Are these UDC members the white supremacists who put up all those racist monuments BLM has warned us about? How about those Confederate veterans above them? Some mighty desperate and despicable folks if you ask me.
Showing posts with label Juneteenth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juneteenth. Show all posts

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Civil War II: Toting Confederate Flags, Georgia, Jacksonville and South Carolina

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

**  Airplane flies Confederate flag over TIAA Bank Field with message that calls for return of monuments.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Jaguars football game.)

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

**  Milledgeville residents concerned after Confederate statue vandalized.  (Georgia.  Again, not vandalized.  It was a hate crome, pure and simple.)

**  Jacksonville council yet to vote on Confederate monuments.  (Florida.  Has something to do with the flag over the football stadium.)

**  Swansea replaces Confederate Memorial Day with Juneteenth.  (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh


Saturday, June 25, 2022

Juneteenth, Lee Statue, Confederate Memorial Day But Not Juneteenth, Louisiana

JUNE 20, 2022

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JUNE 21, 2022

**  What happened to the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was in front of Lee High?  (Montgomery, Alabama.  It was messed up during the Floyd/BLM riots in 2020.)

**  SC recognizes Confederate Memorial Day, but not Juneteenth.   (So?)

**  c(C)onfederate holiday removal signed by Edwards.  (Louisiana.  Governor John Bel Edwards.)

--Old Secesh


Friday, June 24, 2022

VMI, Juneteenth, Wildman's Again and Kentucky

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


Saturday, June 18, 2022

What Did Confederate Monuments Have to Do with the January 6 Insurrection?

JUNE 12, 2022

**  Who led to the insurrection of January 6?  Just look to our monuments.  (L.A. Times.  Okay, blaming the Confeds again.  There you go.)

**  Protesters rally against standing Confederate  monuments during Jacksonville bicentennial celebration.  (Florida.  I wonder how much crime and how many murders have taken place there  the last couple years while they've been trying to lose those statues?  Makes you wonder what's important to some folks.  It looked like about 25 protesters.  Huge turnout.)

**  Juneteenth marked as a state holiday  in Alabama this year.

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JUNE 13, 2022

**  Man who carried Confederate flag into the Capitol heads to trial.  (Jan. 6 insurrection.)

**  CAIR applauds Virginia school board's vote not to restore Confederate school names.  (That is an Islamic group.  How do they feel about Christian churches being built in Islamic countries?)

It Might Have Been Those Confederate Statues Still Remaining in Statuary Hall, You Know.--Old Secesh


Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Second Civil War: Renaming Fort Bragg, Juneteenth, Home Costs?

MAY 23, 2022

**  Proposed new name for Fort Bragg to be announced on Tuesday.  (North Carolina.  I'll take odds the name will be of a black person.)

**  Broward judge 'didn't get the memo' on Juneteenth.  (Florida.  She didn't know.  I personally will not do anything for Juneteenth.)

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MAY 24, 2022

**  A Confederate street name could cost you.  (Washington Post.  Your home could be worth 6% less if it is named after a Confederate.)

**  Group wants voters to decide on fate of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville.  (Florida.  In other words, let the people vote on removal.  Of course those wanting them removed won't go for this because about every time it is put to a vote, the decision is to keep them.)

--Old Secesh.


Thursday, April 21, 2022

A Big Stink Being Raised About Confederate Heritage Month

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


Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Fort Benning, Mississippi, Voting, Confederate Holidays, Black Holidays, Texas

APRIL 12, 2022

**  Major General Donahoe says For Benning  will be renamed by 2023.  (Georgia)

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APRIL 13, 2022

**  Rebel flags cause uproar at Biloxi MS elementary school.  (Mississippi)

**  Should voters have final say on Confederate monuments?  (You betcha!!)

**  While Confederate monuments come down, Confederate holidays continue.  (Well, we recently got Juneteenth and how long until Harriet Tubman's birthday becomes a national holiday?)

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APRIL 14, 2022

**  Killeen seeks input on new name for Fort Hood.  (Texas)

--Old Secesh


Saturday, March 12, 2022

A Confederate Statue Replaced with a Non-Black One in Utah. Who'd Have Figured?

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


Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Sad R.'s Remover, Full Reckoning, Groundbreaking and South Carolina

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


Friday, October 22, 2021

A Surprising Democrat. Confederates in the Attic. $2 Million to Remove Lee Statue and the Father of Gynecology

OCTOBER 3, 2021

**  Georgia Dem would rather keep  Confederate monument  than raise  Clarence Thomas statue.  (Of course, Democrats strongly opposed Thomas being appointed as the second black Supreme Court justice back in the day, but George Floyd, you know.  Really hard to believe that a Democrat would take a stand like that.)

**  Confederates in the Attic:  Minnesota schools begin to part ways with  outdated mascots.  (In other words, Confederate-themed mascots, you know.)

**  State says Lee statue removal cost over $2 million.  (Sad R. Of course, the removal was done by a black-owned business whose head person is a close personal friend of Sad R.'s mayor.  Must be nice to have friends in high places.  And, I can't even conceive of it costing that much to remove. Someone's looking for quite the payday.)

**  Alabama city adds Juneteenth as holiday for its employees.  (Prattville.  They also observe the combined Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee birthdays.  These two birthdays should not be commemorated on the same day.)

To my way of thinking, those cities removing Confederate holidays and adding black holidays are really rubbing salt in the wounds.

**  The statue of a doctor who  experimented on enslaved  women still stands in Alabama.  (J. Marion Sims, known as the Father of Gynecology.  This statue should be taken down and one for the women he experimented on put up in its place.)

--Old Secesh


Thursday, June 24, 2021

Confederate Is a Proper Name and Should Be Capitalized, Right, Guys? Soybeans, SCV and Submarines

JUNE 20, 2021

**  Juneteenth met with a march and rally, demanding a confederate (Confederate)  statue to be removed.  (Maryland.  Come on 47 ABC News, Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  You'd think they would know better.)

**  Opinion:  How the soybean conquered the South through racism and Confederate nostalgia.

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JUNE 21, 2021

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans sue  over removal of Confederate statue.  (Decatur, Geirgia)

**  Kimberly Probolus column:  The unfinished business of Confederate monument removal.

**  Confederate  submarine attraction in SC reopens.  (Wow!  A real Civil War article.)

**  Letter:  Banning  federal gun laws echoes the Confederate past.

--Old Secesh


Civil War II: Confederate Holidays, Renaming Streets, Juneteenth, Texas, Maryland and memphis

JUNE 19, 2021

**  Southern states continue recognition of Confederate holidays.  (So. If we can have a Juneteenth Day, we can have a Confederate Day.  Let's be fair about this.)

**  Potomac   street names honoring Confederate officers receive new names.   (Maryland.  Will be renamed for Blacks of course.)

**  Some states continue  recognizing Confederate holidays as lawmakers vote against Juneteenth.

**  A Gainesville Confederate statue gone.  Activists say there's more work to be done.  (Texas)

** Downtown Dallas'  Belo Garden renamed  Civic Garden in latest separation of Confederate past.  (Texas)

**  On Juneteenth:  Protest aims to remove MD's last Confederate monument.

**  Advocates call for  removal of Confederate monument in Brownsville.  (Texas)

**  Memphis erases Confederate  general from public places.  (Forrest)

--Old Secesh


Tuesday, June 22, 2021

We're Still Waiting for SPLC's List of Black Riots, Looting and Arson. Stone Mountain, Charleston Church Massacre, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida

JUNE 18, 2021

**  Town to celebrate Juneteenth in the shadow of largest Confederate monument.  (That would be Stone Mountain, of course.  The town is Stone Mountain, Georgia, a predominantly black town.)

**  Six years later, 170 Confederate monuments removed since Charleston church massacre.  (Our good friends over at SPLC again.  Yet, they find it impossible to come up with a list of burnings, lootings and rioting that took place during last year's black observance of the George Floyd murder.  Come on guys, we're still waiting for that list.  You know you can do it.)

**  Demonstrators gather at the Statehouse to confront 'Confederate state of mind' on anniversary of Charleston massacre.  (South Carolina)

**  Juneteenth and Alabama's support of the Confederacy in conflict, historian says.  (A black historian)

**  Descendant of Confederate soldier  advocates for the relocation of Bartow monument.  (Florida)

**  Southern history and Confederate monuments.

--Old Secesh


Sunday, June 20, 2021

Pride Flags, Juneteenth, Fort Hood, Kentucky, Florida and Soybeans

JUNE 16, 2021

**  Thugs pull down  city's jubilant Pride flags and leave an ugly Confederate  flag in their place.  (From the Pink News.  Louisville, Colorado.  Hey folks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.)

**  Juneteenth:  An emancipation  celebration.  (Washington Post)

**  Commission to rename Fort Hood meets with local groups, tours post.  (Texas)

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JUNE 17, 2021

**  Confederate monument expected to be relocated regardless of ownership battle outcome.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  Should Bartow's  Confederate marker come down?  If not, some want an emancipation memorial on site.  (Florida)

**  The 20th century rise of the Confederate soybean.  (Another "offensive" name that will have to be changed.)

--Old Secesh


Friday, June 18, 2021

The Second Civil War: Juneteenth, Maryland, Michigan, Texas, Kentucky

JUNE 15, 2021

**  Juneteenth:  What you need to know  about the oldest celebration of slavery's end in the US.

**  Pressure grows to remove Confederate  statue in Maryland's Talbot County.

**  Controversial Confederate soldier statue in West Michigan will remain, township board decides.

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JUNE 16, 2021

**  Missouri City family leads push to rename Confederate Drive.  (Texas.  A black family.)

**  Judge grants restraining order preventing movement of Confederate monument.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  Military base name changes: historical and current context.

**  Against advice of local college president,  Michigan township opts to keep Confederate statue.

--Old Secesh


Thursday, June 3, 2021

About That Racist Confederate Flower. Juneteenth and Stone Mountain

MAY 29, 2021

**  First-ever Juneteenth celebration  planned in Decatur.  (Georgia)

**  First Memorial Day  after Trump:  Americans need to honor those who saved the Union.

**  Williams:  Once again, a vote against the Confederacy  is a ticket off the Hanover  School Board.

**  Longnecker: Race, slavery, statues, monuments

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MAY 30, 2021

**  Changes are coming to the nation's largest Confederate monument.  Are they enough?

**  The Confederacy's final resting place.

**  Darrell  Blackwelder column:  Confederate jasmine is a blooming vine that does well here.  (Guess the name will have be changed.  You know, a very racist plant and all.)

**  Sohn:  Stone Mountain's ugly  history to get a new rewrite.   (Do you get the idea that columnists are agin' us?)

Must Change That Confederate Flower Name.  Racist Flower You Know.  --Old Secesh



Wednesday, May 5, 2021

The Second Civil War: Stone Mountain, Juneteenth, Confederate Heritage Month, Fort Monroe, Alabama and Stonewall

MAY 1, 2021

**  A black pastor's  Confederate  memorial problem.  (Stone Mountain, Ga.  He is the head of the group that runs it.)

**  Organizers offer details on Juneteenth march, rally to remove Talbot Boys Confederate memorial.  (Maryland.  So, at what point will Blacks be asking that the United States celebrate Juneteenth instead of the Fourth of July?)

**  'There is not systemic racism' says a governor who named April as Confederate Heritage Month.  (From the Washington Post.  So, that explains it.)

**  Opinion:  Fort Monroe should be focused on its history, not its name.  (Virginia.  Well, you know, James Monroe, slave owner.)

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MAY 2, 2021

**  Alabama debates removing Confederate flag from its coat of arms. 

**  Washington County commissioners asked  to change name  of Confederate-named road.  (Stonewall Jackson.  Also looks like they might have to change name of county because, well, you know, somebody owned slaves.)

--Old Secesh


Tuesday, February 16, 2021

It's a Bubba Thing, You Know. Will NASCAR Recover? Another Black Activist. Shame on Sad R. and Trump

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

**  Social justice at NASCAR's forefront as new season begins.  (Daytona 500.  Good old Bubba who played his Black Card.  We were at a bar Sunday and they put on the race when it started.  You should have heard everyone yelling to turn that ____ off.  We'll see if Blacks start coming to the races enough to offset so many who won't go or watch it now.)

** At 94, Fort Worth activist Opal Lee views Juneteenth as her most important lesson.  (A black woman.   Again, how come there are so many black activists and I don't think many white ones?  At what point will Blacks demand the Fourth of July be replaced by Juneteenth?)

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

**  Virginia high court will take up appeals in Lee statue case.  (Sad R.  I sure hope they hurry up and take it down.  What the state and city has allowed those people committing hate crimes to do to it is a downright shame.  Shame on the state and shame on Sad R.)

**  Democracy Now:  White supremacy  should also be on trial at Trump's impeachment.  (Well, sorry folks.  He wasn't found guilty.)

**  Here's how NASCAR plans to recover  from a tough 2020, starting with the Daytona 500.  (Saturday I asked a guy I know who is a huge NASCAR fan when he thought about der Bubba.  I have never heard such a flow of invective as I did that night.  And, this guy goes to a lot of NASCAR races.)

--Old Secesh


Sunday, February 14, 2021

Confederadication: Florida, Confederate Holidays, Juneteenth, Alabama, Texas, It's Confederate With a Capital C!!! Mural and New Orleans

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

**  Lawmakers push to remove Confederate leaders' birthdays from public holidays; add Juneteenth.  (Florida.  Talk about a slap in the face!!)

**  Alabama  lawmakers punt on Confederate monument removal.

**  New resource to help North Carolinians remove Confederate monuments.  (A black organization sponsors the resource.  I'm so surprised.  Is that racist?)

**  Petition calls for removal of 'confederate'  statues at courthouse.  (Excuse me, Confederate KCBD 11, Texas)

**  NAACP  calls for removal of mural inside local library displaying Confederate flag, soldiers.  (Cabarrus County, N.C.  Imagine the NAACP being upset about something like that.  That's not racist is it.  Mural made in 1939.  Why did it take so long for the NAACP to notice it?)

**  New names  for 38 New Orleans streets, parks:  See all the current  recommendations.  (Most are Confederate names and will be replaced with black names.  That's not racist, is it?)

**  Members named  to panel scrubbing Confederate icons from DOD.

--Old Secesh


Thursday, August 6, 2020

Tennessee, Wisconsin, Stone Mountain, Statues and Flags


JULY 24, 2020   This date accidentally got put into the Spam folder.


**  Teen group plans march against Franklin Confederate monument.  (Tennessee)

**  2 Wisconsin representatives vote against removing Confederate statues from US Capitol, while Senator Johnson blocks Juneteenth holiday.

**  It's "white supremacy normalized": A historian on why Stone Mountain should come down.  (Hasam Jeffries, a black professor at Ohio State.)

**  Tennessee laws slow push to remove Madison Confederate statue.

**  Why is Confederate flag so offensive.  (Well, anything BLM is offensive to me, but I have to live with it.)

**  Racism  connected with Confederate relics undeniable.

--Old Secesh