South Carolina, Texas, School Names, National Parks and Mississippi

 AUGUST 31, 2020

**  Letter:  Confederate monument must be moved.  (Brunswick, South Carolina)

**  Gettysburg's first Confederate monument.  (The monument to the 2nd Maryland Infantry erected 1886.  But on the 25th anniversary of the battle Union soldiers objected to it.  Of course, now, Democrats want all Confederate monuments off all national battlefields.  What a group.)

**  Protests continue in Weatherford over Confederate statue; counter-protesters push back.  (Texas)

**  Across South, a push to change Confederate school names.

**  Confederate  statues would be removed from national parks under new push by Congress.  (Well, push by you-know-who.)

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

**  Thousands ask for statue of Chadwick Boseman to replace  a Confederate memorial in his hometown.  (Anderson, South Carolina.

**  Mississippi Rising  Coalition hosting protest of Confederate statue in Harrison County.  (Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi)

--Old Secesh

Texas, Kentucky, Jews, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia

AUGUST 8, 2020


**  Crowd gathers to protect Confederate statue in Weatherford after protest rumors spread.  (Texas.  This is a flashpoint which could easily end up in bloodshed.  The people on both sides are armed.)

**  Calloway County faith leaders calling for relocation of Confederate monument.  (Kentucky)

**  A Jewish Confederate's hallowed ground.  (Finally, a real Civil War article.  Six Jewish Confederate soldiers buried in the Soldier's Section of Richmond's Hebrew Cemetery.)

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AUGUST 9, 2020


**  Sarasota artist wants repeal of Confederate honors.  (Florida)

**  Gaston County community members fight for Confederate statue to stay.  (North Carolina)

**  Rally urges removal of Broad Street Confederate monument.  (Augusta, Georgia)

**  Protesters  voice opinions on Confederate statue at Putnam County courthouse.  (Palatka, Florida)

--Old Secesh

The Problem With Police. Confrontations Can Lead to Bloodshed. Was This a Case of Mistaken Identity?

AUGUST 4, 2020


**  Black Dallas church alleges intimidation by pro-police rally.  (I wrote about this earlier and have to say the church has a point in this matter.  But putting up a BLM banner means they're picking a side.)

**  What's the problem with the police?  Start with the negative reporting about them.  (Definitely.  I was just watching the Chicago police release video footage of protests at Columbus statue which shows what those officers had to endure, 49 police injured with 18 hospitalized.  Then during questions, all one reporter harped on was the black activist female who was injured by a cop that night.  Also the media being reluctant to call a protest that gets out of hand a riot as well as not saying these riots and looting take place during BLM activities.)

**  Man who pointed a sniper rifle at crowd at Weatherford protests arrested, deputies say.  (Well, first off, those "protests" were violent by then, so actually more of a riot.  This is what scares me the most as there will always be armed persons on both sides and all it takes is one little thing to cause that to erupt in bloodshed.  The police did the right thing in arresting him.)

**  East Atlanta's Gen. McPherson  monument mysteriously damaged.  (Georgia  Who do we know that goes around attacking statues these days?  Oh yes.  And Gen. McPherson was a Union officer, not a Confederate one.  And the monument is located where he was killed during the Civil War.  Watch the video of Lenora Scott.  She is quite a wonderful lady.)

--Old Secesh

Texas, Birthday Party, Army Bases, Navy Ships and Georgia

JULY 28, 2020


**  Weatherford mayor asks county to set a date for removal of Confederate monument.  (Texas.  Violent clashes took place there.

**  Lawmaker attends  celebration of Confederate general.  (The Florida politician attended a birthday party for Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Imagine getting in this much trouble for attending a birthday. Man, these guys just don't stop.)

**  Kaine implores senators to ensure measure stripping  bases' Confederate names  remains in measure.  (Virginia Democratic U.S. Senator.)

**  Racial justice turns to Navy ships named for Confederate battles, segregationists.  (That would be the USS Chancellorsville and USS Maury for Confederates and aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson and John C. Stennis.)

**  Man sues to stop Georgia city from moving Confederate statue.  (Macon, Georgia)

**  There are more deserving  veterans than Confederate Gen. John B. Hood.

**  Local view:  What's 'Un-American' isn't always clear.

**  Texas organizers say local police did not protect protesters.  (Weatherford.  I saw videos of it clash, and it is not clear who needed to be protected from who.  There were bad people on both sides. generally speaking, whenever people protecting statues encounter those who wish to remove them, the protectors are really outnumbered by the protesters.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Are We in the Midst of a Civil War? Even in Michigan, Protests Erupt in Violence in Texas, West Point

JULY 27, 2020


**  Protesters push for Confederate statue removal.  (Allendale Township, Michigan.)

**  Competing rallies meet in downtown St. Augustine over removal of Confederate monument.  (Florida)

**  Judge says Confederate monument will be removed after protest groups clash in Weatherford.  (Texas.  There was definitely the possibility of violence there.)

**  The history behind Confederate monuments in America.   (Channel 5 NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.  A very fair assessment of the history.  Not one-sided at all.  When I saw it was going to be a UNC-Greensboro professor talking about it, I wasn't sure, but he was fair.  Well worth watching.)

**  Violence breaks out between pro & anti Confederate demonstrators  Weatherford.  (Texas.  Several videos accompanied the article. Watch them.  There were idiots on both sides, but tempers are flaring on both sides, not just in Weatherford, but all over.)

**  Bill would require  renaming West Point dorm, roads, gate named for Confederate generals.  (Too bad.  These names were okay for so long, but now with BLM, not okay.)

**  Rick Roberts:  "These people  are trying to take your country away from you."  (WBAP AM News Talk.  Conservative view  point but says  the country is in the midst of a civil war and it is heating up.  Blames the Democrats and BLM.  Worth a listen.)

It Has to Stop.  Step 1:   Confederate Statues on Public Property Must Be Removed and in a Dignified Way (and No Protesters Partying  Over It.  Step 2:  The Deglorification of BLM and Revealing What It Really Is.  Maybe Rename Them the Brown Shirts.

This way, both sides get something.

--Old Secesh