Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee's 'Ugly Statue', Florida and Der Bubba

DECEMBER 18, 2021

**  Students address school board about Confederate flags, start petition for a ban.  (Orange County, Va.)

**  How a once  visible Alabama  Confederate monument is now displayed 'among hundreds' pf objects.  (Mobile, Alabama.  The Raphael Semmes statue is now in the History Museum of Mobile.)

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DECEMBER 19, 2021

**  Hearing set on bid to dismiss suit over Confederate  memorial.  (Tuskegee, Alabama)

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

**  The hideous people behind the  'heinously ugly' Confederate statue.  (The Daily Beast. That truly ugly Forrest statue near Nashville, Tennessee.)

**  Group to hold Confederate monument protest before Jaguars game.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Bubba Wallace on becoming NASCAR's most-hated driver after noose-incident.  (A Kappy-Napper wanna-be.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and Arkansas

 SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

**  Confederate monument protest planned Sunday evening in Mobile.  (Alabama.  Well, the Semmes statue is already removed.  They are protesting the 2017 Alabama Memorial Preservation Act which was passed to keep Confederate statues from being removed.  They are referred to as an "activist" group.  Black communities sure have a lot of activists and activist groups.  I wonder how they get that job?)

**  Replacing schools Confederate name should be less costly. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Changing name of Lee High School will cost $170,000 instead of $250,000.  I still say school name changes should be paid for by those who want the name changed.)

**  Confederate monument  spray-painted with "BLM' message.  (Rockingham, North Carolina.  At least they are not calling it vandalism.  The monument has had many threats to it since the George Floyd death.)

**  Confederate statue should at least be moved.  (Brunswick, Georgia)

**  Groups continue calling for removal of Confederate statue outside Madison County courthouse.  (Alabama)

**  Caboni:  Confederate marker made campus 'uncomfortable.'   (Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Western Kentucky University.  (The marker was about the Confederate state capital of Kentucky.)

**  Flags removed for replacement.  (Fort Smith, Arkansas.  The Fort Smith Riverfront.  The vendor couldn't find a Confederate flag replacement.  Makes you wonder.)

--Old Secesh

The United States Today Kind of Reminds Me of the Place That Had Kristallnacht and Book Burnings in the 1930s

JULY 7, 2020


**  Richmond removes statue of Confederate Matthew Maury, namesake for Naval Academy building.

**  Process underway to remove  Confederate monument in Roanoke. (Virginia   Robert E. Lee)

**  Lawmaker wants investigator to look into white extremism  and racial bias in the military.

**  Trump wrongly accuses NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace of noose "hoax,'  defends Confederate flag.  (Daily Beast)

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JULY 8, 2020

**   Army, Navy, Air Force secretaries recommend banning display of Confederate flag on military bases.

**  JMU to change  3 buildings named after Confederate soldiers.  (James Madison University in Virginia.  Ashby, Jackson and Maury halls.  Guess they'll also have to change the name of the school because of you-know-what.)

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JULY 9, 2020

**  Newport News' Lake Maury, named for Confederate officer, is now the Mariners' Lake.  (Virginia)

**  In Alabama, a city debates how to depict its past in the present.  (Mobile)

**  Letters:  Loyalty to the state first during the Civil War.

**  Watch Now:  Crews remove Confederate  statue from Libby Hill Park and bronze pieces from Jefferson Davis  monument.   (Richmond, Va.  Altogether, five statues, two plaques and two other bronze pieces have been removed  from monuments in Richmond since July 1.  As predicted, the mayor and governor's orgy of removal has begun.

This is similar to what happened in Germany in the 1930s with Kristallnacht and book burning.  Who says history doesn't repeat itself?  Go to You Tube and watch videos of these in Germany in the 1930s and you'll be amazed at the similarities between BLM and those people.  We're not saying who did this.)

Can Anybody Say Sturmabteilung?   --Old Secesh

Bubba, Kentucky, Parades, California, Wilmington NC, Texas and Names

JUNE 27, 2020


**  Bubba Wallace says police  wouldn't target Confederate flag ban protesters.  (A joke.  But I just don't understand how all it takes is one black person to be offended to have something like the flag ban take place.  More BUBBACAR.)

**  As advocates call for Confederate memorial removal,  Calloway Co. judge-executive says there is no timeline for removal.  (Kentucky.  Advocates anxious.  Just call in the BLMers and their white minions.  That will take care of the timeline.)

**  Federal judge  affirms city's right right to bar Confederate flag from parade.  (Alpharetta, Ga.)

**  Mobile Co. plans to use a different confederate (Confederate) flag at Government Plaza.  (Alabama)

**  Opinion:  You want a Confederate monument?    My body is a Confederate monument.  (New York Times)

**  Central California official resigns after showing a Confederate flag post with 'Proud to be White' phrase.

**  Wilmington Confederate monuments came down in the interest of public safety.  (North Carolina.  And to keep the BLMers and their white minions from destroying them.)

**  A change is coming to Confederate iconography.

**  Confederate soldier statue is removed from Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square.  (Texas)

** Confederate names are common in the US-- and not just on statues.  (Schools, roads, towns, lakes and more named for them.)

--Old Secesh

Navy Ships, Marines and Racism, Man Arrested for Hate Crime Against Confederate Statue, Walmart, Texas

JUNE 25, 2020

**  Navy ship names could fall  under Pentagon's new diversity review.

**  Confederate flag ban at Marine Corps  opens up wider conversation on racism.

**  Man arrested at Confederate monument protest in Mobile.  (Alabama.  He was committing a hate crime during a demonstration on the base of the former Semmes statue and was arrested.  Hopefully to be charged with a hate crime.  I can't believe that someone was actually arrested for doing something like that to a Confederate statue.  I thought BLMers were allowed to deface with impunity.)

**  Huntsville officials urge county to break 'unjust' state law, remove Confederate statue.  (Alabama)

**  Walmart stops display of Mississippi flag in stores over Confederate emblem issue.

**  Petition to remove confederate statue  gain traction, spurs controversy.  (Texas.  Hey.  Confederate is capitalized.)

**  Elimination of racist symbols long overdue.

--Old Secesh

Turning Out the Lights on the Confederacy, Setback in Raleigh, James Madison U., Walmart, Mobile and BUBBACAR

JUNE 24, 2020

**  Will the last Confederate statue standing turn out the lights?  (That about sums it up.  New York Times.  I had to chuckle through my tears at this one.)

**  Crews hit setback on bringing down Raleigh Confederate monument on Capitol grounds.  (North Carolina.  Aww!)

**  James Madison recommends dropping Confederate building names.  (James Madison University in Virginia.  Okay, what about the school name.  James Madison was dead by the time of the Civil War, but he owned you-know-what.)

**  County committee meets to discuss Confederate monument.  (El Dorado News-Times.)

**  Walmart will no longer display Confederate-themed Mississippi state flags at its stores.

**  List:  Confederate  statues, monuments in Austin area.  (Wonder why they would make this list?)

**  Maine lawmaker shares Confederate flag on Facebook, challenging friends to repost it.

**  Mobile rebuffs Confederate heirs, opts to place the monument in history museum.

**  Confederate flags seen flying outside postponed NASCAR race at Talladega.

**  NASCAR:  It's history of racism and relations with the Confederate flag.

**  Confederate monuments reflected 'false history,' removal 'long time coming.'

**  Group agrees to relocation of Salisbury Confederate statue 'Fame.'  (North Carolina)

Very True About Turn Out the Lights.  We're Heading for It.  --Old Secesh

Quiz:  What MNF sportscaster used to sing"Turn Out The Lights, the Party's Over" at the end of a Monday night broadcast.

"Don Meredith"

Renaming Schools, Mobile, Birmingham, A Virginia Without a Lee? Semmes and Is It Vandalism or A Hate Crime?

JUNE 18, 2020

**  Maury High and two other Norfolk schools named for Confederates could be renamed.  (Virginia.  Again, if the majority of the students at these schools are Black, I'm all for it.)

**  Mobile mayor, descendants battle over monument's fate.

**  Watch:  Inciting  to riot charge against Germaine 'FunnyMaine' Johnson dropped.  (Birmingham, Ala.  Of course, in Birmingham there would be no way he'd be charged with that racist mayor of theirs.   I sure would have liked to have seen video of him doing what he was accused of doing.)

**  Can Richmond imagine a future without Robert E. Lee?  (Looks like they will find out about it.  There will also be nothing to do with the Confederacy in their future either.  Now the American Civil War Museum can be turned into the American Civil War Black Museum as their people desire.)

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JUNE 19, 2020

**  Army should look to Navy for renaming bases.

**  Opinion:  Stop memorializing  the Confederacy and start owning Texas history.

**  Mayor says he removed the Semmes statue to keep it from being destroyed.  (And a big thanks to Mobile's mayor for doing that.  This needs to be done to every single Confederate monument in the United States.  This is the only way to keep the BLMers and their white minions from destroying them.  After all, the police just watch them doing their hate crimes to the statues.

I fully support removing them for "public safety."  I also support every state with the Confederate monument protection laws to have them waived for "public safety."

**  Confederate monument in Little Rock  vandalized with unknown chemical.  (As I said before, this is not "vandalism" but a Hate Crime.  I wish the media would quit calling it vandalism.)

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Now the Clergy Jumps Aboard, Leesburg Va., Naval Academy, Dolly Parton, Mobile and More School Names

JUNE 17, 2020

**  Loudon clergy and faith leaders group calls for Leesburg's Confederate statue's removal.  (Surprisingly, a photo taken on May 31 did not show any hate crimes sprayed on it.  I guess next they should call for the town's name to be changed.  After all, LEE!!!

**  Loyola Blakefield, McDonough facing calls  to change names,  sever ties with racist past.  (US Naval Academy)

**  Petitions call for  all Tennessee Confederate monuments  to be replaced with statues of Dolly Parton.  (Wait a minute, isn't she a white person?  The monuments would have to be replaced with ones for black people.)

**  Who is the rightful owner of the Mobile  statue?

**  Who are Alexandria public schools named after?  (Three are in line to have names changed:  Robert E. Lee High School, T.C. Williams High School who opposed desegregation, and Matthew Maury Elementary School.  As I have said before, I am for renaming any school that has a majority of black students.)

--Old Secesh

Where Have All the Statues Gone?, Mobile's Fine, Renaming US Ships and the USNA

JUNE 17, 2020

**  Mobile to pay fine, move Confederate statue permanently.  ($25,000.  Alabama has a Confederate statue protective law.  However, now i would like to see that law dropped in cases of "public safety."  In short, it is tearing me apart seeing what those "people" are doing with impunity to those monuments.  They all need to be removed to places of safe-keeping, at least until such time as those committing the hate crimes against are held accountable and punished.  And we all know that is not going to happen.)

**  Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical  figures been removed?  (Real good question.  New Orleans still have their statues "sequestered" somewhere, probably never seeing the light of day again.  What about the others?)  Good article that gives an update on the situation with various statues.

**  Will two U.S. naval vessels need to be renamed?   (USS Chancellorsville  (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66))

**  As naval academy superintendent condemns racism, a mid's (midshipman) tweets presents a problem.     The academy has already removed a plaque outside Maury Hall depicting a Confederate flag and I'm sure they are in the process of renaming it.)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Would Be a Travesty, Army Bases, Confederate Flags, Mobile, Removal and Monuments

JUNE 16, 2020

**  Head of SC Confederate group  says debate to rename American military bases a 'travesty.'  (Though, I can go with this renaming.  After all, these men FOUGHT against the United States as it were.  However, renaming is going to be expensive and those costs should be borne by those who want the names changed.  No public money should be involved.)

**  New push to rename Army bases named after Confederate generals.

**  Ohio House rejects amendment prohibiting Confederate flag at county fairs.  (Ohio Democrats proposed it.  Big surprise.  The Republican majority voted it down.)

**  Alabama AG:  Mobile illegally removed Semmes monument, pays fine.  (Well, if Birmingham had to pay a fine, so should Mobile.  Only, the Mobile removal of the Semmes statue was not done in a fit of hatred like in Birmingham.  It was done for public safety since police evidently are not allowed to stop BLMers and their white minions from attacking the statues.  I am now in favor of removing every Confederate monument on public land and putting them somewhere safe from the lawless "protesters."

**  Bacon:  US military installations honoring Confederates must be renamed.  (Republican Representative from Nebraska.)

**  Bring them down.

**  Bastrop County judge:  Removing Confederate monuments  would be "counterproductive.'

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Mississippi Flag, History, Confederate Flags, Politics, Mobile and Korea

JUNE 15, 2020

**  Change Mississippi state flag:  Confederate emblem doesn't represent us.  (Mississippi religious leaders.)

**  Historical figures reassessed after George Floyd's death.

**  Fallout continues on sales, display of Confederate flag.

**  Nationwide protests  spark renewed  local efforts to get rid of Confederate symbols.

**  Capitol Insider:  Ohio Democrats using GOP's Confederate flag vote to raise money.

**  Mobile mayor orders statue of Confederate Admiral Semmes moved to museum.

**  US Forces Korea bans display of Confederate flag in on-base public areas.

**  America's battle over memory.

All These Are Headlines.  Look It Up To Find Out What They Had To Say If You're Interested.  --Old Secesh

Look Out Lincoln, Washington, Alamo: Memorial Take-downs Won't Stop With Confederates

JUNE 15, 2020

**  Fort Bragg, named for a racist Confederate general, considers a name change.  (Okay, do you know for a fact that he was racist?)

**  'It's time for a change':   Dozens gather at Fort Mills Confederate Park calling for repeal of the Heritage Act.  (South Carolina)

**  Confederate monument outside Tarrant County Courthouse removed.

**  Look out Lincoln, Washington, Alamo:  Memorial take-downs won't stop with Confederates.  (You can say that again.  And, what will the Blacks say when the target becomes Martin Luther King, Jr.? )

**  A different kind of 'new normal.'

**  Alabama city's Confederate statue relocated to a museum.  (Mobile, Alabama, statue of Raphael Semmes to History Museum of Mobile.  The city did the right thing and removed it before BLM could deface it.)

Soon, We May Be a Country Without Statues.  What Will Happen When a Black Person Or One Of Their White Minions Finds Something Offensive About the Statue of Liberty.  We Already Know They Have Targeted Mt. Rushmore.  --Old Secesh

Second Civil War: The Groundswell Continues

These are headlines from U.S. media.

June 3, 2020

**  The history behind Birmingham monuments  damaged during the George Floyd protest.

**  Confederate monument in Alabama partially removed.

**  Confederate monument removed in Florida as US anti-racism protests continue.

**  Monuments across the United States re-emerged as targets of rage over weekend of widespread protest.  (Photo of a man who taped himself to Confederate statue in Colorado.)

**  Admiral Raphael Semmes  statue in downtown Mobile vandalized overnight.

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June 4, 2020

**  George Floyd protests  renew calls to scrap Confederate emblem from Mississippi flag.

**  Protesters have been really successful at getting statues with racist history removed.

**  Cities remove racist monuments  before protesters can topple them.   (Wouldn't "protesters" toppling statues be a hate crime?)

**  Protesters damage businesses, monument in downtown Birmingham.  (Well, Birmingham.  What else can I say.  Is it still a protest when they break into a business and loot it?)

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June 5, 2020

**  Birmingham mayor  slapped with state lawsuit after tearing down Confederate monument.  (Finally, some good news.)

**  Top military  leaders speak out about racism  in wake of George Floyd's  death in police custody.

--Old Secesh

A World War I Statue Hit in Birmingham. Also, Richmond, Mobile and the Military

These are newspaper and media headlines so you can search them.

June 6, 2020

**  Removal of Confederate statue provokes strong, mixed reactions in Mobile.

**  From bumper-stickers to T-shirts, Confederate  flags now officially off-limits for Marines.

**  City erupts.  (Richmond, Va., Richmond Free Press)

**  Another one:  Confederate statue brought down under cover of darkness.

**  Birmingham statue's creator hopes old wounds heal.  (About the Linn statue.)

**  Military leaders:  We must uphold justice and liberty for all.

**  Floyd death pushes military to  face 'own demons' on race.

**  World War I memorial in Birmingham vandalized during Sunday night riots, removed by city.

Really, a World War I Monument?   Idiots!!   --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Richmond, Virginia, Indianapolis, Mobile, Semmes and Confederate Women

June 6, 2020

**  Richmond is taking down Confederate statues:  Is this the end for other Confederate memorials?

**  Virginia GOP calls own lawmaker's comments on Confederate  statues 'idiotic.'  She said that this was erasing white history, something you can't say these days.

**  Hackney:  Confederate monuments don't belong in Indianapolis--  or anywhere else.

**  Mobile, Alabama removes Confederate statue without notice.

**  Admiral Semmes Confederate monument removed from downtown Mobile.  (This was done by the city government, not rioters.)

**  Vandals strike controversial Confederate park tribute to the women of the Confederacy in Springfield.  (Springfield Park in Jacksonville, Fla.)  Really?  Confederate women who sent their sons and husbands off to war and suffered so badly from Union occupation?   Really?

**  Removal of Confederate statue provokes strong, mixed reactions from Mobile community.

--Old Secesh

It's a Flood of Anti-Confederate Hysteria These Days-- Part 1

From newspapers from June 4, 2020.

**  Confederate monuments coming down around the South amid protests.

**  George Floyd protests reignite debate over Confederate statues.  (Well, actually, I would call the early protests more of riots and looting.)

**  Mobile Archdiocese removes Confederate flag from McGill-Toolen mural after petition.

**  Stoney to propose removing all Confederate statues from Monument Avenue.

**  In Pictures:  Confederate symbols torn down amid U.S. race protests.  (Again, more like riots and looting.)

**  No 'organized or collaborative discussion' about  future of Confederate statue in Sebastian County.

**  As monuments fall all across the South, will districts reconsider Confederate named schools?

--Old Secesh

Confederate Monuments Coming Down Fast and Those Not Coming Down Have Been Severely "Vandalized"

June 3, 2020

**  Confederate monument removed  after Birmingham mayor's vow to 'finish the job.'

**  Confederate monuments come down:  Alexandria statue removed, as 'Black Lives Matter' written on others.  The statue was of a Confederate soldier and it was taken down by its owners, the UDC.  This article has an update of other anti-Confederate actions taking place around the nation in the wake of the George Floyd murder.

** Protesters in some cities target Confederate monuments.   Another list of monuments that have had hate crimes committed.

**  Mobile cleans vandalized Confederate statue, Birmingham removes theirs.  The statue was of Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes, commander of the famous cruiser CSS Alabama.

**  Confederate monuments coming down around South amid protests.  (Also the statue in Norfolk, Virginia, was "vandalized."

This Is Horrible.  0--Old Secesh