APRIL 26, 2023
** Mississippi and Alabama celebrate Confederate Memorial Day as efforts to abolish holiday stall.
** New Florida bill would empower defenders of Confederate monuments.
** Nikki Haley compares abortion divide to Confederate flag debate.
** CAIR repeats call for elimination of Confederate Memorial Day holiday in Alabama. (Again. Islamists weighing in on the issue?)
I Always Have To Smile When I See CAIR Piping In. --Old Secesh
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
** Five things to know about a Confederate monument's possible return to Bradenton, Florida.
** A new Stone Mountain documentary examines the world's largest Confederate memorial.
** Texans split on removing Confederate holidays.
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 22, 2023
** Metro Detroit prosecutor sparks outrage with Robert E. Lee birthday post. (How low will they go?)
** For Richmond, a compelling new chapter. (Well, I won't see it as I never plan to go there again.)
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JANUARY 23, 2023
** Editorial: Texas' Confederate day honors traitors who fought for slavery. (Indiana Gazette. Shows what they know in Indiana.)
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 20, 2023
** Fate of c(C)onfederate statue outside Bell County Courthouse is still up in the air, years later. (Belton, Texas)
** Texas still silently celebrates Confederate Heroes day. (So?)
** Opinion: Confederate Day honors traitors who fought for slavery. (Someone who obviously doesn't know the whole story.)
And, To Think There Are No Problems With Crime and Poverty That They Would Do Better Dealing With Than Some Statues. -- Old Secesh
JANUARY 20, 2023
** Thursday is Confederate Heroes Day in Texas, but Houston lawmakers want it gone after this season.
** VA changes name of only medical center honoring Confederate officer. (Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's physician. It is located in Richmond. Big surprise there.)
** Editorial: End Confederate Heroes Day and don't stop there. (Houston Chronicle. So, they join the Waqshington Post andNew York Times in Confederadication.)
** Florida still celebrates 3 Confederate holidays. (So?)
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 8, 2023
** Texas lawmakers renew push to abolish "Confederate Heroes Day." (They are Democrats, of course. I would also like to know if they are Black or White.)
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JANUARY 19, 2023
** Yes, Texas has a state holiday called "Confederate Heroes' Day." (And they also have a holiday called Juneteenth.)
** Is Confederate Heroes Day still appropriate for Texas?
** Confederate Heroes Day: Texas Rep. Jarvis Johnson files bill to abolish state holiday. (Rep. Jarvis is a black man. Could this be a racist move?)
If You're a Black Person and Want to Get Rid of This Holiday, Does This Make You Racist? --Old Secesh
JANUARY 14, 2023
** Opelousas man accused of damaging Confederate monument may face hate crime charge. (Louisiana. Damage a black monument, that's a hate crime. Same should be true if someone damages a Confederate one.)
** The AP Hill statue is gone, but traffic problems persist, drivers say. (Sad R.)
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JANUARY 18, 2023
** Why does Texas celebrate Confederate Heroes Day?
** In some Southern states, this week's holiday wasn't just for MLK. (Guess what they're going after?)
"Vandalizing" Confederate Monuments Is Really a Hate Crime. --Old Secesh
JUNE 18, 2022
** Under attack: Virginia Military Institute's culture forced to change. (You don't ignore your history. Especially your proud history.)
** Sunday is Juneteenth: How did that come about? (Not my holiday. Take away Confederate ones and replace with black ones. I don't think so.)
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JUNE 19, 2022
** Georgia city official resigns after Confederate shop reopens. (Kennesaw, Georgia. Wildman's Civil War Surplus reopened after Woldman's death. Awww! Poor politician.)
** Kentucky Supreme Court to review monument removal decision.
--Old Secesh
JUNE 8, 2022
** Louisiana legislature scraps Confederate holidays more than 150 years after the Civil War.
** Republican council member takes another shot at Confederate monument removal. (Jacksonville, Florida. He wants the city to put up half a million dollars for removal. I say that those who want it removed should have to come up with the money. Let them put their money where their mouths are.)
** Washington County rededicates Confederate statue. (Abungdon, Virginia. It was moved from the courthouse.)
** Confederate statue removed. (Daviess County, Kentucky)
** Students charged with raising c(C)onfederate flag at La Plata school. (Maryland)
--Old Secesh
JUNE 6, 2022
** Memory box found inside Caddo Confederate monument. (Louisiana. About the only good thing that comes of removing Confederate monuments.)
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JUNE 7, 2022
** For Confederate bases, name change long overdue. (Virginia Mercury)
** Two time capsules found as Caddo's Confederate monument is being removed. (Louisiana)
** Debate continues over Alabama holidays honoring Confederacy.
** Bill to remove Confederate holidays sent to the governor. (Louisiana)
--Old Secesh
MAY 26, 2022
** Louisiana closer to removing Confederate-themed holidays. (Let's see. Remove a Confederate holiday, add a black holiday. I see.)
** Preliminary work begins on Caddo Confederate monument removal. (Louisiana)
** Straw ballot on Confederate monuments fails to win Jacksonville City Council support. (Jacksonville, Florida. There was to be a straw vote on it in November. But. let's face it. Those who want the statues removed know that if it is put to a people vote, they will lose.)
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MAY 27, 2022
** Work to scrub the Confederate stain from military bases is off to a good start. (Washington Post. Nothing like some good old-fashioned non biased reporting, right Post?)
** Confederate flag and gun rights taunt causes furor at University High School. (Normal, Illinois)
--Old Secesh
MARCH 6, 2022
** Former site of Confederate statue picked for new symbol at Dixie State University. (Utah. I am shocked that they didn't put up a statue to Blacks in the place of the Confederate soldiers. They replaced it with a bison. Of course, I am surprised that they haven't changed the name of their school yet. I propose Woke State University.)
** Replacing images of Confederate generals. (Arkansas)
** SC workers get Juneteenth, Confederate holiday choice. (Personally, I think they should have a holiday devoted to that wonderful man named George Floyd who led such an exemplary life.)
And, Here I Was Thin king That the New Law Said That ALL Confederate Statues Removed Had to be Replaced with Ones of Black People. Well, Just "Woke" Me. --Old Secesh
MARCH 4, 2022
** Upside down American flag flies above a Confederate flag in Magna. (Magna, Utah)
** Rep, Johnson: "It took a lot of courage" leaders speak on move to remove Confederate state flag. (Mississippi)
** Second lawsuit over Confederate monument dismissed. (Brunswick, Ga.)
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MARCH 5, 2022
** Bill in Louisiana aims to remove Confederate holidays. (Again, put it to a public vote.)
--Old Secesh
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
** S. Carolina considers replacing Confederate Memorial Day. (Of course, it will have to be replaced with another holiday honoring Blacks.)
** Madison attorney sues city over removal of Confederate Rest.
** Pinehurst officials say Fort Bragg's new name should honor George Marshall. (Not a black man. Who'd have figured?)
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FEBRUARY 25, 2022
** What happens if you fly a Confederate flag in Canada. (There are evidently a bunch of newly "Woke" folk up there.)
** Bill giving folks a floating holiday to replace Confederate Memorial Day is heading to SC Senate.
--Old Secesh
JANUARY 19, 2022
** Kennesaw Confederate souvenir shop owner Dent Myers dies. (Georgia. Dent "Wildman" Myers has died. He was a real character and complete Confederate. All those "Woke" and ultra leftist people who "visited" his lace and tried to make him realize how wrong he was never succeeded. He was unreconstructed to the end. I was fortunate to meet him back in the 1970s. Not a person I'll ever forget.)
** Florida lawmaker introduces a bill to remove three c(C)onfederate holidays from state law. (A Democratic white woman.)
** Owner of controversial Kennesaw Confederate memorabilia shop dies. (Did I mention his shop was controversial or that he was controversial. The more controversial, the more "Wildman" liked it.)
The Old Unreconstructed Hippie/Rebel Guy. --Old Secesh
OCTOBER 3, 2021
** Georgia Dem would rather keep Confederate monument than raise Clarence Thomas statue. (Of course, Democrats strongly opposed Thomas being appointed as the second black Supreme Court justice back in the day, but George Floyd, you know. Really hard to believe that a Democrat would take a stand like that.)
** Confederates in the Attic: Minnesota schools begin to part ways with outdated mascots. (In other words, Confederate-themed mascots, you know.)
** State says Lee statue removal cost over $2 million. (Sad R. Of course, the removal was done by a black-owned business whose head person is a close personal friend of Sad R.'s mayor. Must be nice to have friends in high places. And, I can't even conceive of it costing that much to remove. Someone's looking for quite the payday.)
** Alabama city adds Juneteenth as holiday for its employees. (Prattville. They also observe the combined Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee birthdays. These two birthdays should not be commemorated on the same day.)
To my way of thinking, those cities removing Confederate holidays and adding black holidays are really rubbing salt in the wounds.
** The statue of a doctor who experimented on enslaved women still stands in Alabama. (J. Marion Sims, known as the Father of Gynecology. This statue should be taken down and one for the women he experimented on put up in its place.)
--Old Secesh
MAY 15, 2021
** Losing the 'Lost Cause': SPLC launches billboard campaign to educate communities on false narrative behind Confederate History Month. (Could you expect less from them? Still waiting for your LIST on BLM demonstrations that became riots last year from these guys. Beginning to think that's not going to happen.)
** A man accused of storming the Capitol with a giant Confederate flag will get to go on a family road trip while awaiting trial. (That was a 3 x 5 foot flag. Hardly giant flag. He is out on bail.)
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MAY 16, 2021
** Friends of Wyman Park Dell working to replace confederate (Confederate) statue. (Baltimore, Md. Looks like Fox 5 News would know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.)
** Why teacher was right to report Confederate flag to police. (United Kingdom. Come on. There Too??)
** Joe Biden revokes executive orders Trump signed while he was defending Confederate monuments.
--Old Secesh
APRIL 28, 2021
** Bill replacing 'Confederate Flag Day' with 'Arkansas Day' fails senate committee.
** SPLC launches anti-Confederate billboard campaign in Alabama. (Do you think they are for or against anything Confederate?)
** Richmond leaders outline plan for downed Confederate statues. (Sad R.)
** Speakers suggest moving Confederate statue at courthouse to Veterans Park. (Washington County, Va.)
** Hampton to rename five schools named for slave owners, Confederates and Segregationists. (Virginia)
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APRIL 29, 2021
** Strange theft of Confederate chair mystifies Alabama town. (Selma)
--Old Secesh
APRIL 27, 2021
** Georgia park with giant Confederate carving proposes changes. (Stone Mountain, Georgia. These are some of the proposals: Publicly acknowledge that the park was a KKK gathering place, relocate Confederate flags and remove the carving from the logo. These are acceptable to me. Of course, BLM, SPLC and other groups want the carvings destroyed altogether. I would absolutely oppose destroying the carvings.)
** Confederate Memorial Day remains legal holiday in Florida, other Southern states. (I imagine this might gall some folks.)
** What's happening to Jacksonville's Confederate monuments? Group finalizes proposals. (Florida. They are still standing, but the white mayor says they have to go.)
** Bid to end Arkansas' Confederate Flag Day fails before panel.
** Committee recommends city repurpose Jacksonville Confederate monuments rather than remove. (Florida)
** Gov. Reeves said he wanted t promote unity. Then he declared Confederate Memorial Day. (Mississippi)
--Old Secesh
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
** Northampton students denounce racism after Facebook page targets principal's Confederate flag lesson. (Massachusetts)
** With one school name change down, Gainesville activists push to topple other Confederate reminders. (Florida. A black woman wants this.)
** It's time to rename government facilities named after Confederate war heroes.
** DCPS to host first public meeting on renaming Lee High School. (Jacksonville, Florida. Again, if the majority of the students are Black, I am all in favor of it.)
** Op-Ed: Confederate memorials serve a role in National Parks.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2021
** Effort to ban confederate holidays in Florida back again. (WCJB ABC 20. Looks like a big-time station like this might know that Confederate is spelled with a capital C.)
** The US removed over 160 Confederate symbols in 2020 -- But 100s remain.
--Old Secesh
