The Second Civil War: South Carolina, Alabama, Florida and Virsginia

MAY 9, 2022

**  South Carolina marks Confederate Memorial Day on Tuesday.

**  Alabama judge refuses dismissal in Confederate chair theft.

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MAY 10, 2022

**  Confederate street renaming process  up for  council consideration.  (Fairfax City, Virginia)

**  Confederate monument  debate to start anew in Jacksonville.  (Florida)

NOPD:  Two of three suspects arrested in theft of Confederate cemetery chair worth $500,000.  (I doubt seriously that that chair is worth $500,000.)

--Old Secesh

Georgia, Virginia, Supreme Court and Statuary Hall

JANUARY 22, 2022

**  Georgia judge will consider blocking Confederate monument's removal.    (Brunswick, Georgia)

**  Vienna poised to hold hearing  over street named after Confederate general.  (Virginia.  Wade Hampton Drive.)

**  US Supreme Court asked to hear Richmond Confederate statue case.

**  Fixing Statuary Hall can't fix U.S. democracy alone, but it can help.  (Washington Post.  Go ahead and guess what they want to be done.)

--Old Secesh

Fort Colin Powell Has a Nice Ring to It. Melting Statues for New Artwork Won't Make It

OCTOBER 22, 2021

**  Virginia Supreme Court won't reconsider  decision allowing  Robert E. Lee statue  removal.  (Sad R.  No kidding.  It's already down.  Now they need to get that eyesore (from what certain people of Richmond have done to it) of a pedestal down and removed.)

**  Museum proposes melting Lee Statue to make new artwork.  (Charlottesville, Virginia.  A black museum of course.  They should take a statue of one of their people down and melt it for new artwork.)

**  Alabama will move forward  in case involving  alleged monument theft.  (It  was taken.  How alleged can that be?  But this is surprising.  I didn't think there was anything wrong anymore to someone desecrating any Confederate monuments.)

**  Fort Colin Powell?  Some want this Confederate-named base to honor the late general.  (My thoughts exactly.  I'd sure support this renaming.)

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

**  DeKalb judge dismisses  attempt to restore  Decatur Confederate  monument.  (Georgia.  Imagine out judicial system doing something like this?)

--Old Secesh

Even Kansas? Is Defacing Also a Hate Crime? Ida B. Wells Statue, Virginia, Tennessee and That Proper Name Thing Again

JULY 20, 2021

**  Wichita Confederate war memorial defaced in latest  skirmish over Civil War remembrance.  (Kansas.  Defacing is another name for a hate crime.  Vandalism?)

**  In PNW, Confederate flag controversies are not new.  (Pacific Northwest)

**  Forever on Beale:  Ida B. Wells statue in Memphis.  (Tennessee.  A new statue of her at the corner of Beale and Fourth streets.  Well-deserved.  Sad that this is one of the first statues of her put up anywhere.  The woman was amazing.  So, Memphis gets a little reprieve from its racist hatred of all things Confederate.)

**  Roanoke County  judge orders removal of Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Imagine someone in our "judicial system" saying something like that.)

**  Collierville  residents divided over removal of confederate (Confederate)  monument in Town Square Park.  (Tennessee.  Once called Confederate Park.  (Looks like WATN would know about proper names.)

--Old Secesh

Read About the Virginia Judge. Still Making Year End Reviews. What About the Cemeteries?

JANUARY 2, 2021

**  Congress overturns Trump veto on defense bill after political detour.

**  Virginia judge won't try black man in court room lined with white portraits.  (Well, Virginia.  Go figure.)

**  Top 10 stories of 2020  No. 8:  Downtown  monument center controversy.

**  Streets in Brooklyn honoring Confederate  figures to be renamed  under defense bill.

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JANUARY 3, 2021

**  Ryan K. Smith column:  The afterlives of Confederate monuments.  (Sad R.  What about Confederate statues in cemeteries?)

**  Activists vow to continue fight against 'Talbot Boys' Confederate monument in county seat on Maryland East Shore.  (This likely means BLM hate crimes.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans opposes flag removal from seal.  (Williamson County, Tennessee)

--Old Secesh

Here's a Novel Idea. Let the Voters Decide on Statue Fate!!

JULY 18, 2020


**  Pentagon sidesteps  Trump to ban Confederate flags.

**  Charles City County to ask voters to weigh in on Confederate monument.  Virginia.  They will ask for a vote from residents.  This IS THE WAY Statue removals should happen!!  It should not be left up to local governing bodies controlled by Blacks and/or with spineless white people.  I see BLM has already been to the monument.  Know how I know?

I am of then belief, that city and county officials in the South are afraid to have the people vote on the statues because they will possibly vote to keep them, despite Blacks voting all in favor of removing them.)

**  Confederate flag flown over NASCAR race.  Again.  (The SCV had a flag flown by plane over the Talladega Speedway and now the Bristol one.  Bubba reported he thought he had seen a cloud shaped like a noose and protested, wants FBI investigation.)

**  Inside California's  surprising history of Confederate monuments.

**  California confronts its racist past as tributes to Confederates and colonizers fall.

**  Richmond judge who blocked removal of Confederate  statues recuses himself from two key lawsuits.  (Washington Post)

--Old Secesh

Stone Mountain Again, Virginia, New York, Tennessee, NASCAR, Schools and Sylvia's Mother

JULY 11, 2020


**  Georgia activists seek to remove 'Stone Mountain', the 'granddaddy of Confederate monuments.  (Are you surprised.  Again, Georgia needs to protect it before BLM and their ilk destroy it.)

**  Richmond judge blocks removal of more Confederate statues.  (Too bad, Mr. Mayor.)

**  Factions war over Sylvia's Confederate statue.  (North Carolina.  What does Sylvia's mother have to say about this?)

**  Teachers, staff call on Niskayuna School Board to ban Confederate flag.  (New York)

**  'Step in the right direction':  Bedford schools officially ban Confederate imagery.  (Virginia)

**  TN Capitol's Confederate bust decision shows strong, passionate divides remain.

**  Confederate monument in Bicentennial Park to be discussed at public meeting.  (Williamsburg, Virginia)

**  Truck owned by driver who said he was quitting NASCAR over Confederate flag ban will have trump-Pence paint scheme.

**  Joint Chiefs Chair breaks with Trump on Confederate base names.

"And the Operator Says, Forty Cents More For the Next Three Minutes."  --Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: NASCAR Again, Fort Bragg California, Florida, D.C. and North Carolina

JUNE 16, 2020

**  NASCAR's lack of a firm plan to enforce Confederate flag ban 'going to cause a mess'.

**  NASCAR driver who quit  due to Confederate flag ban says he wasn't defending Confederate flag.

**  Fort Bragg, a California city named for a Confederate general, considers changing its name.

**  Most Confederate statues in Central Florida have been relocated.

**  Federal judge lambasts amendment to rename Confederate bases as 'madness', gets thoroughly bodied by clerk.

**  County, city officials to soon meet on future of Confederate  statue in Sebastian County.

**  Plans for removing Confederate general statue in DC representing Florida moving forward.

**  Debate continues as to whether Confederate icons should be glorified.

**  Confederate statue removal  soon after Monday night vote.  (Greenville, N.C.)

What Gets Me Is How Long It Took For Some People To Realize They Felt This Way About Confederate Statues.  --Old Secesh