Texas and Republicans

JUNE 25, 2020


**  Confederate ghosts still haunt America.  (Like, BOO!!)

**  The City of Fort Bragg wrestles with its Confederate officer namesake.  (California)

**  Investigation concludes in vandalism  to Confederate monument at Fort Donelson  Battlefield.  (Took place June 10.  Case has been turned over to office of the U.S. Attorney.  I am surprised as I thought the rioters had carte blanche to do whatever they wanted to Confederate statues.  Some good news for a change.)

**  Confederate monument removed  in Denton (Texas)

**  Republicans are ready to counterpunch over Confederate-named military bases.

**  Army is taking limited steps to counter racial divisiveness.

**  Holmes Column:  History in the remaking.

**  If the military renames Southern bases,  whose names should replace  the Confederate  Generals?  (Personally, right now, I'd say any names other than that of Blacks.  That would be too much of a slap in the face.  Maybe down the road name some of them for deserving black military people.)

--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