Vanquish? Really?

DECEMBER 23, 2022

**  West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus.  (Vanquish!?  Really!?)

**  U.S. Appeals Court upholds ruling against N.C. Confederate license plate.  (As long as BLM, NAACP and SPLC plates are not allowed either.)

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

**  What the future holds for Richmond's former Confederate monuments.  (WVTF.  I tell you, it is not good.  No Confederate monument should ever be turned over to any black organization.)

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DECEMBER 25, 2022

**  West Point to remove Robert E. Lee portrait, bust.

Vanquish Me? Do Not Vanquish Confederates.  --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

An Unbelievable Story Out of Portsmouth, Virginia (Commit Crime, Get Paid)

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

**  Portsmouth spends  $150K to settle with 10 charged with Confederate monument destruction.  (Virginia.  What these "people" did to that monument was absolutely sickening.  One of the biggest cases of racism I've ever seen.  These people instigated the attack and are now getting paid $15,000 each for being criminals and racists.

They claim their civil and constitutional rights were violated and their reputations sullied for their arrests.  Since when is destroying public property a constitutional right?

And, then of course, there's that state senator.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.  In other words, commit crime, get paid for it.

And, I understand, the guy who was "attacked" by the statue back then might get his cut as well.)

**  Judge deals massive blow to  Ahmaud Arbery's killers -- allows their Confederate plates as evidence.  (Georgia.  Were they already convicted and as such murderers?)

**  As Confederate monuments fall, build monuments to black heroes.  

**  1915  coverage of Women of the Confederacy monuments unveils history.

Remember, just because your local media source doesn't say these attacks continue, they really are continuing.  This is what this blog is all about.

Still Upset About That First Story.  They Seem To Be Paying Criminals Now for Doing Their Crimes.  And I Was Under the Impression That Anything Racist Was One of the Worst Crimes These Days.  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Murders in Jacksonville? Burning in Maryland

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

**  Huntsville schools ask state about renaming Lee High School.  (Alabama)

 **  'Listening session' on potential Fort Polk name change scheduled.  (Louisiana)

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

**  Travis McMichael's Confederate license plate  deemed fair game in Arbery trial.  (Georgia)

**  Protesters slam  City Council over upcoming Confederate monument vote,  (Jacksonville, Florida.  They are upset, but so far in 2021, there have been 95 murders in Jacksonville.  How many of those murders were Black on Black?  Maybe this should be a bigger issue than a Confederate monument.)

**  Man sets truck truck with Confederate flag on fire in Centreville.  (Maryland.  Perhaps overreacting?)

**  Moving Confederate statues isn't like destroying ancient Palmyra.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Charlotte, Renaming the Forts, Could You Get in Trouble for Damaging a Confederate Monument? NAACP's Offended

OCTOBER 5, 2021

**  Voting to rename Charlotte streets named for Confederate leaders, segregationists.  (North Carolina)

**  Black congressional leaders  urge Fort Lee to become Fort  Arthur Gregg.  (The Congressional Black Caucus wants it renamed for a black general.  Is that racist?)

**  What should Fort Hood be renamed?  (The Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants it renamed  for General Richard E, Cavazos.  Is that racist?)

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

**  Deputies searching for  men accused of damaging  Newnan Confederate  statue.  (Georgia.  And here I was thinking nothing could happen to a person damaging a Confederate monument.  Maybe there is some hope.)

**  Ahmaud  Arbery murder suspect requests court ban photo of Confederate flag  license plate.  (Georgia)

**  NAACP:  Confederate flag offends at county fair.  (Virginia.  Imagine them being offended.)

--Old Secesh

Of Flags, Fountains, Spray-Painting, Statues, Parades and Sad R.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

**  Confederate flag license plate spurs hostile workplace trial.  (Connecticut)

**  Group that donated Confederate  fountain in Helena wants it back.  (Montana.  Put there in 1916 and removed in 2017 (BGF)  (Before George Floyd) because of racial concerns.  UDC wants it back.

**  Virginia man who spray-painted Confederate monument at Arkansas' Capitol pleads guilty to misdemeanor.  You mean it is possible to arrest folks for desecrating something Confederate?  I didn't think that was possible.)

**  From Plato to Confederate statues:  Students study why  some iconic images are broken.  (DePauw University)

**  Remains of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill could be reinterred to Culpepper's  Fairview Cemetery.  (Right now they are still in Sad R.  believe me, the sooner we can get all vestiges of the Confederacy out of that town the better.)

**  Court says city can ban Confederate flag in veterans parade.  (Imagine our justice system saying something like that.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: North Carolina License Plates, Tennessee, KKK, Florida Holidays, Massachusetts

MARCH 9, 2021

**  Group sues NC over end of Confederate license plate.  (North Carolina Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).  Of course, if the SCV plate is not allowed, someone should take a look at the license plates of certain fraternities and sororities.  Must be fair you know.)

**  Tennessee  panel to vote on Confederate bust in state Capitol.  (Forrest. How do you think they'll vote?)

**  'KKK'  flyers showing up in homes  of those protesting against Confederate statue.  (Statesville, North Carolina.  Stupid move if the KKK did it.  Not impressed.)

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MARCH 10, 2021

**  Dropping  Confederate holidays in Florida a focus for some Democrats.  (What is it about Democrats and Confederadication?)

**  Nothampton school committee to vote on  banning Confederate flag.  (Massachusetts.  Perhaps they should also vote on whether to ban that crazy principal.  Do you think they won't vote to ban the flag.  But if they do, they should also ban anything with BLM on it, obviously.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans sues NCDOT over  decision to remove battle flag from license plates.  (North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

That SPLC and Their List!!! List Me. Another Night Time Statue Removal.

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

Confederadication: Georgia, Alabama, License Plates, Confederate Flags, Louisiana, Street Names, Statues

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

**  New bills proposed for removal of Confederate monuments from Georgia public property.

**  Alabama won't ban Confederate flag tag.  (SCV license plate tag.  Again, no SCV tag, no BLM tag.)

**  Alabama lawmaker's bills would remove Confederate symbols from state laws.  (A black woman)

**  Turning the pages of time:  Controversy over the Confederate flag.

**  Here's why it is easier to remove Confederate street names in New Orleans than in Baton Rouge.  (Louisiana)

**  Nashville park seeks permission to remove Confederate statue.  (Tennessee.  Sam Davis monument which BLM has targeted several times with hate crimes.)

**  Alabama one of few states to allow Confederate personalized license plates.

--Old Secesh

Lynching Memorial Okayed for Mississippi Town. No More SCV Vanity Plates in NC. North Carolina, South Carolina, Hate Crime and Confederate Flag

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

**  Lynching memorial approved for Lafayette County Courthouse.  (Oxford, Mississippi.  Seven black lynchings occurred in the the county, (three at the square or near it).  I am all in favor of any historical monument, even one showing the sad side of human nature.  The Confederate monument in the square still stands so it is okay with me as long as this is paid for by private citizens, not the town.)

**  North Carolina stops issuing Confederate license plates.  (These are Sons of Confederate Veterans plates. As long as they take a look at others that some might find offensive.  Hopefully there are no BLM license plates.  I see there are quite a few black fraternity and sorority plates, but since they advance education they are okay.)

**  Pasquotank to talk  future of Confederate monument in Monday meeting.  (North Carolina)

**  Police:  Charleston Battery  Confederate monument vandalized.  (South Carolina.  The Confederate Defenders monument.  BLM written on it.  This is not vandalism.  This is a hate crime.)

**  Pitt County commissioners vote to move Confederate statue that was removed last year from courthouse.  (Greenville, North Carolina.  It will be moved to private property.  The movement should be paid for by those wanting it gone.  No public funds should be used.)

**  Sons of Southern Cross sue Van Buren mayor over Confederate flag at Christmas parade.  (Arkansas.  They can't have the flag in parade.)

--Old Secesh

Goodbye Fort Hood. Last Civil War Widow Dies. The Problem with Those Confederate Statues and License Plates and That Flag Inside the Capitol

JANUARY 6, 2021

**  Defense bill will force Fort Hood to change its name.  (Texas)

**  The last known  widow of a Civil War veteran has died in Missouri.  She was 101.  (Okay, not exactly Civil War II stuff, but of extreme interest to me.)

**  New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law.  (Now maybe those state colleges will be able to fly the flag of their state.  I still believe that they shouldn't have received any state funding during their refusal to fly the old flag.)

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JANUARY 7, 2021

**  Billboard taken down after calling for removal of Confederate statue.  (Allendale Township, Michigan.  Removed because of complaints.  Text on it:  "Remove the racist  Confederate statue."

**  SC bills seek to ban  vaccine mandates, Confederate  license plates.

**  Trump-supporting rioter pictured carrying a Confederate flag inside US Capitol.  (Not to mention all those US and Trump flags in there and outside.  So, Confederates finally captured the Capitol after failing to do so in 1864.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: The Depths of Sad R. Fort Trump, Base Names, License Tags and Monuments

JANUARY 6, 2021

**  "Fort Trump":  President wants to rename a base honoring a Confederate for himself.

**  Defense act override sets stage for renaming  10 army bases honoring Confederate leaders.

**  Editorial:  Banish SC Confederate  license tags -- and take these away with them.  (South Carolina.  Wants ALL vanity tags vanished.

**  Court date has not been set to determine ownership of  of Rapides Confederate monument.  (Louisiana)

**  Metro Parks unanimously to petition the state for removal of  Confederate private monument from Centennial Park.    (Nashville, Tennessee.   I see BLM has been busy at the monument.)

**  An museum once led by a major Confederate sculptor wants to display a defaced Jefferson Davis.  (Valentine Richmond History Center.  Well, Sad R. you know.  No surprise there.  I still say there is something wrong with their water to make so many people lose their sanity like that.  And Sad R. making no effort to clean up the mess they allowed BLM to make.  One city I don't ever plan to visit.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Maryland's State Song, South Carolina, Colorado, North Carolina, Letters and a Review

DECEMBER 31, 2020

**  Maryland may repeal state song, an appeal to Confederate arms.  ("Maryland, My Maryland."

**  SC lawmaker  wants Confederate flags banned from license plates.  (Sons of Confederate Veterans license plates.  State Democratic Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, a black man.  Go figure.)

**  SC  Heritage Act lawsuit protecting Confederate  monuments sparks top Republican fight.

**  Federal court allows for jury to consider  wrongful termination claim for Confederate-themed posts.  (Colorado.  Woman claims she lost her job because of Confederate imagery on her social posts. This should be an interesting outcome.)

**  Removed Confederate monument still source of contention in 2020.  (Chatham, N.C.  Statue removed in 2019.)

**  2020 newsmaker of the year: 'Fame' Confederate monument.  (Salisbury, N.C.)

**  Letter: Confederate leaders historic, but not worthy of monuments.

**  Letter:  Confederate flag has no place at courthouse.

**  Year in Review:   Summer brought  reckoning with racism.

--Old Secesh

Let Those Statues Go. Protesters Clash in Mississippi. License Plates. Former U.S.Chief Justice Statues Coming Down Because of Confederate Ties.

AUGUST 23, 2020


**  Moving Gaston's Confederate statue hits roadblock.  (North Carolina.  The SCV was to take ownership of it and the county pay up to $200,000 for removal and new place for it.  But the SCV figured there would be a lawsuit against them for the amount of money.)

**  Protesters clash over  debate of removing Brandon Confederate statue.  (Mississippi)

**  City:  No takers for Norfolk's Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

**  The fight to ban novelty Confederate license plates  in Tennessee ramps up.  (Sons of Confederate Veterans)

**  As Confederate monuments come down, statues of Louisiana's E.D. White may be on the move.  (Former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.  Statues in Louisiana and U.S. Capitol.  His "crime?"  Former Confederate soldier.)

**  Albemarle County awards Confederate statue removal to Charlottesville construction firm.  (Charlottesville, Virginia)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Now It Goes to House Plaques in Richmond, Protests and Counter Protests, Georgia DA Supports BLM, DeFuniak Springs, Florida

JULY 13, 2020


**  Push to change historic markers with Confederate image on Fan District homes.  (This is a new one.  Richmond, Va. of course.  Homes in the Fan district have plaques with year the house was constructed and the Robert E. Lee statue on it.  Some don't like it.  Something is really wrong with Richmond.)

**  Confederate statue in Alamance  County guarded by law enforcement during protests.  (Graham, N.C.   BLM must not be allowed to commit hate crimes and topple the statue.)

**  DA on Confederate obelisk:  This statue does not represent the people of Gwinnett County.  (Lawrence, Georgia.  He is a black man and stood with the NAACP.  I wonder if he knows he is backing a group called BLM who riot, loot and commit hate crimes.  You would think a DA would know better than to back a criminal organization.)

**  Historic Oregon cemeteries  could ban Confederate flag.

**  Could the 'troubling' confederate (Confederate) flags on North Carolina license plates be coming to an end?  (SCV vanity plates.)

**  Protesters on both sides gather regarding DeFuniak Springs' Confederate monument.  (Florida)

**  New video on scuffle at Confederate monument at Defuniak Springs.  (A woman knocked down by BLMer, but appears accidental.)

It Is Nice to See Counter Demonstrations to This New Black Tyranny.  --Old Secesh

Now, Albemarle County, Silent Sam, Silent Sham and License Plates

January 13, 2020

**  Albemarle looks for public input on future of Court Square, including Confederate soldier statue.  (Albemarle County is where Charlottesville, Va., is located.  Evidently there is another Confederate statue there that is offending some folks.)

**  Monday numbers:  A closer look at the Silent Sam settlement and its impact.

**  Editorial: A Silent Sham.  This is from the UNC student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel.  They are still mad about it.  Well worth a read.

**  Utah government considering canceling DEPORTM  personalized license plate.  Evidently there is a Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate there.

--Old Secesh

Charlottesville Heats Up, A New Confederate Hate Group, Those Racist Monuments

December 31, 2019

**  Students lead protest over Confederate flag, dress code.  (North Carolina high school)

**  Sign marking Confederate history  is one of the latest  to disappear in NC, officials  say.  (Greensboro, N.C.)  This one is about the Confederate cabinet fleeing after Appomattox.  The other is about UNC-Greensboro.  More action by Confederate-haters?

**  Hudson launches campaign to support Confederate  monuments bill.    A newly elected state legislator (called Delegates in Va.) and she is a white person.  We always need to know what race people are who do these things.  (Charlottesville, Va.)

By the way, the Robert E. Lee statue there is shown in the news report and it sure looks like Mr. Wiley copied this statue.

**  Confederate flag license plate leads to firefighter's lawsuit against county.  (Montgomery County, Maryland)  Claims other firefighters harass him because he is black and a Muslim.

**  New coalition demands state cede control of Confederate monuments.  (Charlottesville, Va.)  Evidently this group calls itself Monumental Justice Virginia and one of the leaders is a former city councilman who is a Black.  Of interest, they note that there are 220 Confederate monuments in Virginia.

**  The escalating fight over racist monuments in the South.

**  Monumental Justice Virginia campaign rally held at Free Speech Wall in Charlottesville.  Mostly white people there.

**  Campus safety will be a key issue  for UNC leaders and students in 2020.  (Yes, we must insure that no student gets hurt when they are committing a hate crime and pulling down an offending Confederate monument.  Maybe they should also look into protecting innocent statues from hate-based attacks.)

So, Do We Have A New Hate Group?  --Old Secesh