Civil War II: Robert E. Lee's Bust, Savannah, Old Statues and Idaho

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

**  Confederate flag now flies where  Robert E. Lee bust once sat.  (Fort Myers, Florida)

**  A freed slave was a Savannah war hero.  Melt down a Confederate bust and make him a statue.  (Savannah Morning News)

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

**  Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing -- will monuments honoring people of color replace them?  (Unfortunately, yes.  It is too bad that we couldn't leave the Confederate ones up and add the ones for Blacks.)

**  Idaho bill would require state approval to remove monuments.  (Idaho?  Really?)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Racist Statues? England Wants Alabama to Drop Davis Holiday? Savannah, Fort Bragg and Alabama

JANUARY 16, 2022

**  What happened to all those racist statues we took down.  (The Daily Beast.  Sure surprised they would say something like that.)

**  England pushes for Alabama to drop Jefferson Davis holiday.  (Kind of thought England was more on our side during the war.)

**  Savannah leaders say Martin Luther King Jr. monument marks progress made and to be had.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

**  Fort Bragg iconic road returns to original name, first of eight roads scheduled for changes.  (North Carolina.  (Longstreet Street to Long Street)

**  State representative calls to remove  Confederate holidays including Robert E. Lee birthday.  (Alabama.  Rep. Chris England, a black man.)

--Old Secesh

Louisiana, Georgia, House of Representatives and Savannah

JUNE 29, 2021

**  In new strategy to move  Mouton statue, city argues that Confederate group no longer exists.  Lafayette, Louisiana)

**  Possible name change ahead for Fort Benning.  (Georgia)

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JUNE 30, 2021

**  House votes to purge Confederate statues from the Capitol.  (Imagine the New York Times calling it a purge.)

**  New billboard calls for removal of Georgia's Confederate monuments.

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JULY 1, 2021

**  Savannah City Council to consider removing Confederate busts in next steps  for Civil War  Memorial.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: King George, School Name Changes in Florida, Fort Belvoir in Virginia, Louisville and Savannah

JUNE 3, 2021

**  King George plans to relocate  Confederate monument to cemetery.  (King George County, Virginia.  I don't know about you, but I thought it was the Revolution all over again when I see the name King George.)

**  6 things you need to know about the Duval County school renaming process.  (Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Fort Belvoir among installations under review for new names.  (Virginia.  It was not under the original change-the-name drive.  But was named for the plantation that was at the site of the fort.  Originally named Fort A.A. Humphreys, a Union general during the war.  Maybe change it back to that.)

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JUNE 4, 2021

**  Man in Louisville cited after allegedly removing pride flags;  Confederate flag  later found in their place.  (Kentucky)

**  Monuments commission:  No reason Savannah  should be 'lagging behind' on Confederate busts.  (Georgia)

**  USA  Today network South journalists win national journalism award  for 'Confederate Reckoning.'

--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

Sad R., Statue Removal Costs, Savannah, North Carolina and Louisiana

OCTOBER 11, 2020

**  The legacy of slavery and voting patterns in US elections.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

**  Nonprofit raises $45K towards city's $1.8M Confederate monument removal bills.  (sad R again.  Again, all money for removals should be paid by those who want them removed and should not come out of public funds.  And, in the case of sad R., the mayor and governor should pay with their own money as well.)

**  Peaceful protest held at Confederate memorial in Forsyth Park.  (Savannah, Georgia.  Isn't it amazing that BLM can have a "peaceful protest?"  The statues have already been "vandalized" several times and a fence has been constructed around them.  But, at least it was a peaceful demonstration with no confrontations or hate crimes committed.)

**  For fourth consecutive meeting, commissioners asked to remove Confederate  monument from county property.  (Catawba County, North Carolina.)

**  Court hearing on removing Confederate statue delayed by courthouse closure.  (Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.    Closed in aftermath of Hurricane Delta.  Statue of Gen. Alfred Mouton.)

--Old Secesh

Cemeteries Become BLM Targets, Even Brazil

JULY 12, 2020


**  As a Black woman  from the South, removal of Confederate symbols important to me.  (CNN)

**  Hundreds demanding removal  of Confederate statue in Graham met by counterprotesters.  (North Carolina)

**  Southern Democrats' split with Republicans over Confederate symbols is more recent than you think.

**  Courthouse's Confederate statue enters Giles County drug case.  (Pearisburg, Virginia.  A black defendant believes he can't get a fair trial with the statue outside the courthouse.  (Where will it end?)

**  Letter:  Confederate monuments:  The fake news of the time.

**  They lost the Civil War and fled to Brazil.  Their descendants refuse to take down the Confederate flag.  (Washington Post)

**  Sylvia approves resolution to ban Confederate imagery from town property.  (North Carolina.  Such a huge surprise.  What will Sylvia's mother say??)

**  Statue at Confederate graves vandalized  at Savannah cemetery.    Placed at Laurel Grove Cemetery in 1879.  Statue of a woman named "Silence."  Spray-painted and broke the statue's hand.   The mayor, a black man, vows to find the people who did this and prosecute them.  Too bad he can't be the mayor of Richmond, Va.  Again, this is not vandalism.  It is a hate crime.)

**  Cemetery vandals hit Confederate markers.  (Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Spray-painted and broke it enough that it can't be repaired.  Lots and lots of obscenities.)

Like I Said, Cemeteries Are Next On the BLM Hit List.  --Old Secesh

Confederate Flags in Cemeteries, Savannah, Civil Rights Movement and the NRHP

February 24, 2020

**  Deal hit to heal breach  over rebel flags in Eureka Springs Cemetery.  (Arkansas--  Someone complained.  Guess?  All it takes is one of these people to complain.  47 Confederate and 97 Union soldiers buried there.  In the past,the flags have been "removed" by an individual.

**  Panel addresses inequities  of historic Savannah monuments.  (Panel of local activists, so we know where they stand.  Personally, I would like to see more monuments to deserving Blacks.)

**  Photos: The fight for integration in Winston-Salem.  (North Carolina-- Demonstrators at the Woolworth's lunch counter where the black students were seated waving Confederate flags.  This is a big reason why Blacks dislike the Confederate flag and I don't blame them for it.  Those people "hijacked" the Confederate flag.  I hate when that happens.)

**  US 'honor roll' of historic places often ignores slavery.  (This would be the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).  I would also like to see more slavery sites on the list.)

--Old Secesh