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

A Big Stink Being Raised About Confederate Heritage Month

APRIL 15, 2022

**  Mississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage month.  (So, why are some folks making such a big deal about this?  If some folks can commemorate Juneteenth or Harriett Tubman's birthday, why can't some others commemorate their ancestors.  If a person doesn't like the holiday, then they don't have to do anything about it.)

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APRIL 16, 2022

**  Civil rights group condemns  Gov. Tate Reeves' proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month.  (Two guesses who?  The good folks over at the very racist Southern Poverty Law Center.  I would expect them to do no less.)

**  Our view:  Gov. embarrasses  us all with Confederate  Heritage  Month proclamation.  (Columbus, Mississippi Dispatch.  Really sad when a newspaper takes this sort of hatred approach to news.)

**  Madison County makes April  Confederate History and Heritage Month.  (Texas)

It is amazing that some politicians have the backbone to stand up against certain groups and their minions on this issue.

--Old Secesh

Fort Benning, Mississippi, Voting, Confederate Holidays, Black Holidays, Texas

APRIL 12, 2022

**  Major General Donahoe says For Benning  will be renamed by 2023.  (Georgia)

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APRIL 13, 2022

**  Rebel flags cause uproar at Biloxi MS elementary school.  (Mississippi)

**  Should voters have final say on Confederate monuments?  (You betcha!!)

**  While Confederate monuments come down, Confederate holidays continue.  (Well, we recently got Juneteenth and how long until Harriet Tubman's birthday becomes a national holiday?)

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APRIL 14, 2022

**  Killeen seeks input on new name for Fort Hood.  (Texas)

--Old Secesh

750, $782,000, Assault Charges and Stone Mountain

APRIL 1, 2022

**  More than 750 Defense Department items with names tied to the Confederacy listed for possible renaming.  (Let's just hope they're not all renamed for Harriet Tubman.)

**  Contract signed for Confederate monument removal.  (Caddo Parish, Louisiana.  $782,000 for removal and  relocation to Pleasant Hill Battlefield.  Let's hope that those who want it gone are paying for this.  Put your money where your mouth is.  This shouldn't be paid by public funds.)

**  Assault charge dismissed for Confederacy supporter who talked about beating  up Tami Sawyer.  (That supporter was way out of line and his tirade just proved her right.)

**  Permit  OK'd  for Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park.  (Georgia)

I Don't Know, But That $782,000 Seems Awfully High.  Is Someone Out To Make a Killing?  --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

Civil War II: Renaming Those Bases a Big Thing. Gettysburg of Bases, What About Those Black Activists? Harriet Tubman and the Pentagon

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Most of the Confederate-named bases received the names before World War II.  That was an awful long-time for people not to be offended.  Was it a sudden-woke offense?

**  Retired Marine general, trailblazing  admiral among  new picks who will scrutinize bases with Confederate names.  (Hopefully at least one of the eight is a non-Black.)

**  Members named  to panel scrubbing Confederate icons from DOD.  (Aren't icons considered to be good?)

**  Confederate  military bases just met their Gettysburg.  (You mean Waterloo?)

**  North Carolina commission to work with  local activists to remove Confederate monuments.  (Again, how does a black person get to be an activist?  Wondering if there are any white activists?)

**  Renowned as a black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy.

**  Here's how the Pentagon will remove the names of Confederates from military bases.

--Old Secesh

Something Stinks in Sad R. Alabama, Virginia and Baltimore

 SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

**  University of Alabama to consider removing Confederate name.  (John Tyler Morgan, former Confederate general and KKK Grand Wizard.)

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

**  King George  seeks to unravel 'knotty history' of  Confederate memorial.  (King George County, Virginia.)

**  In Baltimore, Harriet Tubman honored where Confederate statues once stood.  (Not that Harriet Tubman doesn't deserve recognition, but putting her statue where the Confederate ones were is just rubbing salt into the wound.  Put it elsewhere.  I also believe that the Arthur Ashe statue and that one at the art museum in Sad R. should be removed from what used to be Monument Avenue.  The art museum one should go inside and Ashe placed elsewhere.  The name Monument Avenue should also be stricken and no monuments put up there in the future.  Turn it into a park, but without a black name.)

**  Special prosecutor  to determine future of investigation into Richmond mayor's removal of Confederate monuments.  (Sad R..  That removal contract given to one of the mayor's political contributors is highly questionable.  Like they said, something stinks in Sad R..)

Nothing Much Good Comes Out of Sad R..  --Old Secesh

Stop Renaming and Building New Statues Where Confederate Ones Were Removed. An Acceptable Alternative.

 SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

**  Signs honoring Harriet Tubman installed at Wyman Park Dell, where Confederate statues once stood.  (Baltimore, Maryland.  Go ahead, pour salt into the wounds.  Baltimore removed four Confederate statues under cover of the night awhile back.)

**  Bell County Confederate statue to stay after commissioners vote 4-1.  (Texas.  How did this happen?  bet BLM is not happy.)

**  Williamson County approves recommendation to remove Confederate flag from county seal.  (Tennessee)

**  Group pitches big changes to Stone Mountain Park's Confederate imagery.  (Georgia.  Activist group wants it removed or contextualized.)

**  Plans for James H. Berry Park, new home of Bentonville Confederate statue, unveiled.  (Arkansas.  The statue was recently removed from downtown and will now be located there.    An acceptable alternative in this situation.  Hopefully one that will be copied by others when their Confederate statues are removed.)

**  I still say, however, that all costs for removal of statues should be paid by those who want the statues removed.  Hey, guys, put your money where your mouths are.

And, Stop Rubbing Salt Into Our Wounds Like With the First Thing I Wrote About.  --Old Secesh

I Can't Keep Up With All This

I feel the United States has reached a real turning point in history right now.  Between the pandemic and all this racial unrest, as Bob Dylan said, "The Times They Are a Changing."

And I surely hope this change will be for the better.  Although at present we could even be headed for a racial war just as much as we might be headed for a better United States.  I guess only time will tell.

This is definitely going to be something for "the rewritten history books."  Students will be wondering who Union forces fought between 1861 and 1865.  They'll just know they fought someone whose name cannot be mentioned because of slavery and their racism.  And that these people were absolutely the worst people ever to live on earth.

And, this is not to say anything about what happened to so many of the earliest U.S. presidents.  Who were they and why are they not mentioned?  School children will still be going to Douglass, D.C., and taking tours up to the top of the Tubman Monument and King Memorial (old Jefferson Memorial).

Anyhow, I am attempting to keep up with all that is happening in this storm surge of revisionism, so this is why I won't be doing much in my other blogs as there is so much to write about here.  If the new Civil war ever stops, that will also be the end of this blog.  I sure enjoyed it in April when the virus had all the BLMers and before George Floyd was killed when I only had four blog entries the whole month.

So, Here Goes.  --Old Secesh

It's a Road Thing Now As Well and, Finally Two Groups Willing to Stand Up Against This New Tyranny

February 26, 2020

** Magruder Boulevard, named after a Confederate general to be renamed  for Neil Armstrong.

**  Parts of Florida Highway honoring the Confederacy will be renamed in honor of Harriet Tubman.  How about renaming those parts Founding Fathers' Way or Greatest Generation?  Surely, they are deserving as well.

**  Confederate flags will be allowed at Arkansas cemetery despite protests.  (Probably just "one" person didn't like the Confederate flags.  But today, these "ones" sure have a lot of clout.  Governmental bodies bow to their every whim.

**  No commotion as county passes Confederate History Month measure.  (Texas--  Well if certain folks can have a History Month, others should also have a month to honor their ancestors as well.  Finally, a group of people with a backbone willing to stand up against the haters.)

**  Letter to Editor:  Letter writer misses mark on meaning of Confederate monuments.

Welcome to the Tyranny.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: N.C. Ban on Removal of Confederate Monuments Challenged

November 30, 2019

**  NC ban on removal of Confederate monuments is challenged as local councils continue to bring down statues.

**  Confederate statue fights show a greater division.

**  To erase Dixie Highway, Florida County might turn to Harriet Tubman for help.

Even Highways?  --Old Secesh