APRIL 13, 2023
** SPLC: Reports 48 Confederate memorials removed in 2022. (Imagine the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) doing that?)
** Montgomery school name changes lead Alabama's Confederate symbol removals in 2022. (SPLC again.)
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APRIL 14, 2023
** A Navy ship named for a Confederate victory now honors a black Union hero. (USS Chancellorsvile now USS Robert Smalls.)
SPLC, A Confederate Hate Group. --Old Secesh
DECEMBER 26, 2022
** Jacksonville City Council President says Confederate monuments will come off 'back b urner.' (Jacksonville, Florida. I understand that crime in Jacksonville is on the rise among black folks. Looks like that should be more important of a thing to address than removing Confederate monuments. But, NO!!)
** Parks in Fairfax's Franconia District scrap the Confederate 'Lee' name. (Virginia)
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DECEMBER 28, 2022
** Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? (Washington Post. And two guesses what this newspaper wants to do with them. First one doesn't count. Was this another of the infamous SPLC lists?)
--Old Secesh
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
** Virginia ranks No. 1 in removing Confederate symbols, monuments in 2021, Southern Poverty Law Center. (Yep, they made another list. We call them the Lost People. But, they won't make up a list of all the damage and destruction BLM did back in 2020. Very racist of them, don't you think?)
** How a Houston area couple turned Confederate Drive into Prosperity Drive. (Texas. They are a black couple.)
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FEBRUARY 12. 2022
** Hearing on removing Confederate flag from Williamson County seal delayed. (Tennessee)
** Alabama Republicans pass bill to hike penalties for removing Confederate monuments.
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 16, 2021
** George Davis pedestal removed in downtown Wilmington. (North Carolina. Now, if Wilmington will just remove a few of their many, many traffic light cameras.)
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AUGUST 17, 2021
** Tuskegee city council man Johnny Ford focused on removal of Confederate statue. (Alabama. He actually should be focused on his defense as he should have been arrested for the crime he did to that statue. But, since he is Black he will get away with it. I wonder what they would have done had it been a white person doing something like he did to a black statue?)
** 22 Alabama on SPLC's list of US schools honoring Confederate leaders. (Our good friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) again. Wonder if they are racist? Hey, most Confederates were white people. And, we're STILL waiting on SPLC's list of how many BLM "peaceful demonstrations" in 2020 became looting and burning orgies and damage figures.)
** Remnants of Confederate statues now removed from downtown Wilmington. (North Carolina. And, of course, all costs for removal were paid by those wanting them gone. Of course.)
--Old Secesh
AUGUST 9, 2021
** Why Confederates shouldn't be honored. (Editorial from the Roanoke Times, Virginia. Figures.)
** The fate of Confederate monuments should be clear: We know why they were built and why they have to come down. (New Republic. Sorry guys. Those statues were built for the same reason the Union statues are on Northern courthouse squares and parks. They honored those who risked all to defend what they believed in. And since most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves, I kind of think that was not what they believed in. Might it have something to do with their homes being invaded by enemy troops?)
** The last article cited data from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who keep a "hit list" of anything Confederate that they want removed. I am wondering what comments those listing folks have made about the killing of the Chicago police officer and wounding of another by that pair of non-white suspects? Probably nothing.)
** Proposed Emmett Till statue: Photos. Clarion (Mississippi Ledger. Well worth looking at. I am in favor of this statue. Justice was not served here.)
Hey SPLC, Waiting for That Comment on the Chicago Police Officers Shot This Weekend. --Old Secesh
When a day only has one or two articles, that doesn't mean there weren't others. I don't write about the ones that are new or that give other information.
JULY 21, 2021
** 'Never give up': Statue of Confederate general removed from Louisiana city after years of activism. (The good folks at SPLC. Lafayette, Louisiana. Actually, this years of activism are within the last few years. The statue was put there 99 years ago. Why wasn't it offensive back then and suddenly, "Woke, there you are?"
And, by the way, SPLC, we're still waiting on one of your lists to tell how many and where businesses were burned and looted during last year's BLM riots. Let's get to it, guys.)
** Residents speak out about removal of Confederate monument. (Greenville, North Carolina)
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JULY 22, 2021
** Polk Co. commission takes sudden action to move Confederate monument out of downtown Bartow. (Florida. It will be moved to a cemetery.)
** Jacksonville schools renaming underway: Riverside High reveals new logo but nickname will stay. (Florida. Nickname is "The Generals." Formerly the Robert E. Lee High School.)
** Virginia plaza that once honored Robert E. Lee to be renamed. (Roanoke, Virginia. The statue there had a hate crime committed against it last year during BLM protests. Will be renamed for Henrietta Lacks, a black woman whose cells are important for cancer research who died in 1951. Again, a deserving purpose, but do all renamed places have to be renamed for black people?)
I'm Thinking SPLC Doesn't Release a "Hit Businesses" List Because That Might Make Their Side Look Bad. --Old Secesh
MARCH 6, 2021
** Letter to Editor: Confederate flag and terrorism. (Personally, I regard anything with BLM on it as terrorism.)
** 7 Critical Civil War Battles. (How about this!! Actual Civil War. I'll list these three in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog tomorrow in case you're wondering what they were.)
** Confederate statue won't be moved to city property. (Owensboro, Kentucky, Daviess County)
** Tribune Star Editorial: Fraternity should disassociate itself with Confederate icon. (Terre Haute, Indiana. Kappa Alpha Order at Indiana State University.)
** Commentary: As military seeks to eliminate extremism, it must also remove symbols of discrimination.
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MARCH 7, 2021
** SPLC report: 24 Confederate symbols removed from NC in 2020, 2nd ranking among states for removal. (And when SPLC talks, people listen. Now if they would just make up that list of BLM "peaceful demonstrations" last summer that turned into riots with any combination of confrontations, hate crimes (attacking Confederate statues), looting and burning I would be a happy lad. Come on guys, you know you can do it (unless you're afraid it might make your side look bad.))
--Old Secesh
MARCH 4, 2021
** County votes to move Confederate statue from courthouse lawn. Cost, timeline still unknown. (Statesville, North Carolina. Again, notice it wasn't put up to public vote. Too bad. All costs of removal should be paid by those who want it gone.)
** Kentucky among states that removed a combined 168 Confederate monuments in 2020. (Guess who's list? Three removed in Kentucky. Still waiting for that SPLC "List" of BLM demonstrations that turned into riots. Come on guys, you know you can do it.)
** Bill Scott: Contempt for society is why some people fly the Confederate flag.
** The commission that has been appointed to rename the Confederate military bases is called the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorates the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America. In short: CNIDDCCSAQAPWSVCSA. Now, that's a real mouthful acronym indeed!
Even the Acronym Is Too Long. --Old Secesh
MARCH 2, 2021
** Renaming options set for Jacksonville high school named for Confederate general. (Jacksonville, Florida. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith. Maybe we should have SPLC give us a list of "acceptable" names.)
** Kentucky among states that removed a combined 168 Confederate monuments in 2020. (Three in Kentucky, one in Indiana, none in Tennessee.)
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MARCH 3, 2021
** Virginia is losing some Confederate symbols, but others still travel its roads. (There are still 1776 SCV license plates on the roads. What would SPLC think of this? Do they have a LIST of names of those people?)
** SC senator files resolution to remove Confederate naval jack from the Citadel. (A white man, but Democrat.)
** Alabama tied for most Confederate symbols removed in 2020. (Tied with Texas with twelve.)
** Confederate statue in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, taken down in the middle of the night. What's with these night time take downs. We all know what happens and why certain people operate at night. What does SPLC think about this. Did they update their LIST?)
** North Carolina is second in the nation for removing Confederate monuments. (Just a few entries earlier I had one saying Alabama and Texas tied for the most removed. Did SPLC get their LIST wrong?
** Virginia #1, North Carolina #2 nationwide in Confederate symbol removal in 2020.
And, in the meantime, how many Blacks wounded and killed other Blacks in Chicago in 2020. Come on SPLC, we need to know another important list.
--Old Secesh
MARCH 2, 2021
** Virginia leads the nation with the highest number of Confederate monuments, symbols removed. (SPLC again. 71 were removed. Sure wish they'd make that list about BLM "peaceful demonstration" that became violent and had looting, rioting, arsons and hate crimes committed against Confederate monuments.)
** Confederate symbols removed from Florida in 2020. (There were ten of them according to none other than SPLC, the Southern Law Poverty Center.)
** Ban Confederate flags at school? Committee focuses on new legislation. (Oregon. Of course if you ban Confederate flags, BLM items should also be banned as they support rioting, looting, arson, violent confrontation and hate crimes. When people go after a Confederate monument that is a hate crime.)
** The last Confederate general to surrender was an Indian. (Hey, every so often you just have to have something from the real Civil War, not this liberal revisionist stuff. In case you're wonder, the general's name was Stand Watie.)
** Ga, lawmaker authors bill to abolish Confederate monuments in the Peach State. (A black woman.)
--Old Secsh
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
** Ban on Confederate flag urged in Northampton schools. (Massachusetts. The black principal was shown holding a BLM sign. Does that mean he supports rioting, burning, looting and hate crimes?)
** Alabama ranks third in nation for number of Confederate symbols removed in 2020. (That has to be embarrassing. Again, the racist group SPLC has the numbers and says that 12 were removed. In case you're wondering, Sad V. led the pack with 71 thanks to their sad gov and mayor. N.C. was second with 24. The states of embarrassment.)
** HEY SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center). We are still waiting for your list on BLM "peaceful demonstrations" that led to rioting, confrontation, looting, burning and hate crimes in 2020. Come on guys, you know you can do it!!
** Lawmakers vote to remove Confederate name from highway. (No surprise there. Sad V. Jefferson Davis Highway)
** Confederate symbols removed from Georgia in 2020. (Seven according to SPLC)
--Old Secesh
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
** Confederate heritage group replaces battle flag at Alabama monument. (Albertville. Replaced Confederate flag with the first Alabama flag flown after secession.
** NC NAACP chapter sues Gaston County over Confederate monument. (Imagine a group like NAACP suing for this. Kind of racist of them, isn't it.)
** 'A New Dawn': How four young black activists powered movement to remove Confederate emblem from Mississippi flag. (By the Southern Poverty Law Center, an ultra racist group. Maybe those four young people would better have served the cause by getting Blacks to stop shooting and killing each other in Chicago.
By the way, according to Hey Jackass, Chicago mayhem this past weekend so far resulted in 3 dead and 20 shot, mostly Blacks. Last week's totals 11/9 to 11/14: 16 killed, 57 wounded. November to Date: 30 killed, 134 wounded and 2020 so far: 642 killed and 3089 wounded. Not all of these killings and woundings were Blacks, but the vast majority were.
All of this is so much more of a danger to Blacks than Confederate flags or statues.
Hey, SPLC, Still Waiting for Your List on How Many BLM Demonstrations Ended Up With Riots, Looting, Burning and Hate Crimes. When Can We expect That List? --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 16, 2020
** House passes $740B bill that would strip Confederate names from military bases.
** Northhampton supervisors hold hearing on Confederate monument. (Virginia)
** 100+ Confederate symbols removed in the wake of George Floyd's death. (SPLC. The old list makers used as THE source for Confederate Hit List. Still waiting for their list on BLM "demonstrations" that turned into riots with looting, burning, attacks on police and hate crimes. Come on, guys. You can do it!!)
** Which state has removed the most Confederate symbols during nationwide protests? (Virginia is first with 40, North Carolina second with 18 and Texas with 10. No other state is in double digits.)
** 'A difficult challenge': Judge gives approval to remove Confederate statue in Lexington. (North Carolina)
** Lexington mayor releases statement before Confederate monument court proceeding. (North Carolina)
** Virginia judge dismisses suit challenging removal of 'neutral' Civil War marker, obelisk.
** Midland Board chooses new name for Robert E. Lee High School. (Texas)
--Old Secesh
OCTOBER 6, 2020
** Confederate statues come down around the U.S., but not everywhere. (Has SPLC list of 28 Confederate statues still standing after efforts to remove them. However, still waiting for a complete list by these prolific listmakers about the number of BLM "protests" across the country that have turned violent with rioting, looting, arson and hate crimes. However, this article has the 28 statues and how they ended up still standing, so of interest.)
** Group led by UTC professor asks county commission to remove Confederate statue from courthouse grounds. (Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tn. Professor is from University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
** Portsmouth Commonwealth's attorney can prosecute Confederate monument damage cases. (Virginia)
** Confederate memorial to be removed from county grounds. (Halifax County, NC)
** Virginia Senate panel kills bill to ease removal of Confederate monuments.
** 'Monster': Statue of former KKK leader, Confederate general vandalized in Nashville. (Tennessee. Nathan Bedford Forrest.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
** Trout Creek Fish Camp preps for arrival of Confederate monument. (Florida. Arrival of Loring monument from St. Augustine.)
** In Key West, there's a push to rename -- not tear down -- Confederate monument.
** Of course, there is the sunset celebration that takes place every night at Mallory Square which is named after Confederate Secretary of Navy Stephen Mallory. Will it become the Tubman or Douglass Square since most everything now will have to be named after Blacks?
** Third protest over Confederate monument and flag takes place in Albertville. (Alabama. Tensions were hot.)
** Fla removing Confederate monuments, symbols faster than almost any other state. (And they used the Been verified site, not that infamous list put out by the SPLC. Only California, Maryland and Oklahoma have removed more in recent years. Florida has removed 30% of its monuments, including 11 since Floyd's death and 57 still remain.)
--Old Secesh
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
** Protests continue over Confederate monument in Gaston County. (North Carolina)
** Unnamed Confederate soldier statue to be moved from Albemarle County courthouse in Charlottesville. (Virginia)
** Virginia city renames burial site of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. (Lexington, Virginia. The city council voted unanimously to change the name of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery to Oak Grove Cemetery. The article said he owned slaves and fought to defend the practice. Sadly, I looked at many sites but could not find pictures of the city council to see how many are black people. Their voting to change the name wouldn't be a racist thing, would it?)
** Sad R. (the city formerly the Confederate capital and still Virginia capital) has removed the most Confederate symbols in the country since the killing of George Floyd. Here's how it happened. (This article cited the racist group Southern Poverty Law Center's Confederate hit list. They still haven't made a new list of BLM "Peaceful protests" that became riots and looting, however. Strange that such a list-making organization couldn't come up with this kind of list.)
Nothing to Be Proud of Sad R. --Old Secesh
