Republicans, Florida, National Guard, Baltimore and St. Louis

MARCH 15, 2023

**  Florida GOP proposal would ban Pride flag -- but let Confederate flag fly at state buildings.

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MARCH 17, 2023

**  These Southern National Guard units to toss  Confederate  battle streamers.

**  Two  Baltimore Confederate statues vandalized, no suspects identified.  (Maryland.  And I thought they had removed all Confederate statues.  Hey, THIS is NOT vandalism.  It is a Hate Crime!!)

**  St. Louis school no longer named after Confederate soldier.  (Missouri.  Kennard Classical Junior Academy named after Lt. Samuel Kennard to be renamed Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy.  Betty Wheeler is a very deserving person, but also a black woman.)

--Old Secesh

Don't Play with Lacrosse Sticks. Statue Replacement in U.S. Capitol.

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

What Did Confederate Monuments Have to Do with the January 6 Insurrection?

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

Sometimes Certain People Don't Get Their Way. Awwwww.

JUNE 9, 2022

**  2 years later:  Confederate monuments still remain after  Mayor Curry said they would be removed.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Aw, that just breaks my heart.  Sorry guys.)

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JUNE 10, 2022

**  Crews remove first pieces of  dismantled Caddo  Confederate monument.  (Louisiana)

**  What's likely inside time capsules found in Caddo Parish courthouse.  (Louisiana)

**  Pride flags are in and Confederate flags are out as CMA  Fest returns to Nashville after two year hiatus.  (Country music.  I'm not going anyway.)

**  Black woman loses  trial over co-workers Confederate  flag plate.  (Connecticut.  Like I said earlier... AWW.)

--Old Secesh

A.P. Hill, Tuskegee, Texas, Capsule, Arthur Ashe, Flag

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

**  City reaches agreement with family of A.P. Hill to relocate  former Confederate general's remains, monument.  (Sad R.  It will be removed to  Fairview Cemetery in Culpepper.  A better way to do this sort of thing than Sad R. usually does.  Of course, all sorts of BLM/NAACP obscenities on it.)

**  Suit filed over Confederate  statue in mostly black Tuskegee.  (Alabama)

**  Confederate  memorial statue to be returned  to museum grounds.  (Greenville, Texas)  

**  New capsule  installed  within pedestal  where Confederate General Robert E. Lee statue stood.  (Sad R.  They gave up looking for the original one.  I was hoping that the pedestal would also be taken down.  What Sad R. did to  it is a shame.)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

**  Black man's statue is the last statue standing on historic street in former capital of the Confederacy.  (Sad R.  The statue is  of tennis great Arthur Ashe.  I'd like to see it also moved to somewhere else and no statues be allowed on Monument Avenue.)

**  Plane pulls Confederate flag over Richmond raceway.  (Sad R.)

All Hail Monumentless Avenue.  --Old Secesh

Why Must Everything Be Renamed for Blacks? SPLC Again, Oh Those Fairs, Oh Those Flags. COVID-19 and the Civil War, Schools

AUGUST 14, 2021

**  Correcting revisionist history:  SPLC challenges more than 100 schools honoring Confederate leaders to change their names.  (They even made a lost.  Imagine them making a list.  Of course, I'm sure they want all of them to be renamed for Blacks.)

**  Flag debate rises again  with fair season.  (You know which flags are in question.  The way I look at it, if a person is offended, don't buy it or look at it or even do business with the person.)

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AUGUST 15, 2021

**  AS US COVID-19 deaths top the Civil War's toll, we're repeating disease history.  (Time Magazine.  Well, how about that.  No statues or flags here!!!)

**  Northampton  school board gets first look at 'hate symbols' policy.  (Massachusetts.  Confederate flags of course.  Is there anything about BLM paraphernalia on that list?  That is pretty much hate in my books.)

**  Hampton to rename five schools called for servant owners, Confederates and segregationists.  (Of course, they will be renamed for Blacks.)

--Old Secesh

At Least They Are Hearing Both Sides. Palatka, Perryville, Sculptor, Virginia. Do All Renamed Confederate Items Have To Be for Blacks?

JULY 15, 2021

**  Redmond councilors hear both sides on Confederate flag controversy at 4th of July parade.  (Oregon.  Well, at least they are hearing both sides.)

**  Proposed Putnam  ordinance that would protect Palatka Confederate statue  stirs ugly debate.  (Florida)

**  Confederate flag will remain a part of Perryville's city flag.  (Kentucky.  The Battle of Perryville took place here.)

**  Sculptor offers artistic clapback to Confederate monuments with chilling sculpture about black life.

**  Fairfax County  appoints task force  to review changing two  Confederate highway names.  (Virginia.  Well, will they or won't they?)

**  Vance High School officially renamed; other Confederate names to be changed in Charlotte. (North Carolina.  It will now be the Julius J. Chambers High School.  Again, Chambers is a worthy man, but why do all Confederate name changes have to be renamed for Blacks?)

**  Christiansburg approves tribute to African American history to be installed near Confederate  monument.  (Virginia.  Always room for another historical monument.)

--Old Secesh

Pride Flags, Juneteenth, Fort Hood, Kentucky, Florida and Soybeans

JUNE 16, 2021

**  Thugs pull down  city's jubilant Pride flags and leave an ugly Confederate  flag in their place.  (From the Pink News.  Louisville, Colorado.  Hey folks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.)

**  Juneteenth:  An emancipation  celebration.  (Washington Post)

**  Commission to rename Fort Hood meets with local groups, tours post.  (Texas)

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JUNE 17, 2021

**  Confederate monument expected to be relocated regardless of ownership battle outcome.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  Should Bartow's  Confederate marker come down?  If not, some want an emancipation memorial on site.  (Florida)

**  The 20th century rise of the Confederate soybean.  (Another "offensive" name that will have to be changed.)

--Old Secesh

Louisville Flags, 'The Lost Civil War', North Carolina, Charlottesville, Car Racing and Flags, Changing School Names?

JUNE 9, 2021

**  Pride flags stolen, replaced with Confederate flag in Louisville.  (Kentucky)

**  Ohio writer explores  the past of "Lost Civil War."  (A new book about Civil War sites that are no longer with us including destroyed during the war, by nature and even up to what BLM and the college students are doing to Confederate monuments.  Truly lost history.)

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JUNE 10, 2021

**  Confederate monument's fate moves closer to getting moved.  (Laurinburg, North Carolina.  Erected in 1912.  Again, how long must something be there before some folks figure out they are offended by it?  Evidently a long time.)

**  Charlottesville will remove two Confederate statues, but the next steps are uncertain.  (Virginia.  Again, all costs with removal should be paid for by those who want them gone.)

**  Confederate flag  in car at NC racetrack prompts apology from race organizers in Winston-Salem.  (Ridiculous.)

**  Should schools named after Confederate generals change their names?  (If the majority of the students are Blacks they definitely should.  Otherwise put it up to the alumni, parents and students who go there.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: King George, School Name Changes in Florida, Fort Belvoir in Virginia, Louisville and Savannah

JUNE 3, 2021

**  King George plans to relocate  Confederate monument to cemetery.  (King George County, Virginia.  I don't know about you, but I thought it was the Revolution all over again when I see the name King George.)

**  6 things you need to know about the Duval County school renaming process.  (Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Fort Belvoir among installations under review for new names.  (Virginia.  It was not under the original change-the-name drive.  But was named for the plantation that was at the site of the fort.  Originally named Fort A.A. Humphreys, a Union general during the war.  Maybe change it back to that.)

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JUNE 4, 2021

**  Man in Louisville cited after allegedly removing pride flags;  Confederate flag  later found in their place.  (Kentucky)

**  Monuments commission:  No reason Savannah  should be 'lagging behind' on Confederate busts.  (Georgia)

**  USA  Today network South journalists win national journalism award  for 'Confederate Reckoning.'

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Gettysburg, Sam Houston, Oh Dem Flags, Da Toilet, Schools and the Stolen Monument, Well, Chair, Found

APRIL 10, 2021

**  Protesters push  to take down  Confederate monuments from Gettysburg.  (A horrible thought.)

**  Opinion:  Texas distorts Sam Houston's  legacy to defend  Confederate monuments.  (Texas)

**  On Ormond Beach street, LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter banners wave in war with Confederate flag.  Hey, if the Gay and BLM flags can fly, so should the Confederate flag.)

**  Alleged thief says  group will return Confederate monument after using it as a toilet.  (What a potty.)

**  Liberty County high schooler wears  Confederate flag costume to school, sparking concern.  (Tallahassee, Florida)

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APRIL 11, 2021

Stolen Confederate monument recovered in New Orleans.  (That would be the Jefferson Davis Chair taken from the Selma, Alabama, cemetery.

**  Two charged with possession  of stolen Confederate  monument, another sought.  (The Jefferson Davis Chair.)

--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

The Word From the Other Side: 'Best FUs to Confederate Monuments'-- Part 1

I came across this article in the Dec. 30, 2019, Blavity: News  "9 of the best FUs to Confederate monuments:  The Confederacy ain't rising anytime soon" by Ashleigh Lakieva Atwell.  She is a black person. 

Blavity is an internet company created by and for black millennials.

It starts:

"The confederacy was one of the biggest failures  in American history but some white folks refuse to let it go.  They have erected numerous memorials to commemorate men who stood on the wrong side of history.  Not to mention...they lost.  The confederates were also attempting to create their own slave-holding nation so they were also traitors.  Clearly, they refused to pick a struggle.

"Over a century later, we're still fighting for the right to not be subjected to statues, flags, and other useless shit celebrating these disloyal losers.  Thankfully, there were a few brave souls who made it their mission to give the figurative middle finger to the confederacy.

"While those dummies wait for the South to rise again, here are a few of our favorite anti-confederate rebels."

She goes on to list nine examples of standing up to the Confederacy.  Just wish she knew that Confederacy and Confederate are spelled with capital "C's".  Something about being a proper name.

I will list her nine things in the next post.

This Was An Extremely Racist Article.  I Don't Think She Likes Us.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Army Bases, Texas, SPLC Speaks Again, Montgomery City Flag and Louisiana

JANAUARY 30, 2021

**  Stage set for removal of Confederate names from military posts.

**  Texas' divisive history:  The battle over Confederate monuments and holidays continues.

**  SPLC:  It's time to remove  the Confederacy from the Montgomery flag.  (Alabama.  I was unaware of this flag.  However, I am still waiting for SPLC to make one of their famous lists about the number of BLM "protest demonstrations" that turned into "riots.")

**  Caddo Parish accepting bids to remove Confederate monument; patriotic writings to be added to temporary barriers. (Louisiana)

**  Will Sutton:  Baton Rouge commission was to review Confederate  street names.  It took a pass.  (Louisiana)

**  Defense bill opens  door for changes to Fort Rucker, other Army bases named for Confederate officers.

Come On SPLC, Give Us That List.   --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

Here's Hoping the Media Now Knows What a Riot Looks Like. Quit Calling BLM Riots Civil Unrest.

JANUARY 14, 2021

**  Survey seeks  input on replacement of Confederate statue.  (Warren County)

**  Opinion:  Are Confederate flags trouble in Idaho schools?  (Confederate flags in Idaho?  What gives there?)

**  Descendant of Robert E. Lee  says Confederate flag at the Capitol  was "attack on our democracy."

**  What does Fort Rucker renaming mean  for Rucker Blvd.?  (Alabama)

**  Troops lodged at Capitol in 1861.  It was a wreck when they left it.   (A bit of history.)

**  Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol riots.

I'm Hoping That Now That Media Knows What a Riot Looks Like, They'll Quit Calling It Civil Unrest Like They Do With a BLM Riot.  --Old Secesh

That Bubba Thang, Floyd, Hood, South Carolina, Sad R., Virginia and Texas

DECEMBER 31, 2020

**  Protests over George Floyd death, McGirt decision, jail reforms sweep Fort Smith region in 2020.

**  Defense bill will force Fort Hood to change name.

**  Work begins to change  SC racist  store into a racial harmony site.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

**  Why removing one Confederate monument in Richmond (Sad R.) is not just about racism -- but safety.   (A.P. Hill monument is a traffic hazard.)

**  Bubba Wallace led  charge in 'pivotal moment'  for NASCAR with Confederate flag ban.  (Yep.  A real Kappy Napper, that Bubba.  Playing the old black card.  Can't wait to see what happens when NASCAR really opens to fans again.  They might just regret Bubba's decision.  Anybody besides me who gets grated whenever that Bubba insurance commercial comes on TV or radio? I sure won't be taking out any auto insurance with those guys.)

**  Botetourt  County Confederate monument likely to move within court square.  (Virginia)

**  New focus on Williamson County Confederate statue starts in January.  (Texas)

--Old Secesh

Taking a Long Look at the Alabama State Coat of Arms

I was looking at the Alabama State Coat of Arms in the picture section to the right of this and have come to the conclusion that other things need to be taken off it because they might offend some people.

Right now, there is a movement among black legislators in that state, and of course BLM, to remove the Confederate flag because it offends them.

In that case, they also need to remove the Spanish flag because the things they did to the Indians in the new world were too numerous to even get into.  France and British were also bad to the Indians.  Plus, all three countries have done bad things in their history.

Plus, eagles have been known to swoop down and grab fish and other small animals, even other birds.  Well, we can't have them either.

Then, there's that ship at the top of it with cannons.  Ships with cannons kill people on other ships and land.

Then, there is that state motto "Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere" which means "We dare to defend our rights."  Oops, they dared to defend their right to own slaves according to BLM.

So, all that has to go.

See what the NEW Alabama coat of arms will look like below.

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That's Right.  Nothing.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Veterans Day, Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina and Tennessee

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

**  Reader's View:  Confederate flag has a place on Veterans Day.

**  Confederate flag removed from Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville.  (Alabama)

**  Confederate monument discussion to continue today.  (Madisonville,  Hopkins County, Kentucky)

**  Confederate flag not welcome  at Swampscott protests.  (Maine.  They say it is intolerant and racist.  But they allow BLM with their intolerant and racist signs.  Really?)

**  Confederate heritage group replaces battle flag at monument.  (Albertville, Alabama.  Sons of Confederate Veterans replaced it with the first flag Alabama raised after seceding from the Union.)

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

**  Group reinstates  Confederate flags along I-40 in NC.  (Put up by the Old North State Flaggers)

**  Clarksville settles  lawsuit with Confederate  group.  (Tennessee. The city will pay $34,000.  The people who wanted the Confederate symbols gone should have paid it.)

--Old Secesh

The Va. State Senator With a Long Reach. Anybody Still Watching NASCAR or the NBA?

 SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

**  Police chief on leave after charging  Virginia lawmaker over  damaged Confederate statues.  (Portsmouth. A state senator and several other members of the black community charged with conspiring to damage the Confederate statue in town.  The senator has long reach, evidently.  And here I was thinking Confederate statues were open season for Blacks and their white minions.  Evidently not.)

**  Virginia governor:  Let localities  determine fate of Confederate statues.  (And, we all know what he wants done to them.)

**  (By the way, is the Lee statue in Sad R. still up?)

**  Group recommends the removal of Confederate flag from Williamson County seal  (Franklin, Tennessee)

**  Williamson County Democratic party calls for removal of county seal.  (Imagine that.  Democrats being against something Confederate.  And, they used to be the party of the South.  Something about Yellow Dog Democrats.)

**  Petition calls for removal of confederate (Confederate) flag from Williamson County seal.

**  Darlington Notebook:  Darlington to enforce Confederate flag policy.  (Darlington, South Carolina.   NASCAR.  I wonder if they also ban BLM flags and tee shirts?  They are also offensive.  Anybody besides me no longer watching NASCAR or the NBA?)

--Old Secesh