Civil War II: Texas, Sad R., Kentucky, Missouri and North Carolina

MAY 3, 2022

**  After initial push, city's effort to eliminate Confederate names loses momentum.  (Austin, Texas)

**  Devon Henry has removed Confederate statues all over  the South.  (Sad R.  He is the one who removed most of the the Sad R. ones.  I did not know he had removed other ones than just Sad R.  In the process, he has made quite a bit of money and being a big supporter of the black mayor of Sad R. didn't hurt either.  He is the one who has had threats made on his life mentioned in the previous post.)

**  Daviess Co. judge rules on the future of Confederate statue on courthouse's lawn.  (Kentucky.  It can be moved.)

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MAY 4, 2022

**  Resolution to recognize Civil War event approved by Jefferson City Council.  (Missouri)

**  Rep. Madison Cawthorn goes to court to stop ballot challenge, citing a pro-Confederate law.  (North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Virginia, North Carolina, Pride Flags, Capitol, Canada and Mississippi

AUGUST 10, 2021

**  Lexington City Council approves renaming Confederate-themed street. (Virginia.  New Market Place will become Evergreen Place.  The Battle of New Market was a Confederate victory.)

**  State Confederate sons and daughters contest Wilmington's settlement  with local chapter.  (North Carolina)

**  Pride flags stolen, replaced with Confederate flags at Virginia Tech's Wesley Center.  (Blacksburg, Virginia)

**  Fact check:  Police officer Michael Fanone did not storm the US Capitol waving a Confederate flag.

**  Hamilton  councillors to ban Nazi swastikas, Confederate flags, from city property. (Canada)

**  Leaders must decide how to replace Confederate monuments.  (Mississippi.  Of course, replace all Confederate monuments with monuments to black people.)

--Old Secesh

If a Black Person Wants a Confederate Name Removed, Does That Make Them a Racist? Brooklyn, Statues, SCV, Pulitzer Prize, North Carolina and Sad R.

JUNE 21, 2021

**  Congresswoman  Clarke calls for renaming  Brooklyn confederate (Confederate) streets.  (She is a black woman.  If a black person wants a Confederate name eradicated, does that make them a racist?)

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JUNE 22, 2021

**  Documentary  examines troubled past with Confederate statues.  (Again, I have to wonder why it took certain people that long to figure out they were offended by them.  Come on, many of those statues have been there for a hundred years or more.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans  sues to restore Confederate monument to square.  (Decatur, Georgia)

**  Pulitzer Prize winner discusses his writings about Richmond's Confederate statues.  (Sad R.)

**  Pitt County Commissioners postpone transfer of Confederate monument  until next meeting.  (North Carolina)

**  Delay removal of Richmond's Confederate  pedestals, urge Northam's  chief of staff, community

--Old Secesh

Pride Flags, Juneteenth, Fort Hood, Kentucky, Florida and Soybeans

JUNE 16, 2021

**  Thugs pull down  city's jubilant Pride flags and leave an ugly Confederate  flag in their place.  (From the Pink News.  Louisville, Colorado.  Hey folks, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.)

**  Juneteenth:  An emancipation  celebration.  (Washington Post)

**  Commission to rename Fort Hood meets with local groups, tours post.  (Texas)

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JUNE 17, 2021

**  Confederate monument expected to be relocated regardless of ownership battle outcome.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

**  Should Bartow's  Confederate marker come down?  If not, some want an emancipation memorial on site.  (Florida)

**  The 20th century rise of the Confederate soybean.  (Another "offensive" name that will have to be changed.)

--Old Secesh

About the Forrest Removal, Birmingham's Law-Breaking Mayor, the NFL's Jaguars and Washington and Lee University and the Problem With College Professors

JUNE 4, 2021

**  Man who waved Confederate  flag at removal of KKK founder's remains under investigation.   (Memphis, Tennessee.  Newsweek magazine.  Looks like Newsweek would know that Confederate is a proper name.  Of course, no mention was made of Memphis' highly questionable action to get rid of the monument in the first place.  Plus, the SCV is paying for the removal and that should have been paid for by those who want it gone.)

**  'It was the best decision':  Mayor Woodfin reflects on decision to remove confederate (Confederate) monument one year later.  Birmingham, Alabama.  Looks like WBRC 6  would know that Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.  The mayor said the people were demonstrating and trying to pull the statue down, when they were actually rioting.)

**  Jaguars  to buy uniforms for four schools  getting rid of confederate (Confederate) names.  (Jacksonville, Florida, Jaguars NFL team.  Looks like they would know that Confederate is a proper name and needs to be capitalized.)

**  Fort Smith sued for flag removal; new state monuments law cited.  (Arkansas)

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JUNE 5, 2021

**  NC appeals court halts removal of Confederate monument.  (Sad Asheville.  The Vance monument.)

**  Washington and Lee University to keep Confederate name.  (Virginia.  But they will change names on campus.  Faculty members voted last July to change the name.  Having college professors do any kind of judgement on the Confederacy is always bad.  Let's just say they are more than a little bit prejudiced.)

--Old Secesh

Those Listers at SPLC Strike Again. Schools, Flags, How Long? KKK and Death Threats

MAY 26, 2021

**  Southern Poverty Law Center adds 64 military-connected  places to list of Confederate memorials.  They can sure add to or make lists, but are incapable of making a list of BLM "demonstrations" that ended up with burning, looting and rioting.  Come on guys!!)

USBA has three

USMA has five

Citadel 20

VMI  28

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MAY 27, 2021

**  School name  change opponents place Confederate flags around  district headquarters.  (Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida.)

**  How a Confederate statue  stood in Rockville for more than a century.  (Maryland.  That is something I just can't understand.  How can something be there that long before some people realize they don't like it?)

**  Death threats and  the KKK:  Inside a black Alabaman's fight to remove  a Confederate statue.  (A person against Confederate monuments should not under any circumstances be getting death threats.)

--Old Secesh

Why Not Rename Fort Bragg After the Union General Bragg, Not the Confederate One? A Surprise Vote on School Names in Jacksonville

MAY 20, 2021

**  King George Confederate monument will be discussed in June.  (Virginia)

**  Wisconsin senator proposes renaming  Fort Bragg after  Union cousin of Confederate general.  (A state senator wants it named after Braxton Bragg's  cousin, Union General  Edward Stuyvesant  Bragg of Wisconsin.  Good idea.  That way they wouldn't have to go through all that expense of changing the name.  I had never heard of this Union general and will have to do some more research.)

**  Duval  County school stakeholders vote to rename  5 schools named for Confederate leaders.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  I bet everyone of them will be named after black folks.  Well, that was my thought at first, but looking at the new names, they definitely aren't:

Joseph Finnegan Elementary to Anchor Academy

Stonewall Jackson Elementary to  Westside Academy

Jefferson Davis Middle School to Westside Middle School

J.E.B. Middle School to  Westside Middle School (However these last two are the same name.)

Robert E. Lee High School to Riverside High School

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Voters chose to keep the names of three schools:

Jean Ribault Middle School

Jean Ribault High School

Andrew Jackson High School

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The last time a school name was changed in Jacksonville it cost $180,000.

--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

Confederadication: Tarring and Feathering a Criminal Offense? John Lewis, Macon, Negro Bar, and a Confederate Face Mask

JANUARY 23, 2021

**  Criminal charges   under review after  Confederate statue 'tarred and feathered,' painted with clown makeup.  (Allendale, Michigan. Two recent acts against the statue. The culprits admitted who they were, but not afraid, at the time, of breaking any law.  Maybe they were wrong?)

**  Task force backs John Lewis tribute at Confederate monument site.  Decatur, Georgia.  John Lewis deserves a statue or commemoration, but I'd hate to see it go up at the Confederate statue site.  That is rubbing salt into the wound.)

**  Macon wrestles with history over dispute over Confederate statues.  (Georgia)

**  'The Confederate flag starts flying':  Park's controversial name stirs debate over race and history.   (Folsom, California.  Park's name is "Negro Bar."  Well, you know, the name Negro.  This name comes from where black miners came during the Gold Rush days in the state.  I don't know, but to me, this would be a historical name and shouldn't be offensive.  You never think of black prospectors when you hear the words Gold Rush.)

**  On first day back at school, Oakville High student wears Confederate flag face mask.  (Missouri.  Again, are BLM face masks allowed?)

--Old 'Scesh

Regardless, I'll Still Call the Bases By Their Original Name. FBI Going After 'Confederate Flag Guy'

JANUARY 11, 2021

**  The Pentagon is officially moving ahead with renaming bases that honor Confederate leaders.  (But, just like with Comiskey Park and the Sears Tower in Chicago, I will continue calling these bases by the original name.)

**  Defense secretary appoints NH man  to commission to rename bases.  (Joshua Whitehouse)

**  Albertville activist group put up billboard, protest for the removal of confederate (Confederate) flag, monument.  (Come on WAFF, PROPER NAME.  Alabama.)

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JANUARY 12, 2021

**  Mississippi  governor signs law removing Confederate battle emblem from state flag.

**  Confederate statues likely to go undisturbed in SC in 2021.

**  FBI calls for public help in finding 'Confederate flag guy' from Capitol riot.  (Yet, they did nothing about BLM looters, arsonists and rioters during the past summer's "civil unrest?"  What they were doing was much worse that just carrying a flag inside the Capitol.)

**  Who owns America's history?  The answer will define what replaces  fallen monuments.

**  Why is the confederate (Confederate) flag still allowed in our schools?  (IdahoEdNews. You might think educators would know a proper noun when they see one?)

With all the hoopla over that Confederate flag in the Capitol, are "they" more concerned about it or the fact that the riot took place in the first place?

--Old Secesh

Will the Last Confederate Out of Sad R. Please Turn Out the Lights. Hey, BLM, Either Put Up or Shut Up in Palatka.

DECEMBER 22, 2020

**  Walker County commissioners  vote to keep Confederate monument at courthouse.  (Huntsville, Texas.   Wow, we won one, but for how long?  BLM's not going to like this and will demand to have final say.)

**  Parrott:  Keep John Mosby's name on Route 50 in Loudoun.  (Virginia)

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

**  Rally planned over Putnam County Confederate statue removal.  (Florida.  Demanding it be relocated.  Commission has already voted 4-1 to remove it.  Impatient little cusses, ain't they?)

**  VA (Veterans Administration) has no plans to rename hospital that honors Confederate.  (Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond.  Will the last Confederate out of Sad R. please turn out the lights.  We can't get all things Confederate out of that town fast enough.  And, please take down the disgrace that you have allowed to take place at the Lee Statue.)

**  Decision to remove NCFL (North Central Florida) Confederate monument frustrates both sides.  (Palatka, Putnam County.  It has already been decided that the statue will be removed, but the stipulation that BLMers don't like is that those who want it removed must come up with $200,000 privately raised funds to do so.  Hey, you want it removed, YOU PAY FOR IT.  Cut and simple.  

Like the one lady said, "Either ante up or shut up."   Agreed.

--Old Secesh

North Carolina, New York, VA, Florida Holidays and Virginia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

**  Court dismisses  appeal over Winston-Salem Confederate monument's removal.  (North Carolina)

**  Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flags.  (Governor of New York.  Okay, now how about sale or display of all hateful BLM flags, posters and banners.)

**  The VA has a hospital named for a slavery supporting Confederate doctor.  And, it won't change, Wilkie says.   (Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va.)

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

**  Editorial:  Confederate holidays have no place on Florida's calendar.  (Orlando Sentinel)

**  New York bans  sale, display of Confederate flag, other hate symbols on state property.

**  Virginia governor requests  $11 M to replace  Confederate statues with new artworks.  (In other words, black art.)

--Old Secesh