FEBRUARY 10, 2023
** Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison. (U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 attack. I only saw pictures of him with the flag and pole over his shoulder. And, of course, all those BLMers out in the streets in 2020, were there for social justice.)
** Renaming brings to mind history, the cost of wokeness. (It will cost a lot of money for all ther renaming. I still think that the cost should be paid by those who want the names changed.)
--Old Secesh
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
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
** Sculpture of Civil Rights leader to replace Robert E. Lee at Capitol. (Statue will be of Barbara Rise Johns. She is deserving, but why must all statue replacements be of black people?)
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FEBRUARY 4, 2023
** Santa Fe woman arrested after Confederate flag dispute with her neighbor. (She took the flag down.)
** Tennessee Historical Commission to review Nashville request to remove Confederate statue.
** Street honoring KKK leader renamed after student-led effort. (Long Isdland, New York. named after Paul Lindner who was also a great titan of the New York Klan. Renamed Acorn Way.)
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 27, 2023
** A Confederate general was reburied and the funeral pictures are troubling. (MSN. I find this MSN headline troubling.)
** Mississippi leaders hersitant to replace white supremacist statues in Washington. (Jefferson Davis and James Z. George. Both were also Confederates.)
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JANUARY 28, 2023
** Confederate group instructed to remove Tuskegee statue, court record says. (Alabama. UDC.)
--Old Secsh
JANUARY 2, 2023
** The history and controversy behind the Confederate flag.
** Editorial: Expelling Confederate symbols from the military academy. (West Point. Now we're being EXPELLED? Really?
** Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol to announce sculptor. (Virginia. To make a sculpture of Barbara Rose Johns Powell to replace the one of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol. Of course, the new sculpture is of a worthy black person. BUT, why do all replaced Confederate statues have to be of Blacks? Aren't there some worthy white folks out there?)
It's an Expelling Kind of Thing, You Know. --Old Secesh
DECEMBER 31, 2022
** Art at the Capitol honors 140 enslavers and 13 Confederates. (U.S. Capitol. Seventeen are depictions of Washington, 9 of Jefferson and 5 of Madison. Also 15 depictions of Columbus. Without these folks, I don't even know that we would have a country here.
** So, ENSLAVERS is the new WWM word for slaveowners.
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JANUARY 1, 2022
** West Point begins removal of Robert E. Lee, Confederate paraphernalia. (PARAPHERNALIA? Really.)
Enslavers? Paraphernalia? --Old ?
DECEMBER 26, 2022
** Jacksonville City Council President says Confederate monuments will come off 'back b urner.' (Jacksonville, Florida. I understand that crime in Jacksonville is on the rise among black folks. Looks like that should be more important of a thing to address than removing Confederate monuments. But, NO!!)
** Parks in Fairfax's Franconia District scrap the Confederate 'Lee' name. (Virginia)
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DECEMBER 28, 2022
** Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? (Washington Post. And two guesses what this newspaper wants to do with them. First one doesn't count. Was this another of the infamous SPLC lists?)
--Old Secesh
DECEMBER 14, 2022
** Workers locate remains of Confederate general under Richmond monument. (A.P. Hill.)
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DECEMBER 15. 2022
** Tensions rise second day of c(C)onfederate monument removal as remains recovered. (Sad R. A.P. Hill.)
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DECEMBER 16, 2022
** Congress votes to remove a bust of Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol.
** What's next for Confederate monuments in city of Jacksonville.
It sure makes you wonder how Blacks and their WWMs would feel if someone dug up their ancestors and moved them. --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 25, 2022
** Augusta's 5th Street Bridge could become 'Freedom Bridge,' removing Confederate ties. (Augusta, Georgia. It is a pedestrian bridge. It is now named Jefferson Davis.)
** Man who stormed the Capitol with dad gets two years. (About the January 6 assault on the building. Everyone who entered the building as they did should have to pay one way or another.)
** Son of Confederate flag-wielding rioter sentenced to 24 months for Jan. 6 breach. It was indeed a riot. However, what happened back in May-June 2020 after the Floyd murder was not called riots.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
** NASCAR to fans: Leave Confederate flags at home. (Me to NASCAR: I left NASCAR at their home. I no longer watch or support this sport. NASCAR is forgetting its roots.)
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
** Supreme Court agrees to hear Newton Civil War statue case in June. (Georgia Supreme Court)
** University of Michigan professor calls Queen 'colonizer' and likens monarch to the Confederacy. (Daily Mail, UK. Well, what can you expect from university professors these days? Actually, I believe a whole lot of this anti-Confederate hysteria can be traced to these learned folks.))
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
** Confederates, socialists, Capitol attackers: a 14th Amendment history lesson. (Washington Post. The attack on our Capitol building still rankles me. I don't care how you feel, you do not attack such an institution.)
** Asheboro officials pass resolution requesting monument relocation. (North Carolina. Well, at least they didn't order a bulldozer to knock it down like in Enfield.)
Those Doggone Colonizers. --Old Secesh
AUGUST 16, 2022
** Capitol rioter who struck officer with Confederate flag gets five months in prison. (As he should.)
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AUGUST 18, 2022
** Tennessee court rules Confederate memorabilia in jury room not prejudicial. (Giles County, Tn.)
** Five years after their removal, Baltimore's Confederate monuments expected to appear in an art exhinit in Los Angeles.
** Pensacola police reveal new badge without Confederate flag. (Florida)
** Conviction stands for black man convicted in Confederate-themed jury room. (Tennessee. It had Confederate portraits and flags.)
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 12, 2022
** What happened to Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue? (Virginia. It has been donated to a black museum to be melted down. Obscene.)
** 120 House Republicans vote to keep statues of Confederates in the Capitol. (Daily Beast. They were outvoted.
** Report: It will cost $5 M to rename Georgia's Fort Benning.
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AUGUST 13, 2022
** U.S. Capitol finally replaces Confederate statue with black female leader. (Daily Beast. Seems like a "Woke" thing to do. Is there a law that all Confederate statues in the Capitol be replaced with one for a black person?)
** Delaware NAACP condemns Town of Georgetown for pushing ahead on funding museum flying Confederate flag. (Now, that really does surprise me.)
--Old Secesh
JULY 14, 2022
** Capitol rioter with Confederate flag attached to a lacrosse stick gets five months in prison. (Dangerous lacrosse sticks. Nobody knows the rules to the game.)
** Statue of civil rights leader replaces Confederate statue in U.S. Capitol. (Of course, a black person.)
** Mary McLeod Bethune statue replaces Confederate figure in U.S. Capitol. (She replaced Edmund Kirby Smith. I agree with this replacement, though. She is a very worthy person to honor.)
** Confederate flag seen flying from from sailboat in Vernon. (How horrible. Hopefully that boat is not the CSS Alabama in disguise.)
Roll Alabama. --Old Secesh
JULY 9, 2022
** Here's the real history behind Arizona's Confederate monuments.
** CAIR urges removal of Confederate flags flown at Charleston, S.C. harbor. (Council on American-Islamic Relations. (Hope hey don't crash a plane into Castle Pinckney to take down those flags.)
** Black students sue school after suspension for Confederate flag protest. (Daily Beast. Coosa High School, Georgia.)
** 120 House Republicans vote to keep statues of Confederates in Capitol. (Daily Beast. But , 285 members voted to remove them, including 67 Republicans.)
--Old Secesh
JULY 7, 2022
** Why 'Fort Liberty'? Leaders explain why they pushed for Fort Bragg's proposed new name. (North Carolina)
** Feds seek prison for Capitol rioter who had Confederate flag. (The fact he was in the Capitol under those circumstances should be enough for prison time. The fact he had THAT particular flag shouldn't be the main concern. But, let's face it, it does bug certain groups. And, if the Jan. 6 folks were rioters, what were the BLMers back in 2020 when they did all that burning and looting. Were they rioters? Or worse?)
** Why Confederate flags are flying in the middle of Charleston Harbor. (South Carolina. They fly over Castle Pinckney, which is owned by the SCV.)
--Old Secesh
JULY 7, 2022
** An epic new ad from Republicans explains why Confederate flags are shameful and treasonous. (From Upworthy. That flag will never be shameful and treasonous to me, but I sure hate it when white supremacists wave it.)
** Feds seek prison for Capitol rioter who had Confederate flag. (They sure got upset about that flag being in there. Thos epeople who illegally enetered the Capitol were rioters, but what were the BLMers back in 2020?)
** Confederate flag in Wheatley, Ontario sparks concern, but officials lack authority to remove it.
** Our views: Louisiana separates itself further from its Confederate past. (The Advocate)
** St. Louis school now honors pioneering black educator after dropping Confederate's name. (Formerly Kennard School. Now the Betty Wheeler School. She is deserving of the honor. But again, why do all schools renamed have to be for Blacks?)
** Protesters call Gainesville 'Most Racist Small Town in Confederate States of America'.
--Old Secesh
JUNE 24, 2022
** Confederate ideology is still alive and well, and paraded through our c(C)apitol. (Still upset about that Confederate flag in the Capitol.)
** Remnant of the Lost Cause: U.S. Army to rename bases that honor Confederates.
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JUNE 25, 2022
** Williamson County seal: Efforts to remove Confederate flag on hold. (Tennessee)
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JUNE 26, 2022
** Opponents tell Augusta Commission it's time for decision on Confederate monument. (Georgia)
** Supreme Court finds that the Civil War was wrongly decided, reinstates the Confederacy. (Daily Kos)
--Old Secesh
JUNE 16, 2022
** Judge convicts man who carried Confederate flag in Capitol attack. (Lots and lots of srticles about this. I think that really bothered some folks. He was convicted of obstruction, entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct and unlawful parading. I wonder if it would have been unlawful parading had he been carrying a BLM flag?
** (He was quite often referred to as the Confederate flag-toting man. I wonder how you tote a flag? His son was also convicted. He should never have been in the Capitol under those circumstances anyway so am glad he was convicted.)
** Georgia councilman resigns after controversial Confederate store reopens. (Kennesaw, Georgia. Wildmans's Civil War Surplus store reopens after his death.)
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JUNE 17, 2022
** Fairfax leans toward route numbers in renaming roads honoring the Confederacy. (Virginia)
** Confederate street renaming receives input from Fairfax County residents. (Virginia)
Like Father, Like Son. --Old Secesh
JUNE 12, 2022
** Who led to the insurrection of January 6? Just look to our monuments. (L.A. Times. Okay, blaming the Confeds again. There you go.)
** Protesters rally against standing Confederate monuments during Jacksonville bicentennial celebration. (Florida. I wonder how much crime and how many murders have taken place there the last couple years while they've been trying to lose those statues? Makes you wonder what's important to some folks. It looked like about 25 protesters. Huge turnout.)
** Juneteenth marked as a state holiday in Alabama this year.
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JUNE 13, 2022
** Man who carried Confederate flag into the Capitol heads to trial. (Jan. 6 insurrection.)
** CAIR applauds Virginia school board's vote not to restore Confederate school names. (That is an Islamic group. How do they feel about Christian churches being built in Islamic countries?)
It Might Have Been Those Confederate Statues Still Remaining in Statuary Hall, You Know.--Old Secesh
MARCH 8, 2022
** Cordele moving ahead with removing Confederate monument. (Cordele, Georgia)
** Confederate flag shirt of Greenville County Council member protested.
** Lawmaker files legislation to end Louisiana's Confederate holidays.
** Montgomery officials considering renaming streets named for c(C)onfederates, klansmen. (Alabama)
** Mary McLeod Bethune statue to be installed in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. (A worthy of the honor black woman. But, will every removed statue have to be replaced with one of a black person?)
--Old Secesh
