Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

**  Washington County seeks letters of intent to move Confederate monuments.  (Virginia)

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

**  City of Charlotte renames 3 more streets connected to Confederacy.  (North Carolina)

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

**  Confederate monument covered to prevent vandalism.  (Brunswick, Georgia.  The Arbery trial.  Again, not vandalism.  A hate crime.)

**  Clarke supervisors to hold special meeting about monument.  (Berryville, Virginia)

**  Public comments at city council meetings show the depths of  racial issues.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Whenever Ownership Unclear, Turn the Statue Over to UDC or SCV.

OCTOBER 23, 2021

**  Black Georgia students suspended  for planning protest  of Confederate  flag.  (High school)

 **  Attorney petitions  U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on relocation of Lakeland Confederate statue.  (Florida.  Yep!  And see far that gets.)

**  Confederate officers' treason to be scrubbed from  military base names.  (Why wasn't it treason when these bases were named back in the 1930s?  One has to wonder.  What happened  between then and now?)

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OCTOBER24, 2021

**  Remove a Confederate statue?  A Tennessee city did this instead.  (Franklin.  They put up a statue to the USCT.  I whole-heartedly agree with doing this.   You can never have too many monuments to the past.)

**  What is the status of Pittsboro's removed Confederate monument?  (North Carolina.  It's in limbo over ownership.  Whenever you're not sure of ownership, turn it over to the UDC or SCV.)

Instead of Removing Confederate Monuments, Put Up a Monument That Will Make Blacks Happy.   --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

The Courts Seem to Be Anti-Confederate. Renaming the Bases, Damaging the Monuments and Contextualizing

SEPTEMBER 30,2021

**  Court says Georgia city can ban Confederate flags in parade.  (Alpharetta, Georgia.  Like I said in the last post, it is unlikely we'll get any help from the court systems.

**  PG trustees opt out of signing  Fort Lee name change resolution.  (Prince George County, Virginia.  They want the name changed to Fort Arthur J. Gregg, a black general.  He is deserving of the name change, but let's try not to rename EVERY Confederate-named fort after a black person as some people evidently want to happen.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

**  Deputies looking for suspects who damaged Confederate soldier statue in Newnan, stole pieces of it.  (Newnan, Georgia.  It happened on the night of Sept. 17.  And here I was thinking it was okay to damage a Confederate statue.  Maybe there is hope after all.)

**  Virginia  guidelines for contextualizing Confederate monuments still in works.  (Just remember, the current dogma about "The Lost cause" being a racially based uprising is nothing more than the current beliefs of certain people.  What will it be ten years from now?)

**  Charlottesville will accept offers for Confederate monuments until October 15.  (Virginia.  The only offers they should consider are those from the UDC and SCV.  And all costs for removal storage and relocation should be paid for by the town or, even better, those who wanted them gone.

--Old Secesh

Confederate Monuments and Statues

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

**  Mississippi county choses new site for Confederate monument.  (Greenwood, Lefore County.  If state okays it, will go to Fort Pemberton Memorial Park.)

**  Confederate monument relocation controversy continues in Caldwell County,  (Lockhart, Texas)

**  Opinion:  Texas Rangers are like Confederate  statues that must go.  (Houston Chronicle.  So sad when a major newspaper takes a stand like this on history.)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

**  Tubman statue arrives as Confederate  soldier gets new plaques.  (Sylva, N.C.)

**  Rehearing sought from Virginia Supreme Court in Lee monument removal case.  (Forget it, the sooner that statue is out of Sad R. and perhaps the whole state, the better.  And, like anything Confederate can get a fair hearing at any judicial process in that state.)  

--Old Secesh

Hey Media, Confederate Is a Proper Name and Needs to Be Capitalized

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

**   Opinion:  Get Confederate  symbols off  Virginia school campuses.    (Daily Press, Virginia)

**  Statue of Confederate  Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia's capital  can be removed, court rules.  (Virginia's Supreme Court.  Can you imagine a governing body in Virginia being anti-Confederate?)

**  Cost a concern for moving Confederate memorial.  (Augusta, Georgia.  Just have the people who want it removed pay for all costs.  Put your money where your mouth is.)

**  Demonstrators  call Mayor Curry a 'liar' after failure to remove c(C)onfederate monuments.   (Jacksonville, Florida.  First Coast ABC News.  Something about a proper name, guys.)

**  The 'Dukes of Hazzard' c(C)onfederate flag car damaged by Hurricane Ida.  (NME.  Proper name.  Did BLM have something to do with the hurricane?)

I'm beginning to think Blacks must be demanding that Confederate stop being a proper name and thusly capitalized like they did to get black when used as an adjective capitalized.  Which of these terms might be considered racist?:  The Black man,  The white man.  Is this racist?

Actually, most media seems to have a grasp on the proper name thing, but there are some with no idea.

--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

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues

From the June 30, 2021, by Kevin Freking, AO.

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the U.S. Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. Chief Justice best known for a pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy.

The bill passed 285-10.  A similar bill last year passed the House, but failed to get through the Senate.

Of course, most of the voting was along party and racial lines.  Most Democrats and Blacks voted to remove them.

This is one of the least surprising votes ever to happen in that august body.

Now, personally I don't have a problem with the removal of the Confederate statues since they did fight the Union and as such gave up any right to a statue in their honor.

The sad thing though, is that I am sure most of the statues will be replaced with those of Blacks.  I'm okay with some being of Blacks, but come on, aren't there some whites that are also deserving.

The Taney bust is going to be replaced by one for a black man.

--Old Secesh

Why Are Some Media Outlets and Courts So Racist? Sad R., Tampa Bay, Montgomery, Schools, Judicial Question and Maryland

MAY 7, 2021

**  Overlooked:  Confederate marker on South Richmond courthouse lawn.  (Richmond Free Press, a notoriously anti-anything Confederate publication.  Obviously, they want it gone.)

**  Editorial:  Quit using  Florida law to celebrate Confederate traitors.  (Tampa Bay Times)

**  Input sought on Confederate name changes in Montgomery schools.  (Alabama.  Please don't just name them all after Blacks.)

**  Court orders upstate  woman to remove Confederate flag or risk custody of child.  (Thompkins County, New York.  Must remove a rock with Confederate flag on it or might lose custody of her multi-racial daughter.  The judicial system overstepping its boundaries.)

**  Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue removal from Talbot County court house.  (Maryland.  NAACP, what a big surprise.)

--Old Secesh

A Sad Day for College of William & Mary and a Turn of Events at Stone Mountain

APRIL 22, 2021

**  Black pastor becomes chairman of the board running the world's largest Confederate monument.  (Named by Georgia's governor.  This could be interesting.)

**  Town hall sheds light on Fairfax County's sites with Confederate names.  (Virginia)

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APRIL 23, 2021

**  Vienna neighborhoods among sites after Confederates discussed in town hall.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate  statue in Kentucky should not be moved, says group claiming to own it.  (UDC)

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APRIL 24, 2021

**  Supreme Court of Virginia issues mandate in Charlottesville's Confederate statues case.    (Clears the way to get rid of the statues.)

**  William & Mary  renames three buildings, history department  that honored Confederate supporters.  (Virginia.  A sad day in that school's history.  But, hey.  What can you expect from a state like Virginia.))

--Old Secesh

It's a Bubba Thing, You Know. Will NASCAR Recover? Another Black Activist. Shame on Sad R. and Trump

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

**  Social justice at NASCAR's forefront as new season begins.  (Daytona 500.  Good old Bubba who played his Black Card.  We were at a bar Sunday and they put on the race when it started.  You should have heard everyone yelling to turn that ____ off.  We'll see if Blacks start coming to the races enough to offset so many who won't go or watch it now.)

** At 94, Fort Worth activist Opal Lee views Juneteenth as her most important lesson.  (A black woman.   Again, how come there are so many black activists and I don't think many white ones?  At what point will Blacks demand the Fourth of July be replaced by Juneteenth?)

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

**  Virginia high court will take up appeals in Lee statue case.  (Sad R.  I sure hope they hurry up and take it down.  What the state and city has allowed those people committing hate crimes to do to it is a downright shame.  Shame on the state and shame on Sad R.)

**  Democracy Now:  White supremacy  should also be on trial at Trump's impeachment.  (Well, sorry folks.  He wasn't found guilty.)

**  Here's how NASCAR plans to recover  from a tough 2020, starting with the Daytona 500.  (Saturday I asked a guy I know who is a huge NASCAR fan when he thought about der Bubba.  I have never heard such a flow of invective as I did that night.  And, this guy goes to a lot of NASCAR races.)

--Old Secesh

Hopefully Some Media Outlets Will Learn That Confederate Should Be Capitalized. Democrats Have Dropped the South and Are Now the Party of the BLM.

JANUARY 5, 2021

**  Legal challenge to Dallas' removal of Confederate memorial fails in appeals court.  (Texas.  Big surprise there.)

**  The Confederacy won (or thinks they won.)  (Boston Globe)

**  SC legislator  fighting to remove confederate (Confederate)  flag from license plates.  (WPDE.  You'd think someone there might know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  Maybe they know the word should be capitalized, but are doing this to yank my chain?)

**  Trump's Republicans have dumped Lincoln  -- they're the Confederacy now.  (I might add that the Democrats have dumped the South and are the BLM Party now.  Anybody ever hear of a Yellow Dog Democrat in the South Before 1960?))

**  Process to remove confederate (Confederate) statue in Caldwell County continues months after approval.  (Looks like KXAN would know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  Texas.  Who will pay the $20,000 to take it down and relocate it.  I think those that want it gone should pay.  Hey, put your money where your mouth is.)

So, What Was a Yellow Dog Democrat?  --Old Secesh

Come On Sad R., Take Down the Lee Monument. You Have Embarrassed Yourself Badly. Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and VMI

OCTOBER 19, 2020

**  Madison Co. commissioner: confederate  statue may be moved soon.  (Huntsville, Alabama.  WAFF, 48.  Hey!  Confederate is a proper name.)

**  Trial underway in Richmond in Robert E. Lee statue case.  (Sad R. and even sadder Va. gov.  I was wondering if that statue was still standing in Sad R.  I guess it is.  However, I want it either cleaned or quickly removed.  It is so sad to see what the city's mayor has allowed BLM to do to it.  Of course, if it is cleaned, the BLMers would just mark it up again with their profanity.)

**  'I want my art to strike up a conversation':  Warner Robins man paints with a promise.   (Georgia.  Painted part of mural around Confederate statue in Macon.)

**  Letter:  Leave the statue, update the plaque.  (Newton, Catawba County, N.C.)

**  Racism common at Virginia Military Institute.

--Old Secesh

Did You Hear the One About the Virginia Senator Charged With Two Felonies For What She Did at the Portsmouth Statue Hate Crime?

AUGUST 18, 2020


**  BREAKING:  Sen. Lucas charged with two felonies for June incident  at Portsmouth Confederate monument.   (Senator Louise Lucas, Democrat and a black woman.  Conspiracy to commit  a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000.  Also warrants have been issued for a Portsmouth school board member, NAACP members and even members of the public defenders office.  I am shocked by this as I thought BLM had carte blanche to do whatever they want to Confederate statues, especially in a state like Virginia.  So, there is some law in the state after all.)

A video accompanies the article which shows BLM doing their BLM thing on that monument.  A real hate crime in other words.  Part of the video supposedly showed what the state senator did to get charged, but I didn't really see her doing anything wrong.  But just the fact that she was present when crimes were being committed and supporting the crimes is enough in my book to arrest her.

This is one video you need to watch.  I don't know why the police just stood by and watched, although I am glad they are now finally taking action.  Watch the whole video (which takes a minute to upload.  There is even a complete list of people charged so far.

The state governor, rather than being shocked and demanding her resignation, is supporting her.  But, then again, he is a Democrat and one of those white people who are pledged to BLM.  Plus, he is a committed supporter of Confederadication.

**  Liverpool, site of the last surrender in US Civil War, grapples with its Confederate links.  (A very interesting, but skewed account by a real Confederate-hater.  I'll be taking the non-hate stuff out and writing about it in my Civil War Navy blog.)

**  City removes Confederate  monument from Bicentennial Park in Williamsburg.  (Virginia)

**  Hit  'em where it hurts--  how economic  threats are a potent tool for changing people's minds about the Confederate flag.  (In other words, if you don't like Confederate flags or statues, boycott.  That is exactly what I do to any Southern city removing statues.  I don't go there anymore.  And, I'm thinking before long that I won't be able to go anywhere in the former Confederacy.  Oh well.  I may never be able to go to Virginia again.)

Well, Maybe There Is Some Hope for Virginia Yet.  --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

Here Comes That Night in Virginia

March 10, 2020

**  Confederate memorials can be removed by local governments, Va. lawmakers say.  (Well, Va. Democrat lawmakers say.  Republicans voted against it.  This is a reason I'll be voting against any Democrat running for anything here in Illinois in November, except perhaps for president.  In the past, I usually vote Democrat, but not always.  And that includes for Barack Obama in his second term and Hillary Clinton last election.

Plus, we have to find a way to get Madigan, a Democrat,  out of being Illinois Speaker of the House.

I sure hope a lot of people in Virginia feel the same way about their Democrat representatives.

This removal of Confederate statues is going to happen fast, much like the removal and destruction of aspects of a certain group did back on the Night of November 10-11, 1938.  And, we know who was responsible for that.

Unfortunately, local governments in Virginia and many Southern states are in control of the Confederate-haters (both Black and their white minions).  That means goodbye statues and memorials.

Plus, we can't count on the law or courts to do anything.  Those people getting caught for hate crimes against the statues are rarely, if ever, being prosecuted.  Not one single UNC-Chapel Hill student (and they were all over social media) has been prosecuted or expelled from school for what they did.

--Old Secesh