Beware Those Mean Old Sneaky Confederate Statues

MARCH 5, 2023

**  Student says she's fighting racism at her high school, where some fly Confederate flags.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Benning and over 1,000 DOD other assets linked to Confederacy to be renamed.  (And who pays for it?)

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MARCH 6, 2023

**  Protesters feel threatened over Confederate monuments.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Yeah, ya gotta watch out for those mean statues.  You never know when one is going to attack you.  Pigeons everywhere should be very afraid.)

I See A Confederate Statue Sneaking Up Right Now!!   --Old Secesh

Let the People Vote on Statue Removal

APRIL 8, 2022

**  Opinions divided on Confederate statue in Lewisburg.  (West Virginia)

**  Jacksonville city councilman wants voters to decide on removal of Confederate monuments.  (Florida.  This is the correct way to determine removal.  Let the people vote, not some spineless elected officials.  But, Blacks will have to know that if they don't get their way they have to live with it.)

**  Protest being planned in response to Confederate Memorial Day event.  (Stone Mountain, Georgia.  Be careful now of rioting and looting.)

**  Commission:  Fort Belvoir building, three roads may need to be renamed.

**  From Lee  Circle to Harmony Circle?  New Orleans City Council takes first step to renaming street.

--Old Secesh

Charlottesville, Florida, West Virginia, Where Are the Removed Monuments?, Confederate Reckoning, Georgia and Oregon

JULY 16, 2021

**  Charlottesville removes Confederate statues that sparked bloodshed.  (Virginia.  One death, but I was surprised with all the pure hate shown on both sides that there weren't more killed.)

**  Future of Confederate monument in Putnam County in question as debate over ordinance heats up.  (Palatka, Florida)

**  West Virginia commission punts on Confederate memorials.  (Chakleston, W. Va.  The Stonewall Jackson monument on Capitol grounds.)

**  What could happen to Charlottesville's Confederate monuments?  Here's where 29 others in Virginia ended up.  (Most in storage.)

**  Confederate Reckoning series shows impact of decades of discrimination on Southern states.

**  DeKalb moves to dismiss lawsuit over removal of Confederate monument.  (DeKalb County, Georgia)

**  Redmond City Councilors denounce use of Confederate flag in parade.  (Oregon)

--Old Secesh

About That Confederate Chair. Twisting the Virginia Law. Poll Shows Most North Carolinians Favor Keeping Monuments Where They Are.

APRIL 9, 2021

**  Confederate chair held ransom.

**  City Council still undecided  on Confederate statues.  (Sad R.  So, apparently, the 1997 state law passed to protect Confederate statues only applies to those built after 1997, not to those erected before that.  I'm sure the original intent covered ALL statues, even those already standing.)

**  North Carolinians  still favor keeping  Confederate monuments.  Here's what  has changed.

**  Should  Confederate monuments stay?  Poll shows most in NC  say yes.

**  A majority in NC want to keep Confederate monuments, according to a new Elon  poll.  (58% want them to remain.  42% want them gone.)

**  Man who carried Confederate flag  to Capitol during Jan. 6 riot indicted.

**  West Virginia  lawmakers move to criminalize  removal of Confederate  statues.

--Old Secesh

A Confederate Win? Renaming the Bases. Florida, West Virginia, North Carolina, Let Our People VOTE!!! Not Governmental Bodies.

MARCH 20, 2021

**  So-called Confederate monument bill  passes House after two-hour debate.   (West Virginia.  Did we win one?  How'd that happen?)

**  New commission on renaming Confederate bases gets early makeover.  (Biden administration has replaced Trump appointees.  Politics anybody?)

**  County officials say they will deal with Confederate issue.  (Lake County, Florida.)

**  Vance Monument:  Asheville to take final vote  on obelisk honoring racist Confederate governor.  (North Carolina.  You can kind of tell whose side the newspaper is on with that headline.  City council will vote on it so it is a goner.  Too bad they don't have the courage to actually put it up for a people's vote.  But, those are typical Democratic, BLMer tactics.)

**  NASCAR truck driver  Bill Lester on why the sport's Confederate flag ban "floored" him.

**  Maryland General Assembly  votes to trash state's pro-Confederate official state song.

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Blues and Black Confederates

MARCH 18, 2021

**  Mary McLeod Bethune statue could come to a museum  embroiled in Confederate controversy. (Lake County, Florida)

**  Public  hearing on Confederate  monuments bill draws 19 opponents, no supporters.  (West Virginia.  Bill to protect Confederate monuments.)

**  Tennessee GOP has a 'cancel culture' freakout over removal of KKK founder's bust--  proposes firing entire historical commission.

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MARCH 19, 2021

**  Alabama attorney journal  asks courts for quick win in Madison County Confederate monument  lawsuit.

**  Maryland's  pro-Confederate state song  is close to being ditched, after repeated tries.

**  Kenny Wayne Shepherd's blues award nomination rescinded  over Confederate flag use.  (He had a "Dukes of Hazzard" General Lee car with the you-know-what on the roof.  Well, there was the name as well.  So, what does that have to do with the blues?  Gosh.)

**  Local group to explore  "Black Confederates" claim.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Panels, Letters, Flags, Bills, Pedestals, Storage and a Cemetery

MARCH 16, 2021

**  A key panel has voted to remove a bust of Confederate  Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee Capitol.  (A Key Panel?  What is a key panel?  Is that where you keep your keys?  I have a key hook.)

**  Letter:  How can you fly a Confederate flag and call yourself a Patriot?   (Chuckle)

**  House committee  approves bill critics say  aims to keep Confederate monuments  on state Capitol grounds.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Myers quoted in the range of $60,000 to remove Robert E. Lee pedestal.  (Florida.  That seems to be a tad high.  Real high.  Someone's looking to get rich.  Must be a mayor's bud.  Let the BLMers and their white minions at it.  They'll do it for free.  But messy, very, very messy.  Maybe a $10 donation to take a whack at it with a sledge hammer.)

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MARCH 17, 2021

**  Virginia Beach Confederate monument still in storage, committee didn't   support either proposal to move it.  (Virginia.)

**  $200,000 worth of damage  done to presidents, Confederate graves at Virginia Cemetery.  (Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.  More than 18,000 Confederate soldiers, generals and Jefferson Davis buried there.  No damage to president Monroe and Tyler graves.  No damage done to any clearly Confederate graves either.  Richmond police chief and mayor up in arms about it.  Which is kind of funny considering what they have allowed to happen to Confederate monuments in that city.)

--Old Secesh

Museums, Cemeteries, Bills, Hearings, Constitutions and Statues, OH MY!

MARCH 16, 2021

**  Baltimore's Walters Art Museum reckons with founders' Confederate ties.  (This is so ridiculous.  Like it's a sin to have Confederate ties.  Without those guys there would NOT be a museum.  Be happy with that.)

**  Surprise inside?   Thornrose Cemetery Confederate time capsule awaits  revealing opening.  (Staunton, Virginia.  What will SPLC, NAACP or BLM have to say about this horrible thing?)

**  Bill to protect Confederate monuments advances to House floor.  (West Virginia.  Who'd have figured in this day and age that anything like this would happen.  What list will SPLC put this on?)

**  Hearing to remove  Confederate Gen.  Mouton statue delayed 6th time.  (Louisiana.  We'll count this as a win.  Not much of one, but we're desperate.)

**  160 years  later, Confederate Constitution an ignoble relic.  (The main difference was about slavery between it and the U.S. Constitution.  Otherwise they were essentially the same.)

**  Virginia Beach City Council weighs future of its Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Hey, let the people vote on its removal.  Dare you.)

An Ignoble Constitution?  Really?  Wasn't It based on the U.S. Constitution Except for Slavery?  --Old Secesh

No More 'Hey Reb!' at UNLV, Who 'Attacked' Confederate Statue in Louisiana? Confederate Flags.

JANUARY 22, 2021

**  County commissioners vote to remove controversial Confederate monument, put it in storage.  (Gwinnett County, Georgia.  No big surprise, as I predicted the other day, about them voting to remove it.  Again, it should have been put to a vote by the people, not just politicians afraid of BLM coming to their homes.  What we need is some politicians with a backbone.  The monument was only controversial because Blacks did like it.)

**  UNLV drops  'Hey Reb!' mascot over perceived Confederate ties.  (University of Nevada Las Vegas. They will, however, keep the name Rebels.  Sorry guys, the word Rebel connotes Confederate more than your "Hey Reb!" guy.)

**  Confederate statue in Louisiana damaged, nose missing.  (Lafayette, Louisiana.  Statue of General Alfred Mouton.  Authorities not sure who did it, but I have a probably culprit in mind.  And, this is NOT vandalism, but a HATE CRIME.)

**  Is removing Confederate monuments, changing sports teams names just a distraction?

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JANUARY 23, 2021

**  Rocklin student  disciplines for displaying  Confederate flag at school sparks debate.  (Rocklin, California.  What happens if a student has a BLN flag?)

**  Confederate flag burned  in protest at West Virginia Capitol.

--Old Secesh

What College Do You Have to Attend to Become a Community Activist? Teens, Vance, Asheville the Sad, North Carolina, Activists, CNN Does It Again, George Floyd and West Virginia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

**  Teen asks NC county to remove Confederate statue.  'History has its eyes on you, he says'   (Newton, North Carolina.   And, very surprisingly, he is a white person.)

**  Third and final Confederate monument to leave Asheville's Pack Square.  (Asheville, North Carolina.  The 65-foot Zebulon Vance monument.  Of course, Asheville is a big-time liberal town which wants to be a Sad R or Charlottesville.)

**  Activists say suit to remove Confederate monument  could right an old wrong.  (Gaston, North Carolina.  How come Blacks have so many activists?  What college do you have to go to to become an activist?  Well, one of those so-called community activists?  I have noticed we don't have any community activists here in Spring Grove.  Maybe we ought to post a job opening.  There sure seem to be a lot of them in certain areas of cities.  Surely, they could spare one, right?  And, don't call me Shirley.)

**  CNN's John Avlon compares Trump election supporters to 'Confederates.'  (Wow, imagine someone from CNN saying something like that.  I was completely shocked.  And, of course, those who opposed were... what?  This would be like the New York Times or Washington Post saying something like that.)

**  What progress was made  toward racial justice after George Floyd was killed?  (I'm not sure, but perhaps if certain people would quit committing so many crimes that might help.)

**  Capitol Building Commission listens to calls to remove Stonewall statue, but takes no action.  (Charleston, West Virginia)

Personally, I Think These Activists Wake Up Some Morning and Anoint Themselves an Activist.  "I Are Activist!!  Here Me Roar!!!"  --Old Secesh

Does Black Lives Matter Mean Hate? VMI, Albertville, North Carolina and West Virginia

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

**  VMI Visitors  Council moves Stonewall Jackson statue.  (Also the one for Francis J. Smith who served in the Confederate Army and  a memorial to VMI cadets who fought as a unit at the Battle of New Market.  (This is a very disturbing thing.  That Virginia governor had a hand in this.  About time for a recall if you ask me.  But, how could the council do this?)

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

**  Protests continue  in Albertville after confederate flag removed and put back up.  (Alabama.  Come on guys.  Proper Name!!)

**  Fate of Tarboro's Confederate remains unknown.  (North Carolina)

**  Seventeen members of West Virginia's Senate call the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as hate speech.   (I agree with that.)

Does Black Lives Matter Mean Hate?  You Betcha.--Old Secesh

That Very Slick Memphis. Ole Miss, Portsmouth Va., Stonewall, Mail-In Ballots and Rome

AUGUST 22, 2020


**  Ole Miss players pleased with tarps obstructing view of  campus Confederate monument.  (So glad they are now happy.  You really don't want unhappy football players.)

**  Both sides forge respect during battle over Confederate statues in Memphis.  (In case you don't remember, Memphis found a questionable way to skirt around the issue to remove the Nathan Forrest and Jefferson Davis statues by selling the park to an organization formed just for the occasion. That "organization" then took the statues down.  Very sneaky Memphis.)

**  Portsmouth police chief releases statement about investigation  into Confederate monument protest.  (14 rioters committing hate crimes were charged with felonies.)

**  Stonewall Jackson's arm:  How Clarksburg, West Virginia, grapples with its Confederate heritage."

**  Mail-in ballots were part of a plot to  deny Lincoln reelection in 1864.

**  Scholar expresses interest  in consulting local statue committee regarding Confederate statue.  (Nathan Forrest statue in Rome, Georgia)

I Was So Shocked To See "Vandalizers" Getting Charged With Felonies.--Old Secesh

West Virginia, Mississippi, Trump, A Partial List, Lynching Confederate Statues, NC "For Public Safety"

JUNE 21, 2020

**  West Virginia, born out of the Civil War, grapples with Confederate monuments.

**  Mississippi bishop joins call for removal of Confederate flag from state's flag.  (Episcopalian)

**  Protesters fell Confederate monument in DC, provoking Trump's fury.

**  Confederate statues are coming down following George Floyd's death.  here's what we know.  (A list of downed Confederate statues in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Louisville, Jacksonville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Alexandria, Nashville, Mobile, Frankfort, Decatur, Raleigh, Washington DC, and Bristol, England.  (A whole bunch of cities now on my boycott list for awhile until I forgive them.  I have written about most of these removals in this blog.)

**  NC protesters hang Confederate statue from post.  (Isn't the noose something white supremacists use?)

**  Wrapped up in the Confederate flag  (Washington Post.  It has to be a negative article.)

**  Confederate group dressed in rebel flag garb confronts protesters  at Gulfport monument.  (Mississippi.  There have been very, very few anti rioters protests.  This, fortunately sounds like it was fairly peaceful considering that those who want the statues down are somewhat violent and hateful.)

**  Gulfport, Mississippi City Council voted unanimously to remove the state flag.

**  NC governor on Twitter announces removal of all Confederate statues on Capitol grounds for "public safety."  (Before Floyd, I would have been very upset, but now, since the various governments and police will not protect them from the BLMers and their white minions, I am for the removal of all Confederate monuments in public places everywhere.)

--Old Secesh

When You Tear Down or Deface a Monument, It Is No Longer Protesting. You Are Now Rioting

JUNE 6, 2020

**  Confederate women's statue in Florida defaced in protests.  (Well, rioting actually.)

**  NASCAR steers to stay clear of protests over George Floyd.

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JUNE 7, 2020

**  Let's be honest about why that Confederate marker is at Tarrant County Courthouse.

**  Protesters topple Confederate statue in Virginia capital.  (Again, rioters)

**  KKK supporters converge  on Fort Plain's Haslett Park after peaceful protest.  (Peaceful protest?  You mean no Confederate statues were injured?)

**  Hundreds turn out for Saturday protest in Fort Myers.

**  Peaceful protest held in DeFuniak Springs.  (Peaceful?)

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JUNE 8, 2020

**  Protesters tear down statue in former capital of Confederacy.  More may follow.  (Again, rioters.  You think more will follow?)

**  Confederate statue in Tuskegee  spray painted with expletives.

**  Virginia superintendent:  Rename Stonewall Jackson High. ban Confederate flag on school grounds.

**  Watch Now:  Confederate statue removed from Monroe Park after protesters  tore it down.  (Again, rioters.  Let's call it what it is.  These people are breaking the law.)

**  Charleston protest  over Confederate statue gets heated.  (West Virginia)

I Believe the Term Is Mob Action.  --Old Secesh