That Bad Ol' Mark Twain

APRIL 19, 2023

**  Why Mark Twain had an incredibly brief stint as a Confederate soldier.  (Well, now I guess his books will have to be banned by the "woke" folks.)

**  Rare Confederate bank notes among highlights at upcoming auction.  (What will BLM, SPLC and NAACP think of that? Probably will have a problem with the term "Highlight".)

**  What to do about Stone Mountain?     Black residents talk park's racist past.  (Georgia)

**  Greenville police investigating stolen grave marker. (Greenville, North Carolina.  It is a pillar memorial.  Would this be vandalism or something else?)

--Old Secesh

Still Renaming Bases, Still with the Monuments

MARCH 18, 2023

**  Jacksonville mayor candidates split on Confederate monuent.  (Florida.  Which one supports keeping it?  I'll vote for that one.)

**  Edenton, N.C.  leaders agree to move Confederate monument.  (Where's the backbone?)

**  Fort Bragg removes name from signs outside installation.  (Liberty-Bibberty!)

**  Georgia's Fort Benning to be renamed Fort Moore after military couple known for their service and leadership.  (And, surprisingly, they are White.)

--Old Secesh

Lake Lanier, Buford Dam, Harriet Tubman and a Rededication

MARCH 11, 2023

**  Lake Lanier, Buford Dam may be renamed; local leaders are already objecting.  (Georgia.  Lake Lanier named for Geirgia native and poet Sidner Lanier who served in the Confederate Army and Buford Dam for Algernon Buford, railroad president who also served in Confederate Army.)

**  Harriet Tubman monument takes Newark space formerly held by Columbus.  (New Jersey)

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to hold rededication ceremony for Confederate monuments in Macon's Whittle Park.  (Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia.  They had been previously removed from downtown.)

**  Council eyes new location for monument.  (Edenton, North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana

MARCH 4, 2023

**  'Are you listening?'  Residents sound off on Confederate  soldier statue at Burke meeting.  (Hickory, North Carolina)

**  Texas students demand removal of statue linked to school's racist past.  (University of Texas Arlington)

**  Confederate monument still standing nearly a year after vote to remove it.  (St. Landry Parish, Louisiana)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: North Carolina, Frat Parties and 'Bama

MARCH 3, 2013

**  Burke commissioners  hear from residents on Confederate soldier statue.  (Morgantown, North Carolina)

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MARCH 4, 2023

**  Alex Murdaugh  poses in Confederate  military uniform in 1989 frat party photo.  (Big whoop!!)

**  Heritage or hurtful history?  Milledgeville debates Confederate statue fate.  (Georgia)

**  Proposed Alabama bill will raise penalty for  removing Confederate  monuments.

--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

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

Confederadication: Stone Mountain, Nikki Haley, North Carolina and Sad R. Again

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

**  The haunting history of America's largest Confederate monument.  (Stone Mountain)

**  Nikki Haley's Confederate flag decision and her 2024 run.  (Time Magazine.  Run for president)

**  In Edenton, progress in removing Confederate  monument has stalled, dividing the town.  (North Carolina)

**  Lawyer demands billions after university  removes relative's name from building.  (University of Richmond.  Somehow, Sad R. anything doing something like that is not surprising.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: U.S. Capitol, Lawyers, North and South Carolina

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

**  Man who carried Confederate flag in the Capitol on Jan. 6 set to be sentenced.

**  DOJ wants five years in prison for rioter who carried Confederate battle flag into the Capitol.

**  Confederate symbols should be removed from courthouses, ABA House says.  (American Bar Association)

**  Cornelius Confederate monument must go, group says. (North Carolina)

**  Free speech at heart of lawsuit against Spartanburg over Confederate flag.  (South Carolina)

--Old Secesh

That Washington Post and CAIR Again

JANUARY 31, 2023

**  Richmond mayor on removal of c(C)onfederate monuments.  (Washington Post.  Do you think they were for the mayor?)

**  MoCo GOP to host class led by pastor linked to neo-Confederate  group.  (Montgomery County, Maryland. Watch out for gthose neo-Confederates.)

**  CAIR calls on Maryland GOP to drop speaker tied to neo-Confederate group.  (Gosh.  Those guys?)

**  John Sims, the artist known for burning  the c(C)onfederate flag, remnds us of the power of B(b)lack art.

**  Edenton protest group installs anti-monument sign.  (North Carolina)

Definitely Not Our Friends.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Renaming Streets and Desecrating Confederate Graves

JANUARY 12, 2023

**  Alexandria moves to speed up renaming of Confederate streets.  (Virginia.  Washington Post article.  Don't you just know the Post is all for this.)

**  Alexandria aims to rename three Confederate-honoring streets every year.  (Of course, they will have to be renamed for black people.)

**  Confederate gravesites desecrated  in Surry County, sheiff's  office says.  (North Carolina.  Two were arrested and charged  with felony disturbing a grave marker.  How about that, it wasn't a case of vandalism as the Post would call it.  And two people were arrested for it.)

--Old Secesh

What Happened to Fort Bragg? Who'll Pay for It?

JANUARY 11, 2022

**  So long Fort Bragg, welcome Fort Liberty.   

**  Fort Bragg must change its name by end of 2023.

**  NC taxpayers will cover costs as Fort Bragg's name changes to Fort Liberty.  (Again, let those who want it changed PAY FOR IT!!)

**  Manatee commissioners  want to discuss bringing back Confederate statue. (Florida)

--Old Secesh

Vanquish? Really?

DECEMBER 23, 2022

**  West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus.  (Vanquish!?  Really!?)

**  U.S. Appeals Court upholds ruling against N.C. Confederate license plate.  (As long as BLM, NAACP and SPLC plates are not allowed either.)

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

**  What the future holds for Richmond's former Confederate monuments.  (WVTF.  I tell you, it is not good.  No Confederate monument should ever be turned over to any black organization.)

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DECEMBER 25, 2022

**  West Point to remove Robert E. Lee portrait, bust.

Vanquish Me? Do Not Vanquish Confederates.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: North Carolina, Those Pesky Confederate Flags and Fort Hood

DECEMBER 17, 2022

**  NC Supreme Court dismisses suit to return Confederate statue.  (Winston-Salem)

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

**  Group flies Confederate flag, banner over stadium again ahead of anticipated game.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Before Jaguars-Cowboy NFL game.  This is the second time they've done it.)

**  Group with Confederate ties sue Edenton to stop monument's relocation.  (Edenton, North Carolina.  UDC.)

**  Fort Hood begins process of changing names of buildings with 'Hood'  in their name.  (Texas)

--Old Secesh

Georgia, Jacksonville and Asheboro

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

**  North Augusta offers new home for Confederate plaques.  (Georgia)

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

**  Jacksonville sits idly by as Confederate monuments stand.  (Florida)

**  $500 offered after Asheboro c(C)onfederate  monument spraypainted.  (North Carolina.  Might this have been a hate crime?)

**  Fencing set up around Confederate monument after vandalism.  (Asheboro, North Carolina.  Again, was it vandalism or a hate crime.  I think the latter.)

--Old Secesh

Wilmington and CAIR

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

**  What happened to Wilmington's Confederate statues?  City officials are not saying much.  (Wilmington, North Carolina)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

**  Progress toward truth-telling at Georgia Confederate monument a 'positive step.'  (Stars and Stripes.  This would be Stone Mountain.)

**  Robeson County commissioners vote to relocate  Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  Relocation should always be put to a vote of the people.  It should not be up to elected officials.)

**  CAIR supports  vote to remove Confederate monument from N.C. courthouse.  (Council on American- Islamic Relations.  Their weighing in on Confederate statues when they have  all those problems with Islamic terrorists and govenrnments who tred over human rights always amazes me.)

--Old Secesh

Stone Mountain Again, North Carolina, Those Pesky Confederate Mounuments and Flags

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

**  Stone Mountain;  A brief history.  (Georgia.  Of interest, by Georgia state law, the whole park is a memorial to the Confederacy.  A lot of interesting stuff in the article.)

**  Commissioners to consider Confederate  statue decision  Monday.  (Lumberton, North Carolina)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

**  Confederate monuments:  The debate will rise again.  (No kidding)

**  Confederate flag returns along I-85, flagpole still in violation.  (South Carolina)

**  Flaming tire placed on steps of Confederate museum.   (New Orleans.  Could this be considered a hate crime or is it just a case of vandalism?)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Augusta, Virginia, North Carolina, Sad R.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

**  Augusta leaders OK removing Confederate name, signs from bridge.  (Georgia)

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

**  Virginia's monuments war:  In Chalottesville and Richmond, the fate of historical statuary  hangs in the balance.

**  Chowan declines Edenton's offer to own statue.  (Chowan County, North Carolina)

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

**  Effort to stop Richmond's plans for last Confederate statue.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Rename Fort Bragg for Union General Edward Bragg

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

**  The Army could have renamed Fort Bragg after Union General Edward Bragg.  (North Carolina.  I already have said this.  Union General Bragg commanded the famed Irom Brigade.  This would have been of considerable savings.)

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

**  Confederate soldier statue finds new home at Potter's Field.  (Owensboro, Kentucky.  It is a pauper's cemetery.)

**  Stone Mountain Park Board selects creator of  truth-telling exhibit.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

North Carolina Confederate Monuments and That Big Bad Pesky Flag on I-85

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

**  Protecting Confederate monuments:  How statues across the state of North Carolina remain standing.  (There are 173 Confederate symbols across the state as well as 42 monuments in front of courthouses.)

**  Confederate camp raises new flag amid calls  for flag along I-85 to come down.  (South Carolina.  The camp is the Adam Washington Ballenger Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  They raised a version of the S.C. state flag.)

**  Alabama's Confederate mansions get state funding, distort our history.

**  A Jewish perspective on Arlington's Confederate memorial.

--Old Secesh