Why Is It That Everything Renamed Is for Blacks? Watching Out for Those Racist Houses

JULY 1, 2022

**  Charlotte's Stonewall Street renamed in honor of former  black community.  (North Carolina.  Now named Brooklyn Village Avenue.  Why does everything Confederate have to be renamed for Blacks?)

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JULY 2, 2022

**  Virginia police retract 'false' 2020 tweet about  teargassing protesters near Confederate statue.  (Sad R.  Near the Robert E. Lee statue.  Said the proesters weren't violent.  From most of the videos I saw, they sure didn't look much peaceful.)

**  Old house of a Confederate  is racist; NC Green Party cries foul.  (I done heard it all now.  So there are racist houses.  What does a house have to do to be racist?)

Woke Me Up When You Go.  --Old Secesh

Those Statues and Memorials, Making Money in Sad R., Street Names and High Schools

APRIL19, 2022

**  Social justice groups' monuments are counternarrative to Confederate  memorials.

**  Some raise questions about the Confederate monument on Boone County, Arkansas,  courthouse lawn.

**  Woodhaven police respond after c(C)onfederate flag, signs placed in front of department.

**  A Black-owned  construction company is responsible for  removing Confederate statues. (Sad R.  And the guy made lots and lots and lots of money.)

**  Metro seeks  state permission to remove Confederate memorial from  Centennial Park.  (Nashville)

**  Forest Hills petitions to rename c(C)onfederate  streets.  (Nashville, Tennessee)

**  'Like living inside a Confederate statue':  Wheeler High students on why they want to rename school.  (Cobb County, Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Mississippi State Song, Virginia Black Man Gets Rich, Let the Voters Decide

APRIL 17, 2022

**  'One Mississippi' replaces state song that racist roots.  (Mississippi.  The old one was "Go Mississippi.')

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APRIL 18, 2022

**  For a black man hired to undo a Confederate legacy, it has not been easy.  (Virginia.  Devon Henry is the man.  He runs the company that has taken the Richmond statues down.  He has made quite a bit of money for his efforts.  What a guy!!)

**  Will Jacksonville  remove Confederate monuments?  Voters may decide.  (Florida.  The decision of statue removal should always be left up to the voters.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Overrule Va. Supreme Court Decision to Remove the Lee State, Wheeler High and Those Hiding Time Capsules

JANUARY 20, 2022

**  U.S. Supreme Court asked  to hear Confederate statue case.  (Sad R.  Two residents want Supreme Court to overrule Va, Supreme Court ruling that allowed Lee's statue's removal.)

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JANUARY 21, 2022

**  Cobb County students fight for change at school named after Confederate leader.  (Georgia.  Wheeler High School.  Let the students and alumni vote on it.)

**  At least three more time capsules are hiding under Richmond's  Confederate pedestals.

--Old Secesh

Find Out Why Juror Dismissed, Lee Statue, Tennessee's Governor, Confederate Railroad and Lee

JANUARY 14, 2022

**  Juror wearing Confederate flag clothing dismissed from York, S.C. trial.

**  City Council authorizes  mayor to accept Lee monument and land from the state.

**  Gov. Bill Lee regrets wearing a Confederate outfit.  But he won't let U of M teach why it was wrong.  (Tennessee)

**  Confederate Railroad to perform at Washakie  County Fair.  (Wyoming)

**  Fort Myers puts Robert E. Lee vestige away as Martin Luther King holiday approaches.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Montgomery Mayor, SCV, What Does Biden Have Against Jefferson Davis? Muslims?

JANUARY 12, 2022

**  Montgomery mayor on Confederate  iconography in the South - You Tube.  (A fair assessment.)

**  Alabama  Rep. Mike Holmes explains membership in Sons of Confederate Veterans.  (You Tube)

**  Biden slams Jefferson Davis --  despite past vote to restore Confederate leader's citizenship.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

**  Muslim group asks  State Rep.  Mike Holmes to drop out of Sons of Confederate Veterans.  (Muslims?)

**  Richmond leaders hold final vote on future of  Robert E. Lee statue.  (Of course, it will be going to the black history museum.  A mistake. )

--Old Secesh

That Virginia State Senator's $300,000 Reward for Committing a Hate Crime. An Infamous Statue? A Second Civil War?

JANUARY 8, 2022

**  Sen. Lucas says she'll donate $300K Confederate monument settlement to charity.  (Remember her.  She is the black Virginia state senator from Portsmouth, Virginia, who incited the crowd to commit hate crimes on the Confederate statue.  She was arrested for it (her crime) and sued the city and police chief for it and the city gave in and awarded her $300,000.  How about that, You Too Can Get Paid to Commit a Hate Crime.  At least she is not keeping the ill-gotten money.)

**  Richmond's infamous Robert E. Lee statue may go to a black  history museum.  (Hyperallegetic.  Infamous?)

**  Marcano:  My talk with a racist.  (Dayton Daily New.  An interesting interview.  Give it a read.)

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JANUARY 9, 2022

**  WATCH:  Trump supporters waving c(C)onfederate flags protest outside Harry Reid's memorial service.  (Las Vegas.)

**  Is the U.S. really heading toward a second civil war?   (Hopefully not)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Something Fishy in Sad R. Sorry, I Didn't See Many Confederate Flags January 6

JANUARY 7, 2022

**  Richmond, Va., awards contract to remove  Confederate monument pedestals.  (Sad. R.  As I pointed out before, a close friend of the mayor started a company just to remove Confederate stuff and stands to reap a whole lot of money.  Ain't politics great.  Right, buddy.)

**  'That was a blow' Cory Booker  describes seeing Confederate flags on Jan. 6th.  (A black senator from New Jersey.  He didn't like it at all.)

**  Makeshift noose and c(C)onfederate flags told her this was something different.  (Cori Bush, U.S. Rep. from Missouri.  A black woman.   I don't know, but I didn't see many Confederate flags in the crowd.  There were a whole lot of U.S. and Trump flags though.  I also did not see any nooses.  Sounds a bit Bubba W. to me.)

--Old Secesh

Robert E. Lee Statue, Cost of Removing Pedestals $1.5 Million, Racism and U.S. Capitol Attack

JANUARY 6, 2022

**  Robert E. Lee statue to exit  Richmond's wastewater plant.  (Sad R.  That's right, a further slap in the face from the mayor and his cohorts, store it at a wastewater plant.  Will this ever end.  Oh yes, and turn it over to a black museum.  One can only imagine what horrible things they are going to do with it.)

**  Removal of remaining Confederate monument pedestals could cost approximately  $1.5 million.  (Sad R.  That seems to be way high, but the money goes to a big-time mayor supporter.  Of course, the cost of all this should be paid for by people who want the monuments and their pedestals gone.  None should come from public funds.)

**  Racism's prominent role in January 6 US Capitol Attack.  (If this was racism, I would think it was in response to what the BLMers were doing during the days of riots all year during 2020.  And, let's face it, most of those rioters, looters and arsonists committing hate crimes were of one particular race of people.)

But, I agree, those pictures of them idiots attacking the Capitol is as offensive to me as the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.  A horrible day in U.S. history.

Let Those Who Want the Statues Gone PAY for it THEMSELVES.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Two Time Capsules, Politics As Usual in Sad R. Storage at the Wastewater Plant

JANUARY 4, 2022

**  Two time capsules found at removed Confederate statue base.  (Sad R.)

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JANUARY 5, 2022

**  Finishing the job:  Contractor who helped remove  Richmond's Confederate statues tapped for pedestal removal.  (Sad R.  Team  Henry Enterprises.  I seem to remember that this company is headed up by a big supporter of the black Richmond.  He has given money to the mayor's campaigns and is a black man as well.  Politics as usual?)

**  Robert E. Lee statue to exit Richmond's wastewater plant.  (As a further slap in the face, Richmond's mayor ordered it and others to be kept at the city's wastewater plant.  And, now will be turning it over to a black museum.  What a guy!)

--Old Secesh

Black Soldiers Monument, Confederate Monument Stays, Pedestal Gone and He's Guilty

JANUARY 3, 2022

**  Black Soldiers Monument not moving to courthouse.  (Perquimans County, N.C.  Owners prefer to have it remain where it is.)

**  Confederate monument staying at Perquimans Courthouse.  (N.C.  Will be put in context with signage, however.  A fair compromise in my books, as long as that context is not too BLM or Woke.)

**  Pedestal where Lee statue in Richmond fully removed.  (And, about time.)

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JANUARY 4, 2022

**  Man pleads guilty to knocking down Roanoke Confederate monument.  (Roanoke, Virginia.  hard to believe that doing somethin g to a Confederate monument might be considered illegal.)

--Old Secesh

The Pedestal's Gone... Finally

JANUARY 2, 2022

**  Northam and Stoney to give Richmond's Confederate monument remains to Black History Museum.  (Sad R. and Sad Va.  These are the fellows who need to be voted out of office the next election.)

**  Pedestal of Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia  capital fully removed.  (Thank goodness for that.  What the city and state allowed the hate-crimers to do to it created a huge eyesore.  Now, where will the folks who like to write swear words and hate words on property write them?  I feel so sorry for those folks.)

--Old Secesh

About That Famous R. E. Lee Time Capsule. Don't Turn Confederate Statues Over too Black Organizations.

DECEMBER 29, 2021

**  Time capsule found at Confederate  Gen. Robert E. Lee statue reveals Civil War-era artifacts.  (Sad R.  Well, at least they have the right one this time.  It is kind of strange that with all the clamor to bring this statue and the others down that they'd be that interested in a time capsule that his for that "Lost Cause" thing they so hate.)

I am so happy that they finally got around to removing the pedestal.  What Sad R. and the state had allowed hate groups to do to the pedestal had really turned it into an eyesore.  At least those hate groups were usually able to spell expletives correctly.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

**  Confederate monuments are removed as Americans consider how to remember the past.  (NPR)

**  Robert E, Lee and other Confederate  statues could go to Richmond's Black History Museum.  (Sad R.  This would be a mistake.  There is no way a black museum is going to treat anything Confederate respectfully.  What they will do to them will be nothing short of a hate crime.

By the way. if we had a White History Museum, would that be considered racist?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Roadside Markers, Lee Time Capsule Found, New Confederate Park in Florida

DECEMBER 27, 2021

**  Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside  historical markers.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

**  Robert E. Lee:  Long sought-after time capsule discovered under Confederate general's statue.  (Sad R.)

**  Park honoring  Confederate veterans opens in  Northwest Jacksonville.  (Florida.  Guess who isn't happy about it?)

--Old Secesh

Confederate Flag, Lee Statue Time Capsule, Mississippi

DECEMBER 24, 2021

**  A voting rights activists  explains why she tore down  a Confederate flag.  (South Carolina Capitol building.  A black woman of course.)

**  Evidently, the time capsule that was found in the pedestal of the Lee statue in Sad R. was not the one they were looking for.  But, any time capsule is history in my books.)

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

**  Residents ask commissioners to remove Confederate  soldier tribute.

**  Lead box  under Richmond's Lee statue pedestal wasn't the famed 1887 time capsule, historian says.

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DECEMBER 26,2021

**  Mississippi's AG Lynn Fitch's family loves cruel Confederate general and  Klan wizard.  (Daily Beast.  I am so surprised this media source would say something like that.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: About That Lee Pedestal, Muslims and Pennsylvania Revises Markers

DECEMBER 13, 2021

**  Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city.  (Virginia's governor.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

**  City removes mysterious new statue from site of former  Dallas Confederate  memorial.  (Dallas, Texas.  It was also removed.)

**  Nation's largest Muslim civil rights group voices support  for removing Tuskegee's Confederate monument. (Alabama.  That's a good one.  Islamic civil rights?  I kind of doubt it.)

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

**  Pennsylvania revises  Confederate markers, recasts them as 'enemy' soldiers.  (Maybe Southern states should revise markers and put up new ones recounting the horrors civilians faced from Union occupation units.)

--Old Secesh

How Many People Who Want Confederate Statues Removed Would Continue to Do So If They Have to Pay for It?

DECEMBER 12, 2021

**  First stones come off iconic pedestal that held Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond.  (It is about time.  What public officials permitted certain people to do to it as hate crimes is inexcusable.)

**  Remember the Robert E. Lee window in Boise?  A new historic figure just replaced him.  (Idaho..  Replaced by Leontine  Kelly, the first black Methodist  bishop.  Of course, Lee had to be replaced by a black person.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

**  3 speak on Catawba  County Confederate statue debate.  (Hickory, North Carolina)

**  Bizarre Nathan Bedford Forrest statue finally removed  after more than two decades of mockery.  (The Daily Beast)

**  King George resident will pay for relocation  of Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  A private citizens will pay for it.  This is what should always be done.  I wonder how many of the people who want the statues removed would continue to want that to happen if they have to pay for it themselves?)

Hey, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!!!   --Old Secesh

Fort Colin Powell Has a Nice Ring to It. Melting Statues for New Artwork Won't Make It

OCTOBER 22, 2021

**  Virginia Supreme Court won't reconsider  decision allowing  Robert E. Lee statue  removal.  (Sad R.  No kidding.  It's already down.  Now they need to get that eyesore (from what certain people of Richmond have done to it) of a pedestal down and removed.)

**  Museum proposes melting Lee Statue to make new artwork.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  A black museum of course.  They should take a statue of one of their people down and melt it for new artwork.)

**  Alabama will move forward  in case involving  alleged monument theft.  (It  was taken.  How alleged can that be?  But this is surprising.  I didn't think there was anything wrong anymore to someone desecrating any Confederate monuments.)

**  Fort Colin Powell?  Some want this Confederate-named base to honor the late general.  (My thoughts exactly.  I'd sure support this renaming.)

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

**  DeKalb judge dismisses  attempt to restore  Decatur Confederate  monument.  (Georgia.  Imagine out judicial system doing something like this?)

--Old Secesh

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

Confederate Monuments and Statues

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

**  Mississippi county choses new site for Confederate monument.  (Greenwood, Lefore County.  If state okays it, will go to Fort Pemberton Memorial Park.)

**  Confederate monument relocation controversy continues in Caldwell County,  (Lockhart, Texas)

**  Opinion:  Texas Rangers are like Confederate  statues that must go.  (Houston Chronicle.  So sad when a major newspaper takes a stand like this on history.)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

**  Tubman statue arrives as Confederate  soldier gets new plaques.  (Sylva, N.C.)

**  Rehearing sought from Virginia Supreme Court in Lee monument removal case.  (Forget it, the sooner that statue is out of Sad R. and perhaps the whole state, the better.  And, like anything Confederate can get a fair hearing at any judicial process in that state.)  

--Old Secesh