It's a Road Thing Now As Well and, Finally Two Groups Willing to Stand Up Against This New Tyranny

February 26, 2020

** Magruder Boulevard, named after a Confederate general to be renamed  for Neil Armstrong.

**  Parts of Florida Highway honoring the Confederacy will be renamed in honor of Harriet Tubman.  How about renaming those parts Founding Fathers' Way or Greatest Generation?  Surely, they are deserving as well.

**  Confederate flags will be allowed at Arkansas cemetery despite protests.  (Probably just "one" person didn't like the Confederate flags.  But today, these "ones" sure have a lot of clout.  Governmental bodies bow to their every whim.

**  No commotion as county passes Confederate History Month measure.  (Texas--  Well if certain folks can have a History Month, others should also have a month to honor their ancestors as well.  Finally, a group of people with a backbone willing to stand up against the haters.)

**  Letter to Editor:  Letter writer misses mark on meaning of Confederate monuments.

Welcome to the Tyranny.  --Old Secesh

Should Confederate Monuments Be Treated Like MLK Memorials? UNC Chancellor Says Silent Sam Can't Come Back to School (Now, He'll Never Graduate)

February 20, 2020

**  Florida lawmaker says Confederate monuments should be honored like MLK memorials.  (He will come under intense fire for that statement.  We know why certain people don't like anything Confederate, but is there anything that MLK did that might offend some people?

But, didn't MLK have all those extramarital affairs as a preacher?  You'd think he'd know better than that.  Plus, there was the way some Blacks reacted to his murder with rampages, fires, looting and rape.)

**  Athens mayor suggests fair's  inaction on Confederate flag will have costs.  (Athens, Ohio--  Members of the fair's governing body voted overwhelmingly against banning the sale of Confederate items.)

**  Democrats running for state senate talk legislature's role in Confederate monuments.  (Salisbury, N.C.)

**  UNC chancellor vows that the Confederate statue will not return to school.  (That would be Silent Sam.  But, didn't UNC allow those students who committed the hate crime by pulling the statue down, then rejoiced, back in school.  And what about those UNC faculty members who put them up to it.  None of them lost their jobs.)

**  Miami-Dade commissioners vote unanimously to change the name of Dixie Highway.  Florida.  Sheer ignorance.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: California, a Picnic in Georgia, Smith Statue and Dixie Highway in Florida

February 11, 2020

**  Students at Riverside King High School pose with swastika, Confederate flag.  (Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California.  I hate to have this happen.)

**  Lauren County Confederate group responds after Dublin VA stops annual cookout.  (Dublin, Georgia   The local SCV has had a free picnic for veterans at the Veterans Administration there.  Now the VA says they can't do that unless they leave their Confederate symbols at home.)

**  Lake County protesters say they were kicked out of a meeting for holding signs against Confederate statue.  (Florida   The statue of General Kirby Smith which once stood in the U.S. Capitol  Building is to be relocated to the Lake County Historical Museum.  The Kirby statue is to be replaced with one of Mary McLeod Bethune, a Florida civil rights pioneer.  If the Kirby statue is inside, I don't see what the protesters are upset about.)

**  Tensions surface at Franklin County School Board meeting.  (Virginia.  One board member, a black woman, is still upset that the board refused to prohibit Confederate flags on clothing.)

**  'Dixie Highway' may be renamed in Broward County.  Now public can weigh in.  (Florida    Some are calling it a racist name.)

Poor Old Kirby Smith.  Nobody Wants Him.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: About That Confederate Flag in the Middle School, Black Images on Monument Avenue, Goodbye Part of the Dixie Highway

February 6, 2020

**  Some Confederate statues could soon be removed in Virginia.

**  The Buzz:  Confederate statues.

**  Parent speaks out following Confederate battle flag display in middle school classroom.  (South Carolina.  As part of a Civil War unit, a teacher hung a Confederate battle flag next to a 34-star Union flag and a black mother was appalled when she found out about it from her child.  The district investigated.  I sure wish I had that much power.  All it takes is one black person to be offended and then it becomes a major situation.)

**  Richmond's avenues honoring Confederate heroes now include black images.  (Virginia   Monument Avenue.  Also has statue of Arthur Ashe and now the statue in front of the art museum that evidently is by the avenue.)

**  Miami-Dade commission to rename Dixie Highway.  (Florida  A black commissioner is pushing this.  Wants the name changed to Harriet Tubman Highway.  You know, Dixie where they had the "S" word.  Also movement to change the name in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Confederate Heroes Day, Dixie Highway, TV and Forrest

January 20, 2020

**  A walk through Confederate Heroes Day.

**  'We've got to change this':    Has Dixie Highway reached the end of the road?   (You know.  Dixie = slavery and all that stuff.)

**  North-South reconciliation  left African Americans behind.

**  'Game of Thrones'  creators' controversial slave drama  'Confederate' cancelled by HBO.  (Well, you know, that "S"thing and that "C"thing that some object to.)

**   Tennessee governor wants to amend day that honors KKK leader.  (Nathan Bedford Forrest)  (Is it true that some want to strike the name Forrest from the movie because he was named for that Confederate general?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: N.C. Ban on Removal of Confederate Monuments Challenged

November 30, 2019

**  NC ban on removal of Confederate monuments is challenged as local councils continue to bring down statues.

**  Confederate statue fights show a greater division.

**  To erase Dixie Highway, Florida County might turn to Harriet Tubman for help.

Even Highways?  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: The Dixie Highway, That Gross and Racist Highway

November 26, 2019

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans dismiss case over Franklin stake removal.  At first I thought this was a misprint and should have been statue instead of stake.  But, I read the article which said Franklin, Tennessee, has stakes with the names of Confederate generals killed at the Battle of Franklin.

Six generals were killed at the battle.  A group plans on removing them.

**  'I am scared because I am black.'  Connecticut man ordered to take down Confederate flag after waging harassment campaign against neighbors.

**  'People have thought about this.' :   Majority of North Carolinians want Confederate monuments to stay.

**  Miami-Dade might rename Dixie Highway because its name is gross and racist.

**  North Carolina takes down Confederate statue from courthouse amidst 'high emotions, division, and even violence.'

Now, They're Even Going After Stakes.  --Old Secesh