APRIL 21, 2023
** Confederate History Month Celebration will be held this Saturday. (Maryland)
** Confederate monument stolen from ENC cemetery. (Greenville, N.C.)
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APRIL 22, 2023
** Trial over Charlottesville's statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee scheduled for Thirsday. (Virginia)
** Flowers planted at location of former downtown Confederate monument. )Wilmington, N.C. St least they didn't put up a monument honoring George Floyd.)
--Old Secesh
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
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
** The base of the Appomattox statue has resurfaced atop Confederate graves in Alexandria. (Virginia. This one is about Confederate surrender. Why would the Confederate-haters be against this. Don't let CAIR or SPLC know about it.)
** Here's what Manatee, Bradenton residents said about Confederate statue's possible return. (Florida)
** Louie Minor's motion to destroy Bell Confederate statue fails. (Bell County, Texas. He is a Mexican-American.)
--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 26, 2023
** Funeral for Confederate general reburied in Virginia sparks backlash. (Mostly online. I don't think any persons were crass enough to show up at the solemn proceedings of the reburial to spout their hatred.)
** Lee Park and rec center renamed. (Alxandria, Va.)
** Fort Rucker may take on a new name this year. (Alabama. It will be renamed Fort Novosel.)
You Just Can't Satisfy Some Folks. --Old Secesh
JANUARY 12, 2023
** Alexandria moves to speed up renaming of Confederate streets. (Virginia. Washington Post article. Don't you just know the Post is all for this.)
** Alexandria aims to rename three Confederate-honoring streets every year. (Of course, they will have to be renamed for black people.)
** Confederate gravesites desecrated in Surry County, sheiff's office says. (North Carolina. Two were arrested and charged with felony disturbing a grave marker. How about that, it wasn't a case of vandalism as the Post would call it. And two people were arrested for it.)
--Old Secesh
JULY 11, 2022
** Editorial: So Long Fort Hood. Hello Fort Cavazos. It's about time. (Houston, Texas. So sad when a major newspaper takes this kind of a stance.)
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JULY 12, 2022
** No more Confederate flags at Hollywood Cemetery. (Sad R. of course. Thousands of Confederates buried there. Yet another sad thing from Sad R. Doesn't surprise me. Not likely I'll ever go to that city, ever.)
** Fate of three Confederate paintings in Texas Senate chamber is uncertain. (Jefferson Davis, Albert Sydney Johnston and John H. Reagan, Confederate Postmaster.
** North Carolina Realtors group gets 1870 mansion, but its ties to the Confederacy troublesome. (Raleigh. Heck-Andrews House. Jonathan McGee Hook was a Confederate colonel.)
** Ky. Supreme Court to review suit regarding return of Confederate soldier's statue to historic neighborhood. (Louisville. John B. Castleman.)
--Old Secesh
JUNE 22, 2022
** Contractor turns demolished Confederate monuments into NFT collection. (Sad R. He made a whole lot of money taking them down and had a definite political in with his bud, the mayor of Sad R.)
** Two of Macon's Confederate monuments begin moving this week. (Georgia)
** Giles County to remove Confederate memorabilia from jury deliberation room. (Tennessee. I can agree with this move. They have no business being in a place where juries decide a person's fate.)
** South Dakota town to hold Civil War festival with Confederate flag. (Canton, S.D. Oh NOOOOOOOO! How horrible of them.)
** Selma Confederate monument theft case: Trial set for 2023. (Alabama. I am surprised the people who stole it are being prosecuted instead of receiving heroes medals.)
** 2 Confederate monuments to be relocated from downtown Macon to outside Rose Hill Cemetery. (Georgia)
--Old Secesh
MARCH 17, 2022
** History buff and veterans rights activist sues to return Confederate grave markers in Madison. (Wisconsin. Imagine there being such a thing as a non-black activist!! I here I was thinking that all activists had to be Blacks. And, I would still like to know what college you have to go to to get your degree in activism?)
** Bubba Wallace on what it means to be authentic, talks Confederate flag at SXSW. (Bubba is the only black driver at the top level of NASCAR and threw a hissy fit about the Confederate flags at events and really Kappy Nappered it. And, then there was that "noose" thing.)
** Williamson County seal public comments to Tennessee Historical Commission.
Aren't All Activists Supposed To Be Black? --Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
** Answer Man: Confederate flags at Riverside Cemetery? Asheville allows them. (Asheville, North Carolina. Of course, someone saw them and was upset.)
** Clarke supervisors taking monument ownership to court. (Berryville, Virginia)
** Process underway for renaming Louisiana's Fort Polk.
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NOVEMBER 18,2021
** Confederate monument debate will continue in Jacksonville. (Florida)
** California museum requests John C. Calhoun statue. (From Charleston, S.C. Bad idea. They intend to do something very negative to the Confederacy with it.)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
** Broward exhibit shows how Confederate money reinforced slavery. (Florida. Well, the money showed scenes of slaves working out in the field.)
** Trump's personal head wanted to fire defense secretary because he opposed Confederate flags on bases.
** The chance to rename Brooklyn's General Lee Avenue is here. (New York.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2021
** Confederate statues may be gone, but they continue to cost local taxpayers. (North Carolina. Statues either "toppled" by protesters (hate crime) or removed by local governments. Chatham County paying $300 a month to store its Confederate statue.
** Bartow's Confederate marker moves to Oak Hill Cemetery. (Florida. Removed in secrecy.)
Save Your Confederate Money. The South's Gonna Rise Again. -Old Secesh
OCTOBER 31, 2021
** Gen. Alfred Mouton statue finds new home at former Confederate training camp. (Louisiana. Removed from downtown Lafayette. It has been relocated to Camp Moore Museum and Cemetery.)
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NOVEMBER 2, 2021
** 2 Jacksonville City Council committees vote down removal of Confederate statue from Springfield Park. (Florida. How'd that happen?)
** Removal of c(C)onfederate monument appears doomed. (The same story as above. Come on WJCT News. PROPER NAME!!!)
** More Charlotte streets stripped of Confederate era names. (North Carolina)
** Towing company alleges removal from Centralia tow rotation after owner displays c(C)onfederate flag. (Illinois. Come on Madison-St. Clair Record. PROPER NAME!!)
** Man sets truck with Confederate flag on fire in Centreville. (Maryland. That wasn't very nice.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
** Fort Polk to receive name change by fall 2023. (Louisiana)
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
** Confederate Railroad rolls in for Hanceville Music Fest. (Alabama. As in the country band Confederate Railroad whose logo bothers certain folks.)
** 'We don't want to wait anymore:' Tuskegee leaders want Confederate statue gone. (Alabama)
** Alabama begins removing racist language from its Constitution.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
** Nathan Bedford Forrest laid to rest in Columbia on Saturday. (Tennessee. And to their credit, BLM and NAACP did not try to interfere.)
** Richmond's Lee statue has come down. What about Confederate Memorials in cemeteries? (I'd say to keep them where they are.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
** Rally calls for removal of Confederate monuments in Jacksonville. (Florida. About two dozen people. That is one huge rally.)
** Last Confederate monument on Md. public land set to come down. (Maryland. The Talbot Boys monument. This was in the Washington Post. Do you suppose they are happy about this?)
** Confederate spy's grave still stands. (Kilburn City, (Wisconsin Dells) Wisconsin Belle Boyd's grave site. The writer, a college student seems to be a real Confederate hater.)
** Scout official: Confederate flags flown by troop in Peach Days parade an honest mistake. (Utah. Boy Scouts)
** Public suggest renaming Fort Bragg after Union General Edward Bragg. (Like I said, a good idea.)
** 2020-21: When Confederate monuments came down from Monument Avenue in Richmond. (Now it's Monumentless Avenue in Sad R. Too bad the Blacks didn't just make their own avenue to honor their people.)
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 24, 2021
** Atlanta c(C)onfederate monument to be removed from Oakland Park Cemetery. (11 Alive News. Looks like they would know Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized. Talking about the "Lion of the Confederacy" monument that has so often been the victim of BLM hate crimes the last two years. It will cost taxpayers S30,000 to remove. Hopefully BLM and NAACP will pay for it. You want it gone, you PAY for it. After all, it was your folks who desecrated and committed the hate crimes on it.)
** Charlotte announces street name change, first in city's effort to rid itself of Confederate names. (North Carolina)
AUGUST 25, 2021
** South Fulton to consider Confederate street renaming task force. (Georgia)
** New Stone Mountain logo excludes giant Confederate carving. (Georgia)
** We Were Soldiers: Efforts to rename Benning 'Fort Moore' gains steam. (Georgia. Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore. Well, at least he is a white guy. But that will anger some people who think everything has to be renamed for black people. Personally, I don't mind if some are renamed for Blacks, like Colin Powell, Jackie Robinson or Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. or Benjamin O. Davis, Jr..)
You Want It Gone, YOU PAY For It. --Old Secesh
AUGUST 18, 2021
** Court ruling clears way to remove Confederate monument. (Brunswick, Georgia)
** Bartow says Confederate monument can move to Oak Hill Cemetery. (Bartow, Florida)
** Speakers discuss merits, future of Confederate monument in Newton. (North Carolina)
** McEachin, Clyburn, call for Fort Lee to be renamed. (No duh. Are they just coming up with this bit of information?)
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AUGUST 19, 2021
** Two dozen plea: Leave Confederate monument as-is. (North Carolina)
** Charlotte to change street named for Confederate monument. (North Carolina)
** NAACP, county leaders discuss fate of Asheboro Confederate monument. (North Carolina. Guess how the NAACP stood on this issue. Very racist of them, you know.)
** Historian reacts to city's decision to remove Confederate sculpture. (Atlanta, Georgia. Ernest Blevins. He says that it just sends the message that crime succeeds.)
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 17, 2021
** Kandiyohi County sheriff denounces display of Confederate flag at County Fair, says it was bot sheriff's vehicle. (Minnesota)
** NAACP seeks removal of Confederate statue. (Randolph County, North Carolina. The NAACP wanting something Confederate gone. Whoever could imagine that?)
** History as it Happens: Charlottesville says goodbye to the Confederacy. (Virginia. I say "Good riddance" to that town.)
** Groups respond to Talbot County filing motion to dismiss lawsuit to relocate statue. (Maryland. Those "Talbot Boys" you know.)
AUGUST 18, 2021
** Confederate monuments: Atlanta removing 'Lion of the Confederacy' statue from Oakland Cemetery. (Georgia. It is being removed because of near constant hate crimes committed against it by certain "unknown" persons. This is sad. There is a picture of a fairly recent hate crime to the right of this.)
I have to wonder what those certain persons would think if the hate crimes were committed against one of "their" statues?
--Old Secesh
APRIL 18, 2021
** Initiatives seek to bypass Mississippi lawmakers. (Initiative 74 would call for a revote on the new flag. This time by the public. Four flags would be put on the ballot including the old one, the new one and two others. Then the people will vote. I am all in favor of the public voting on all issues like this and will go along with the majority.)
**Mississippi Center for Justice: Confederate Heritage Month disgraces Mississippi. (I hadn't heard of this organization before, but it appears to be along the lines of the SPLC and very racially biased.)
** CAIR welcomes vote to end Arkansas Confederate Flag Day. (Council on American-Islamic Relations. Enough said.)
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APRIL 19, 2021
** Cemetery site being prepared to move Confederate monument in Mississippi. (Columbus, Mississippi. Statue was in front of court house.)
** Lawyer: 2 arrested had no role in Confederate chair theft. (That chair stolen from the Alabama cemetery again. Imagine their lawyer saying something like this!!)
** About 100 members of Confederate group rides through Stone Mountain Park despite being denied.
--Old Secesh
