Reburial of Gen. Forrest and Wife on September 17 and 18

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

**  City leaders ponder Confederate statue.  (Augusta, Ga,)

**  Georgia has the most schools in the nation with c(C)onfederate names, says advocacy group.  46 CBS News Atlanta.  Looks like one of those many Confederate-named schools would have taught Channel 46 that Confederate was a proper name and should be capitalized.  They must have gone to a non-Confederate named school.  

And guess who the advocacy group is?  None other than the good folks at SPLC.  I wonder how you get a college degree in advocacy?  Probably by making Confederate-hate lists.)

**  Is rural America becoming the new Confederacy.  (Yep.  They don't like rioting, looting and arson either.)

**  Human Relations Commission:  Move Confederate  monument.  (Edenton, North Carolina.  It was a 7-6 vote.  Guess who voted which way.)

**  Date set for private reburial of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Columbia.  (Tennessee.  Burial was September 17 and 18.  All sorts of precaution were used to prevent BLM and NAACP supporters from disrupting the funeral.  Even the location where the SCV was keeping the general and his wife before the reburial was kept secret so those people could not desecrate them further than they had in Memphis.  I am also sure, security measures will be made to keep the graves from being desecrated once all this is over.)

--Old Secesh

It Is So Sad That the SCV Has to Go Through All That Precaution to Rebury Gen. Forrest and His Wife

Their bodies are finally out of that city by the Mississippi River which never did anything to stop the desecration that certain non-white groups and their white minions did to the tombs of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife, Mary Anne.

But, as the Sons of Confederate Veterans get ready to rebury them in a place of safety, the amount of precaution they have to go through is amazing.  This should not happen to the dead.

Why do you suppose all the precautions have to be taken?

And, in the meantime, so far during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, the tally of shootings, most of whom are Black-on-Black, stands at 6 killed and 60 wounded.  One of the five dead is a 4-year-old boy.

Just Doesn't Make Sense.  --Old Secesh

Even Kansas? Is Defacing Also a Hate Crime? Ida B. Wells Statue, Virginia, Tennessee and That Proper Name Thing Again

JULY 20, 2021

**  Wichita Confederate war memorial defaced in latest  skirmish over Civil War remembrance.  (Kansas.  Defacing is another name for a hate crime.  Vandalism?)

**  In PNW, Confederate flag controversies are not new.  (Pacific Northwest)

**  Forever on Beale:  Ida B. Wells statue in Memphis.  (Tennessee.  A new statue of her at the corner of Beale and Fourth streets.  Well-deserved.  Sad that this is one of the first statues of her put up anywhere.  The woman was amazing.  So, Memphis gets a little reprieve from its racist hatred of all things Confederate.)

**  Roanoke County  judge orders removal of Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Imagine someone in our "judicial system" saying something like that.)

**  Collierville  residents divided over removal of confederate (Confederate)  monument in Town Square Park.  (Tennessee.  Once called Confederate Park.  (Looks like WATN would know about proper names.)

--Old Secesh

You Want That Statue Removed. Pay for It Yourself. Memphis, Mouton, Louisiana, Charlottesville, Capitol and Ozarks

JULY 17, 2021

**  Black Memphis clergy back efforts to remove Confederate marker in Collierville town square. (Tennessee.  Imagine Blacks doing something like that.  I know, real hard to believe.  That is not racist a bit I imagine.)

**  Mouton statue to be moved as Confederate group backs down from legal battle.  (Louisiana)

**  Public reacts to removal plans of downtown Lafayette's  Confederate statue.  (Louisiana.  The Mouton statue again.  The UDC will move it after town pays $25,000.  At least that's fair as long as the move is no more than $25,000.  If it is more, then the town should pay more.  However, even a better idea is to have those who want it moved pay for it themselves, not the city.  Hey folks, put your money where your mouths are.)

**  Charlottesville extends deadline  for hose interested in the Confederate statues.  (Virginia.  As long as the city pays all expenses involved, or, even better, those who want them moved pay for it.)

**  Senate Democrats introduce House-passed bill removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol.  (Wow, Democrats doing something like that?  Of course, the way all the headlines about this up until now screamed, I thought this was already a done-deal.)

**  A giant Confederate flag went up in the Ozarks.  One woman answered with this billboard.  (Missouri)

Again, You Want It Removed, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.  --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

Forrest, Virginia, Alabama Renaming, SPLC Strikes Again

JUNE 13, 2021

**  Body of Confederate general removed from Memphis park.  (Tennessee.  Gen. Forrest and his wife have now ben removed from danger's way.  Thankfully.  They will be reinterred at the National Museum of the Confederacy in Columbia, Tennessee.)

**  Virginia county planes to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist.  (And, of course, he is a black man.  All things must be renamed for Blacks.

**  Tuberville opposes renaming Fort Rucker--  'We're going to fight that.'  (Alabama)

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JUNE 14, 2021

**  Hate watch group reviews Confederate  symbols at military colleges, including 3 at Naval Academy.  (The SPLC strikes again.  Only I would call them a hate group, not a hate watch group.  They hate all things Confederate.  Very racist of them.)

**  Joy Reid ripped  for claiming students 'learn a kind of Confederate Race  Theory':  'This is nonsense.'

--Old Secesh

Sad R. Again, Sad C. Again, Bases, Forrest, Mississippi and California

JUNE 11, 2021

**  Richmond design committee endorses removal of remaining  Confederate monument bases, fencing.  (Virginia.  The sooner we get all vestiges of any and everything Confederate out of that sad place the better.  One city I plan on never visiting again.)

**  No offers yet to take Confederate statues.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  Again, all expenses for removal and relocation should be paid for by those who want them gone.)

**  Commission  examines assets that honor Confederacy, will suggest name changes.  (Military bases.  Again, don't rename all of them after Blacks.)

**  Missouri City city council gives initial approval to rename Confederate Drive.  (Texas)

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JUNE 12, 2021

**  Remains of  Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park.  (Tennessee)

**  County seeking counsel  in removal of Confederate statue.   (Mississippi)

**  Confederate flag seized from  Big Bear High School on last day of school.  (California)

--Old Secesh

That Forrest Again. NASA Name, Memphis Flashpoint, School Names and Meetings

JUNE 5, 2021

**  The 901:  Dig up Forrest  and put tired Confederate monuments to rest.  (Memphis, Tennessee)

**  Confederate  name replaced with NASA pioneer's at Fairfax school.    (Katherine Johnson Elementary now.  Good choice.)

**  Arrest warrant issued for  Confederate flag-waving  man accused of threatening Shelby County commissioner.  (Memphis, Tennessee)

**  Powell  says it will review guidelines  after couple complains of parade car playing 'Dixie.'  (Powell, Ohio.  Come on!!   Really?  "Dixie?")

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JUNE 6, 2021

**  Confederate names  on schools are flash points.  Here's one community's story.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Georgetown halts  brick program honoring  war veterans, including  Confederate soldiers.  (Texas)

**  Council meeting  turns political over Confederate signs in city.  (Louisiana)

--Old Secesh

About the Forrest Removal, Birmingham's Law-Breaking Mayor, the NFL's Jaguars and Washington and Lee University and the Problem With College Professors

JUNE 4, 2021

**  Man who waved Confederate  flag at removal of KKK founder's remains under investigation.   (Memphis, Tennessee.  Newsweek magazine.  Looks like Newsweek would know that Confederate is a proper name.  Of course, no mention was made of Memphis' highly questionable action to get rid of the monument in the first place.  Plus, the SCV is paying for the removal and that should have been paid for by those who want it gone.)

**  'It was the best decision':  Mayor Woodfin reflects on decision to remove confederate (Confederate) monument one year later.  Birmingham, Alabama.  Looks like WBRC 6  would know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  The mayor said the people were demonstrating and trying to pull the statue down, when they were actually rioting.)

**  Jaguars  to buy uniforms for four schools  getting rid of confederate (Confederate) names.  (Jacksonville, Florida, Jaguars NFL team.  Looks like they would know that Confederate is a proper name and needs to be capitalized.)

**  Fort Smith sued for flag removal; new state monuments law cited.  (Arkansas)

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JUNE 5, 2021

**  NC appeals court halts removal of Confederate monument.  (Sad Asheville.  The Vance monument.)

**  Washington and Lee University to keep Confederate name.  (Virginia.  But they will change names on campus.  Faculty members voted last July to change the name.  Having college professors do any kind of judgement on the Confederacy is always bad.  Let's just say they are more than a little bit prejudiced.)

--Old Secesh

Nathan Bedford Forrest's Remains, Memorial Day Outrage in Massachusetts, Changing School Names in Jacksonville

 JUNE 2, 2021

**  The remains of Confederate  General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife are being removed from a Memphis park.  (This is being paid for by the Sons of Confederate veterans.  This should have been paid for by those desiring it to be removed.  But at least certain people won't be able to desecrate it any more.)

**  Confederate flag  incident on Memorial Day ceremony sparks outrage.  (Massachusetts.  One guy held up a Confederate flag.)

**  Duval  School Board votes to change 6 Confederate -tied schools including Lee.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Removal of Confederate busts from Forsyth  Park not a matter of if, but when.  (Savannah, Georgia)

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JUNE 3, 2021

**  Stolen Confederate  chair back in place -- with glue.  (The Selma, Alabama chair.)

**  Donations roll in  following DCPS decision to rebrand six confederate-named (Confederate) schools.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Looks like WJXT News 4 in Jacksonville would know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  At least the people wanting the name changes are paying for it as it should be.)

--Old Secesh

What the Substitute Saw. Colorado, Texas, Virginia, CAIR, North Carolina, Georgia and Memphis

APRIL 30, 2021

**  Colorado Springs substitute teacher creates petition to ban Confederate flags from classrooms.  (Colorado.  Subbed in a classroom that had the flag up as part of an educational display.  Wonder why she is a substitute and not a regular teacher.)

**  Denton County Confederate monument to be relocated inside courthouse museum.  (Texas)

**  Petition to remove Confederate  monument near Roanoke College gaining attention.  (Virginia)

**  CAIR  supports effort to remove Confederate flag from Alabama  coat of arms.  (Council on American -Islamic Relations.  How do they stand on Islamic ISIS and Taliban atrocities?)

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MAY 1, 2021

**  Confederate statue will have company.  (Gates County, N.C.  The statue will remain but with new wording.)

**  Cobb students fight to remove Confederate general's from school name.  (Cobb County, Georgia.  Joseph Wheeler High School.)

**  Juneteenth Festival planned  for Memphis park where Confederate general's  remains are buried.  (Nathan Bedford Forrest)

--Old Secesh

Why Must Every Confederate Statue Removed Be Replaced by a Black Statue? Is This the New Law of the Land? Memphis, Texas

DECEMBER 22, 2020

**  Statue of Confederate leader removed from US Capitol.  (Virginia's Robert E. Lee statue.  Will be replaced by a black woman named Barbara Johns.  She is deserving of recognition.  But. why must all Confederate statues be replaced by black statues?  Is that the new law?    And guess what speaker of the house applauded this?

Hopefully Virginians will notice this is a move from their Democratic governor and all his Democratic legislators and will remember this when elections come up next year.)

**  Three years after Confederate statues removed, activists say the work isn't over.  (That was one real slick move Memphis pulled off to get rid of those statues and park names.  They should write a book on how to skirt the law and get away with it.  Again, I have to wonder how you get to be an activists.  Are you awakened one night by your fairy godmother who twangs you on the head with her magic wand and "Bingo, you're an activist?")

**  Protesters call Gainesville 'Most racist small town in Confederate States of America.'  (Texas.  I see they have "decorated" the statue there with their hate messages.  Isn't that illegal to destroy or deface public property.  Oh yes, they are BLM so that doesn't matter.)

--Old Secesh

Removal of Confederate Statues at Gettysburg Would Be a Mistake. VMI, Alabama, Voting on Removal and Memphis

OCTOBER 31, 2020

**  VMI to relocate Confederate statue.  (Lexington, Virginia Military Institute.  A very sad day when this venerable institution no longer wants to be connected to a man who essentially is VMI, Stonewall Jackson.)

**  Marshall County to spend $3,000 to protect Confederate monument, flag.  (Albertville, Alabama  This money should come from BLM, even though the fences are going up because of BLM activity.)

**  Alabama County plans fence  to protect Confederate monument.  (Albertville, Alabama.)

**  General election results for moving Confederate symbols in Franklin and Halifax counties on Nov. 3, 2020.  (North Carolina.  It will certainly be interesting to see how voting of statue removals shows tomorrow.  My thought is that most of the votes will go toward keeping the monuments, but, we will see.)

**  The 901:  What's next for Memphis parks now that Confederate statues are gone?  (Tennessee)

**  Monumental  issues:  Gettysburg's Confederate monuments tie into today's racial reckoning.  (Some want them removed (guess who?).  That would be a huge mistake.  Hopefully the NPS won't give into the Democrats and BLMers and their white minions.)

**  Exploring the history and  and significance  of Confederate statues on Stronger Together.

--Old Secesh

Even Pickett Road in Washington State. Memphis, Alabama and Virginia

 SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

**  Why a Confederate flag still flies at Alabama courthouse.  (Albertville, Marshall County courthouse.)

**  Memphis park that held confederate statue is now grounds for 'Peace Project.'  (Fox 13 Memphis. Hey Fox!!  Confederate!!!   Fourth Bluff Park.)

**  Bellingham Council could take up renaming Pickett Road over possible Confederate link. (Washington state  George Pickett, Confederate officer.  On SPLC's Confederate hit list.  SPLC still hasn't compiled a list of BLM riots after George Floyd's death.  Come on guys, get to it!!)

**  Rally held in support of  Portsmouth police chief on leave.  (Virginia.  Moral:  Don't anger powerful politician for breaking the law.)

--Old Secesh

That Very Slick Memphis. Ole Miss, Portsmouth Va., Stonewall, Mail-In Ballots and Rome

AUGUST 22, 2020


**  Ole Miss players pleased with tarps obstructing view of  campus Confederate monument.  (So glad they are now happy.  You really don't want unhappy football players.)

**  Both sides forge respect during battle over Confederate statues in Memphis.  (In case you don't remember, Memphis found a questionable way to skirt around the issue to remove the Nathan Forrest and Jefferson Davis statues by selling the park to an organization formed just for the occasion. That "organization" then took the statues down.  Very sneaky Memphis.)

**  Portsmouth police chief releases statement about investigation  into Confederate monument protest.  (14 rioters committing hate crimes were charged with felonies.)

**  Stonewall Jackson's arm:  How Clarksburg, West Virginia, grapples with its Confederate heritage."

**  Mail-in ballots were part of a plot to  deny Lincoln reelection in 1864.

**  Scholar expresses interest  in consulting local statue committee regarding Confederate statue.  (Nathan Forrest statue in Rome, Georgia)

I Was So Shocked To See "Vandalizers" Getting Charged With Felonies.--Old Secesh

About Sad Richmond, It's Sad Mayor and Those Monuments-- Part 2: What Do You Do With a Mayor Who Purposely Destroys Part of His City?

"It should be noted in 2018, the Monument Avenue Commission held a citywide vote about what to do with the statues.  The public overwhelmingly voted in every district to ADD to the Confederate monuments rather than to take them away.  City officials never acted upon this plan.  They should bear  responsibility for the current  mayhem and damage.

"Now Mayor Stoney, with his drastic destruction of Monument Avenue, can look forward to  a huge increase in crime in Richmond, as already seen in Memphis, New Orleans, and Baltimore after statue removals.

"Stoney previously encouraged the mostly white millennial  protesters to destroy the valuable Monument Avenue Beaux Arts sculptures by ordering the police to stand down, according to the police.  Since these protesters displayed such wild hatred of inanimate objects, the question becomes -- if these sculptures ever land in a museum, will the museum and their personnel  be safe from attacks?  The answer is 'no' until local politicians endorse arresting vandals.  Congress is complicit, with those who are history semi-literate, publicly encouraging the destruction of irreplaceable high priced public art.

"On July 1, 2020, the bronze General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson on Little Sorrell (his horse) by Frederick William Sievers on Monument Avenue was removed.  The avenue will soon be empty except for Lee, on state land and protected by a challenge from from an original benefactor, and Arthur Ashe.  Am allegorical statue of Confederate Navy officer Matthew Fontaine Maury, also by Sievers, from 1929, was also removed.  He created naval charts that are still in use today.

"No matter what contemporary sculptures  replace the fallen ones, tourism in Richmond will suffer.  As previously reported, it had been extremely high, with tourists coming from Europe and all over to see the avenue of spectacular monuments."

I, For One, Am Planning to Never Visit Richmond Again.  And, I Am A Big Civil War Buff.  I Might Not Even Visit Virginia For the Same Reason.  --Old Secesh

About That Memphis Thing With Gen. Forrest-- Part 3

The president of Greenspace, Van Turner, a black man, said that costs to remove the remains and pedestal from the park could come to $200,000.  He further noted that no public money will be used.  All funds are coming from private sources.

Lee Millar of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp said the process could take months with specialized engineers to dismantle the granite and archaeologists to remove the bodies.  The general and his wife were buried in solid metal caskets.

Turner said that once removed, the site will be grassed over  and park benches placed.  He expects the whole thing to be done by fall depending on the coronavirus.

Again, that ploy Memphis used to get around the Confederate statue protection law was one classic bit of chicanery on the part of Blacks and the Memphis city leaders.  This is a reason why I will not be going to that city anytime soon, even when the coronavirus thing ends.  And, they have a lot of the things I really like, but, this is my little old boycott (like I also have with St. Louis, Louisville and New Orleans and any city that has removed or is threatening to remove Confederate statues).

Sayonara Memphis!   No Beale Street or Peabody for Me.  --Old Secesh

About That Memphis Thing and Nathan Bedford Forrest-- Part 2: A Slick Move on Their Part

The somewhat contentious debate over the remains of the general and his wife ended Monday when his family and the Sons of Confederate Veterans dropped their lawsuit to keep him in Health Services Park (the former Forrest Park).  He will be moved to the headquarters of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Tennessee.  Hopefully the city of Memphis will foot the bill for this since this is their doing.

Forrest's remains were the topic of almost weekly protests until Memphis came up with a questionable plan to get around the state protection laws for monuments by "selling" the city-owned park to a quickly formed non-profit group called Greenspace, Incorporated.  One of the slickest bits of chicanery ever fostered on history.

That got the park name changed and put the general's grave in jeopardy.

That Was One Really Sneaky, Questionable Move on the Part of Memphis.  --Old Secesh

About That Memphis Thing With Nathan Bedford Forrest-- Part 1

From the May 12, 2020, Fox 13 News (Memphis, Tn.)  Remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to be removed from Health Sciences Park" by Greg Coy.

Surprisingly, the news segment just said he was a Confederate general and that he was a former slave trader.  Probably the first time I've ever seen a news article not mentioning that he was a founder of the KKK.  I was shocked.

The remains if Confederate general and former slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest  and his wife will leave Memphis for good.  Exactly when is not known because of the COVID-19 situation.

His family and supporters and the group that operates the park have reached an agreement.  The lawsuit about his remains is over.  A spokesman for Forrest's family has told Fox News that the bodies will be taken to a place near to where the general was born.

This argument in Memphis has been extremely divisive.

His remains and those of his wife were buried in what is now known as Health Sciences Park in 1904, not in the cemetery as was directed by his will.  The park was known as Forrest Park until recently.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Lee-Jackson Holiday, Lee Statue, Silent Sam Again, Memphis, North Carolina and Pittsboro

December 27, 2019

**  Virginia lawmaker proposes  bill to end Lee-Jackson holiday.  (Joseph Lindsey is a black man, imagine that.)  At one time, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday was celebrated the same day.  That was kind of weird.

**  Analysis:  Who joins rebel armies.

**  Governor's office seeks legislation to replace Lee's statue at US Capitol.

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December 28, 2019

**  Top stories of 2019:  UNC system gives Silent Sam to pro-Confederate group.

**  Confederate statues in Memphis given to Confederate group, descendants.

**  Students lead protest over Confederate flag, dress code.  (N.C. high school)

**  A reflection on Pittsboro's Confederate monument  from the lens of a Civil War historian.

--Old Secesh