Statue of Lee Comes Down in Sad V.-- Part 2: A Sad Day in U.S. History

"Any remnant like this that glorifies the lost cause of the Civil War, it needs to come down," said Gov. Ralph Northam, who called it, "hopefully a new day, a new era in Virginia.  The Democrat said the statue represented "more than 400 years of history that we should not be proud of."

No arrests were reported and there was no sign of counterprotest.  Workers used a power saw to cut the statue in two, so it can be hauled under highway overpasses to an undisclosed state-owned facility until a decision can be made about its future.

The job was overseen by Team Henry Enterprises led by Devon Henry, a black executive who faced death threats after his company's role in removing other Confederate statues was made public last year.

A Sad Day Indeed for Sad V. Which Just Continues Free Fall.  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Louisiana, Virginia, Texas and the Navy

JULY 26, 2020


**  Protest outside Rapides Parish courthouse to protect  the Confederate monument.  (Alexandria, Louisiana)

**  Crews remove Confederate monument  in Virginia Beach.  (To protect it from BLM, it had been completely covered and a sturdy fence erected around.  You know how much joy it brings BLM to topple another Confederate statue.)

**  Hagedorn a 'no' vote on nixing Confederate statues in US Capitol.

**  Confederate descendant asks King George  to remove monument  that is 'an insult to Black citizens.'  (Virginia.  Poor guy doesn't know his history.  Again, since when do adjectives get capitalized?  Is this the new "African-American" thing?)

**  Weatherford protest   turns violent as hundreds show up to defend Confederate statue.  (Texas.  Looks like the BLMers and their white minions got a little taste of their own medicine.  Hey, those are OUR tactics!!)

**  Opinion:  Historical ignorance and Confederate generals.

**  Racial justice turns to Navy ships named for Confederate battles, segregationists.  (Confederate battles refers to battles won by the Confederacy.)

--Old Secesh

Trump, Arrests, Flags and Monuments

JULY 20, 2020


**  Trump equates Confederate flag with Black Lives Matter.   (Calls both freedom of speech.)

**  Arrest made at the Battery while Confederate flag and counter protesters share space. (Charleston, S.C..   It's nice to see some counter-protesting to the BLMers, though.)

**  Trump says Confederate flag proud symbol of US South.

**  Richard Bammer:  Confederate monuments were the 'fake news' of their day.

**  Online petition calls for relocation of a Confederate statue in Lebanon, Virginia.

**  Protesters, counter-protesters quarrel over confederate (Confederate) statue in Murray, Ky.

Confederate Is Spelled With a Capital "C".  --Old Secesh