Confederadication: Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama and Mississippi

APRIL 26, 2023

**  Mississippi and Alabama celebrate  Confederate Memorial Day as efforts to abolish holiday stall.

**  New Florida bill  would empower  defenders of Confederate monuments.

**  Nikki Haley compares abortion divide to Confederate flag debate.

**  CAIR repeats call  for elimination of Confederate Memorial Day holiday in Alabama.  (Again.  Islamists weighing in on the issue?)

I Always Have To Smile When I See CAIR Piping In.  --Old Secesh

Digging Up Nikki's Past, Sad R., Those Pesky Confederate Flags

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

**  Nikki Haley defends Confederate flag in unearthed interview.  (Seriously, did someone bury it under the ground?)

**  One less Confederate  symbol.  (Sad R. again.)

**  Parents angry after Confederate flag  flown at Union County high school.  (Indian Trail, North Carolina.  It was flown from a pickup truck in the parking lot.  Bet BLM is mad.)

**  Fort Bragg to officially change name to Fort Liberty.  (North Carolina.  I'm not celebrating.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Nikki Yet Again. Change the Names, Don't Change the Names

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

**  The myth of Nikki Haley takes another hit.  (Washington Post.  Wasn't she the governor of South Carolina who had the Confederate flag taken down at the statehouse?  That had to have made the good folks at the Post happy.)

 **  Georgia County refuses to change Confederate street names.  (Clayton County)

**  When Fort Benning becomes Fort Moore, it will 'honor Army family.'  (Georgia)

**  Army narrows time for Fort Rucker name change.  (Alabama)

Certain Folks Going After Nikki.  --Old Secesh

Edenton, Nikki and Key West

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

**  As other towns take Confederate monuments down,  Edenton takes issue to court.  (North Carolina)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

**  Nikki Haley removed the Confederate flag.  She sounds  different as a candidate. (Washington Post)

**  Is Key West's Mallory Square really named for a Confederate leader?  (Stephen Mallory, Secretary of the Navy.)

--Old Secesh

Nikki Again, Georgia and the Hunley

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

**  Nikki Haley defended right to secession,  Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk.  (CNN.  Big surprise they report this.)

**  Clayton County to consider changing Confederate street names.  (Georgia)

**  The blundering Confederate submarine that sank itself three times.  (The H.L. Hunley.  Well, not actually a part of Confederadication.)

The Old Blundering Sesh.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Univ. of Texas, Richmond City Council Going After Confederate Monuments As Are Democrats in Virginia

January 6, 2020

**  Confederate statues will remain off University of Texas campus, appeals court rules.

**  Goldman Sachs employees protest Nikki Haley appearance over Confederate flag comments.  (Weren't these the good folks who helped bring on the big recession with their greed back a few years ago?  I understand they had to pay several billion dollars for their role in it.  Evidently greed and misadventure okay.  Making a comment that offends their genteel nature isn't.)

**  Lynchburg museum opens new exhibit.  (Virginia  The exhibit will include a Confederate flag and you know what that means.)

**  Richmond City Council to vote  on monuments resolution.  (They will ask the General Assembly for local control of removing Confederate monuments.)

**  Democrats , newly dominant in Virginia, race to make new laws.  (And, of course, that means to remove Confederate monuments.)

Those Good Folks at Sachs.  --Old Secesh

94th Post to This Blog and So Sad It Has to Be

This is the 94th post to this, my newest blog, and a blog I wish was not necessary.  This new war on the Confederacy which has been launched by Blacks and their white minions is a hurtful one, a sad one and I believe somewhere down the road in the future will be lumped right up there with the Third Reich's burning of books, Kristillnacht and not accepting another person's views and any number of other times humans have behaved poorly.

Now, I don't blame Blacks for not liking the Confederacy.  If I was a black person I would most likely hate the Confederacy as well.  But to me, flying a Confederate flag or paying respect at a Confederate monument is not white supremacy or racism.  It is out of respect to history.

Sadly, however, white supremacist groups and racists have often, as Nikki Haley put it, "hijacked the flag" and cause to spew forth their hate.  Every time I see the KKK or Nazis involved on the Confederate side, it saddens me.  It would be great if we could ban them from the flag and support.  Unfortunately, not likely, much the same as their use of the U.S. flag.

Anyway, it is my definite hope that this blog will no longer be necessary this whole year, but I kind of doubt it.

My sign-off, Old Secesh, is a tip of the hat to the term used by Northerners to put down the Confederates as they were backers of secession, "Sesch" or "Secesh."

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Silent Sam, Nikki Haley, Memphis and Pittsboro

December 22, 2019

**  Parks thrive after removing Confederate statues.  (Memphis, Tn.)

**  Court will examine Silent Sam settlement, standing of Confederate group.  (It is too bad the courts didn't do something about having those guilty of the hate crime in tearing down Silent Sam prosecuted.)

**  New honorary street marker unveiled for Preston Avenue.  (Charlottesville, Va.)  Now named in honor of Asalie Minor Preston, an early black educator in the 1930s.  The street was originally dedicated to Thomas Lewis Preston, a Confederate soldier who owned slaves.

**  Nikki Haley on flag debate:  People aren't going to 'listen to you' and 'work with you'  if you 'villify' them.

**  Pittsboro businesses push forward to end 2019.  (Pittsboro, N.C.  They were hurt by all the Confederate statue removal hoopla.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Oh Those Horrible Confederate Flags and Poor Nikki

December 13, 2019

**  State panel not expected to talk  Confederate bust at meeting.  (Tennessee)

**  Confederate flag is a racist symbol.

**  Column:  Nikki Haley is wrong about the Confederate flag's history.

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December 14, 2019

**  Democratic majority could bring monumental  change to Confederate symbols.

**  The Confederate flag is a symbol of cruelty.

**  Lewis Toland:  A different perspective on Confederate statue.

**  Confederate flag isn't honorable.

**  Nikki Haley and the Confederate flag.

**  Nikki Haley's remarks about the Confederate flag haven't changed.  Her stage has.

**  Iowa man facing backlash for Confederate, Nazi paintings in his front yard.  I saw the pictures of his house.  In my opinion, nothing was wrong with the Confederate flags but he should not have put the swastika there.

Okay, let's see, in these headlines:  Confederate flags are racist, cruel and dishonorable.  What else?

Getting That Flaggy Feeling.  --Old Secesh

Poor Nikki Haley Sure Opened a Can of Worms and Meet Statue Creator Kahinde Wiley

December 13, 2019

**  A statue of a black man on a horse has a new home in then heart of the Confederacy.

**  Civil rights lawyers stake claim in Confederate statue case. (Silent Sam statue money)

**  Meghan McCain on Nikki Haley's opposing Confederate flags comments:  'This will haunt her.'

**  Nikki Haley "disqualified for national office" after Confederate flag remarks, "View" co-hosts say.

**  Friday Letters:  Confederate monuments.

**  Goldman Sachs employees want to cancel a Nikki Haley interview after her Confederate flag remarks.

**  Kahinde Wiley responds to Confederate statues.  He is the black man who made the new Rumors of War statue in Richmond.  He also did the Barack Obama presidential painting and two paintings with something to do with two "Kill Whitey".

**  Meeks amendment  prohibiting Confederate names  for DOD assets included   in NDAA passage.  Gregory Meeks, a black man, is a U.S. Representative from New York.

--Old Secesh

'Outrage Culture', Parades, New Richmond Statue,Flags at UNC Faculty

December 12, 2019

**  Nikki Haley:  Confederate flag could not be taken down in South Carolina today in today's 'outrage culture.'

**  Georgia city cancels parade amid Confederate flag lawsuit.

**  New statue unveiled in response to Richmond's monuments.

**  Alpharetta city council votes to stop sponsoring parade amid Confederate flag lawsuit.

**  Richmond gets a new soaring statue, this one with dreadlocks.

**  Orange County rejects appeal over large Confederate flag along US 70.  (North Carolina)

**  UNC faculty:  Leaders must condemn Confederate statue deal.  There must be a moral to this story, folks.  Don't commit illegal hate crimes and expect to get away with it.

**  Swastika, Confederate flags on display near Iowa elementary school 'sickens' school officials.  (Des Moines)   Someone spray-painted the flags and a pick up truck on his property.  I hate to see Nazi symbols by Confederate ones.  Two different situations entirely.

**  Statue of black man on horse has new home in heart of Confederacy.

--Old Secesh

UNC Folks Still Upset About Silent Sam Decision and Another Attack on Richmond Monuments

December 10, 2019

**  A university's betrayal of historical truth.  (Upset about UNC and Silent Sam.)

**  Confederate statue at Ole Miss campus:  What next?

**  Group calls on Amazon, Google to remove 'white supremacist, pro-Confederate materials.'

**  What Nikki Haley gets wrong about the Confederate flag.  But one must remember that she was instrumental in taking down the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.

**  Richmond councilman to introduce resolution giving city ability to remove Confederate statues.  This is regarding to Monument Avenue.  This is the third time he has introduced it.  And, the councilman is a black man.  Big surprise there.  I wonder if this will include the new statue at the Virginia Art Museum?

**  UNC faculty condemns system's settlement  with pro-Confederate group in resolution.  I can't help but think this is funny.  The SCV never would have gotten the money had the statue not been torn down.  I would still like to see what role the "faculty" had in that hate crime that night.

**  How the Daughters of the Confederacy spoiled Christmas.

**  'It's a free country':  Orange County man continues to fly large Confederate flag on his property.

**  UNC students march, protest Confederate statue settlement.  At least they were not able to deface or tear down the monument since they has already done that.   Again, the settlement wouldn't have happened had they not illegally and in a hate crime mode, torn the statue down in the first place.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Nikki Haley, Columbus, Suing and Joe

December 8, 2019

**  Haley:  Killer 'hijacked' Confederate flag meaning for some.

**  Confederate group sues Columbus mayor, councilors, over removal of flags at Lynnwood Cemetery.  (Ohio)

**  T. Greg Doucette  threatens to sue Sons of Confederate veterans , demands group donate $2.5 million to black UNC students.

**  Texas is no place for Confederate symbols.  (Houston Chronicle editorial)

December 9, 2019

**  Biden praises  group who 'display the Confederate flag' as 'fine people' in resurfaced video.  Back when Sen. Carole Mosely-Braun (a black woman from Illinois) wanted to deny the charter to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

**  How the Confederate battle flag ended up in states like Vermont.:  Historians explain.

--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

CW II: Ole Miss Confederate Monument in the Crosshairs Now and a New Statue in Virginia

December 6, 2019

**  Board considers plan on moving Ole Miss Confederate monument.

**  Agency mulls Confederate monument future.

**  Archives board OKs plan to move Ole Miss Confederate statue.

**  UNC students march, protest Confederate statue settlement.  I have to have a big laugh over this one.  It was their breaking the law and hate crime which led to the "payday."

**  Nikki Haley claims _____ ____ 'hijacked' the 'heritage'  of the Confederate flag in church massacre.  Nikki Haley was governor of South Carolina when the Confederate flag was removed from the state Capitol.

I do not believe in naming murderers is the reason for the blanks.  I can not believe this guy is still alive.

**  Crews prepare for statue made in response to Confederate monuments  to be placed at VMFA.  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

How about that, a new statue going up in the South and believe me it is not a Confederate statue.   I wonder if the Confederate-haters will "vandalize" this one.

--Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks Continue: Future of Confederate Monuments in NC Still in Limbo

November 19, 2019

**  Vandals splash yellow paint on Confederate monument  in downtown Salisbury.  (NC)

This has been "vandalized" before.  Drivers passing by pulled over to vent to TV crew.  Statue of an angel carrying a Confederate soldier.  More paint put on it in August.

**  Future of several Confederate monuments in North Carolina still in limbo.

**  In Nashville, Nikki Haley reflects on removing Confederate flag from Capitol while SC governor.

**  Third of four meetings sees Confederate committee still struggling with 'context' suggestions.

**  Confederate statue was erected to honor soldiers from Chatham County.  (Pittsboro, N.C.)

--Old Secesh

Heritage Attacks Continue: Now Charlottesville Will Remove the Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea Statue

November 16, 2019

**  Did two congressional acts give Confederate veterans federal benefits?

**  Photo shows another NJ high school student in blackface with Confederate flag.

**  Fayetteville (NC) residents flood public forum on proposed Civil War museum.

**  Nikki Haley urges Liberty University students  to 'push through fear.'

**  Plan to remove Lewis, Clark Sacagawea statue in Charlottesville approved.   (What next?)

**  GOP won't disavow Trump, but Nikki Haley has another strategy.

Well, If Charlottesville Can't Get Rid Of Lee....  --Old Secesh