The Second Civil War: Virginia, Jacksonville, U.S. Parks and Randolph County

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

**  Waynesboro leaders looking to remove Confederate monument from downtown park.  (Virginia)

**  Jacksonville to decide  fate of Confederate monuments in 2022.  (Florida.  Again, I don't understand why Blacks are so upset about the statues when their own people are shooting and killing each other.  Seems like that would be a bigger issue.)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

**  Confederate statue relocation moves forward.  (Farmville, Virginia)

**  Racist or offensive names  persist in U.S. parks; new plan confronts them.  (The Wilderness Society)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2021

**  Removal of Confederate monument in Randolph County to a suitable place.

--Old Secesh

Massachusetts, Florida, Renaming, Schools, That Capital C Thing Again

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

Monuments and Slave Body Bags. Wilmington, N.C. and Those Not Invited

DECEMBER 25, 2020  CHRISTMAS DAY

You'd kind of think "They" might take a day off today.  But, NO!!!!

**  Confederate monuments at Park Service get a reprieve.  ("Those" people want all Confederate statues and markers at National Battlefields taken down.  Then, who were the "good guys" fighting?)

**  'Body Bags' of slaves latest weapon in Confederate flag fight.  (Marshall County, Alabama.  They represent slaves owned by John Marshall, the county's namesake.  Gets me to wondering.  How much work can you get out of a dead slave?  Probably not too much.  Why would Marshall kill his slaves.  Inquiring minds want to know.)

John Marshall was the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice and owned 200 slaves during his lifetime.  Must have been a really bad man.

**  Top stories of 2020, No. 7:  Confederate statues removed, park renamed.  (Wilmington, North Carolina)

**  Tullahoma alderman won't apologize for  family Christmas party photo with Confederate flag.  (Tullahoma, Tennessee.  Those who are upset obviously weren't invited to the party.)

--Old Secesh

Fairfax County, Va, Sure Has a Lot of Confederate Names. Confederate Statues at National Parks, Virginia, Alabama and VCU

DECEMBER 10, 2020

**  Fairfax County History Commission outlines Confederate associated names throughout Fairfax County.  (Virginia.  Came up with 650.  That sure is a lot.)

**  History Commission identifies 150 Fairfax County sites named after Confederate figures.  (Virginia.  Well, is it 650 or 150?)

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

**  Omnibus negotiators may toss Confederate rider.   (A push to ban Confederate  symbols at national parks.  But, this may not pan out.  Let's hope not.  get rid of all things Confederate at Gettysburg and folks might begin to wonder who Union forces were fighting.)

**  Northampton takes no action on Confederate monument.  (Virginia)

**  Bill filed to remove Confederate flag from Alabama's state coat of arms.  (You think it will be removed?  I sure do.)

**  Removing plaques and building names with ties to Confederacy begins at VCU.  (Virginia Commonwealth University in Sad R.)

Fairfax County will have to change every last one of those horrible Confederate names.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Virginia, Sad R., Alfred Mouton Again, Kentucky and Mississippi

OCTOBER 13, 2020

**  Virginia House Speaker faces fines  over response to  requests for Confederate  statue removal documents.  (Regarding late-night removal of them from the Old House chamber.  How come so many times, the statues are removed late at night?  Does this say something about the folks responsible for their removal?  I know who else operates best at night.)

**  Group raises $45K toward city's $1.8M Confederate monument removals. (Sad R. again.  But, I agree that all costs for removal, storage and finding a new home for the statues should be borne by the people who want them removed.  No public money should be involved.)

**  Move the Mindset calls for quick reset after  hearing on removing Confederate statue delayed again.  (Lafayette, Louisiana.  Alfred Mouton statue.)

**  Murray woman  concerned proposed House bill hides Civil War history.  (Murray, Kentucky.  Does not want Confederate items removed from National Parks.)

**  Deadline nears for suggestions to rename Power Elementary.  (Jackson, Mississippi.  Named for Confederate Colonel John Logan Power.  Again, I am all for renaming if the majority of the students are Blacks..)

Two other schools in Jackson named after Confederates have already been renamed for a black activist and one for former President Obama.

**  March held for removal of Mouton statue, hearing delayed because of courthouse closing.  (Lafayette, Louisiana.  The courthouse is closed in the wake of Hurricane Delta.)

--Old Secesh