Still After Those Confederate Heroes in Texas. Now the VA

JANUARY 20, 2023

**  Thursday is Confederate Heroes Day  in Texas, but Houston lawmakers want  it gone after this season.  

**  VA  changes name of only  medical center honoring Confederate officer.  (Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's physician.  It is located in Richmond.  Big surprise there.)

**  Editorial:  End Confederate Heroes Day and don't stop there.  (Houston Chronicle.  So, they join the Waqshington Post andNew York Times in Confederadication.)

**  Florida still celebrates 3 Confederate holidays.  (So?)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Jacksonville, Virginia and the Washington Post

DECEMBER 26, 2022

**  Jacksonville City Council President  says Confederate monuments will come off 'back b urner.'  (Jacksonville, Florida.  I understand that crime in Jacksonville is on the rise among black folks.  Looks like that should be more important of a thing to address than removing Confederate monuments.  But, NO!!) 

**  Parks in Fairfax's Franconia District scrap the Confederate 'Lee' name.  (Virginia)

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

**  Art at Capitol honors  141 enslavers and 13 Confederates.  Who are they?  (Washington Post.  And two guesses what this newspaper wants to do with them.  First one doesn't count.  Was this another of the infamous SPLC lists?)

--Old Secesh

Which Side Is the Washington Post On? Only Their Hairdressers Know for Sure

DECEMBER 12, 2022

**  Groups in favor of removing Confederate statues holding rally Tuesday.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Last publicly-owned Confederate memorial in Richmond comes down.  (Virginia.  The A.P. Hill statue and grave.  And it couldn't have come soon enough for me.  That place needs to be avoided.  I sure know that I will not set foot in the place in the future.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

**  Which Confederate  statues are gone in the DMV -- and which remain?  (Washington Post.  This newspaper is so full of hatred for anything Confederate.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

**  Opinion:    Richmond removing  its last Confederate statue is a joyous milestone.  (A big surprise editorial from this Confederate-hating paper.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Fort Hood/Cavazos, Hollywood Cemetery, Sad R., Texas Senate, N.C. Realtors and Kentucky

JULY 11, 2022

**  Editorial:  So Long Fort Hood.  Hello Fort  Cavazos.  It's about time.  (Houston, Texas.  So sad when a major newspaper takes this kind of a stance.)

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JULY 12, 2022

**  No more Confederate flags at Hollywood Cemetery.  (Sad R. of course.  Thousands of Confederates buried there.  Yet another sad thing from Sad R.  Doesn't surprise me.  Not likely I'll ever go to that city, ever.)

**  Fate of three Confederate paintings in Texas Senate chamber is uncertain.  (Jefferson Davis, Albert Sydney Johnston and John H. Reagan, Confederate Postmaster.

**  North Carolina Realtors group gets 1870 mansion, but its ties to the Confederacy troublesome.  (Raleigh.  Heck-Andrews House.  Jonathan McGee Hook was a Confederate colonel.)

**  Ky. Supreme Court to review suit regarding return of Confederate soldier's  statue to historic neighborhood.  (Louisville.  John B. Castleman.)

--Old Secesh

UDC Appeals Ruling, Renaming, NASCAR

MAY 28, 2022

**  UDC to appeal  ruling that Confederate monument belongs to Fiscal Court.  (Owensboro, Kentucky)

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MAY 29, 2022

**  What a Hero!:  New York street named  for Confederate  general now honors black Vietnam vet.  (Atlanta Black Star)

**  Hot ticket:  NASCAR hub gets sellout for Memorial  Day weekend.  (Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte.  Well, I sure didn't go or even watch it.)

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MAY 30, 2022

**  Traitors banished, heroes honored:  the Department of Defense gets base  renamings right.  (NY  Daily News.  Some more unbiased reporting.  But, note, that NOT all were renamed for Blacks.)

Those Who Think NASCAR Was Wrong for Banning the Confederate Flag Should Vote With Non-Attendance.  --Old Secesh

Removing Confederate Holidays, Adding Black Holidays and Some More Unbiased Reporting from the Post

MAY 26, 2022

**  Louisiana  closer to removing Confederate-themed holidays.  (Let's see. Remove a Confederate holiday, add a black holiday.  I see.)

**  Preliminary work begins on Caddo Confederate monument removal.  (Louisiana)

**  Straw ballot on Confederate monuments  fails to win Jacksonville City Council support.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  There was to be a straw vote on it in November.  But. let's face it.  Those who want the statues removed know that if it is put to a people vote, they will lose.)

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MAY 27, 2022

**  Work to scrub the Confederate stain from military bases is off to a good start.  (Washington Post.  Nothing like some good old-fashioned non biased reporting, right Post?)

**  Confederate flag and gun rights taunt causes furor at University High School.  (Normal, Illinois)

--Old Secesh

A Big Stink Being Raised About Confederate Heritage Month

APRIL 15, 2022

**  Mississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage month.  (So, why are some folks making such a big deal about this?  If some folks can commemorate Juneteenth or Harriett Tubman's birthday, why can't some others commemorate their ancestors.  If a person doesn't like the holiday, then they don't have to do anything about it.)

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APRIL 16, 2022

**  Civil rights group condemns  Gov. Tate Reeves' proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month.  (Two guesses who?  The good folks over at the very racist Southern Poverty Law Center.  I would expect them to do no less.)

**  Our view:  Gov. embarrasses  us all with Confederate  Heritage  Month proclamation.  (Columbus, Mississippi Dispatch.  Really sad when a newspaper takes this sort of hatred approach to news.)

**  Madison County makes April  Confederate History and Heritage Month.  (Texas)

It is amazing that some politicians have the backbone to stand up against certain groups and their minions on this issue.

--Old Secesh

Charlotte, Opinion, Crazy U.S. Senate Candidate in Louisiana and Alabama Newspaper

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

**  Charlotte changes more streets named for Confederate leaders.  (North Carolina)

**  Confederate statue  represents racism and should be removed.  (Opinion)

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FEBRUARY 13, 2022

**  Watch:  US Senate  candidate  burns Confederate flag in political ad.  (Louisiana.  And, he is a black man and a Democrat.  Really surprising.)

**  Alabama Memorial  Preservation Act is a bad law,  and amendment will make it worse.  (Dothan, Alabama Eagle editorial.)

--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

Civil War II: King George, School Name Changes in Florida, Fort Belvoir in Virginia, Louisville and Savannah

JUNE 3, 2021

**  King George plans to relocate  Confederate monument to cemetery.  (King George County, Virginia.  I don't know about you, but I thought it was the Revolution all over again when I see the name King George.)

**  6 things you need to know about the Duval County school renaming process.  (Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Fort Belvoir among installations under review for new names.  (Virginia.  It was not under the original change-the-name drive.  But was named for the plantation that was at the site of the fort.  Originally named Fort A.A. Humphreys, a Union general during the war.  Maybe change it back to that.)

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JUNE 4, 2021

**  Man in Louisville cited after allegedly removing pride flags;  Confederate flag  later found in their place.  (Kentucky)

**  Monuments commission:  No reason Savannah  should be 'lagging behind' on Confederate busts.  (Georgia)

**  USA  Today network South journalists win national journalism award  for 'Confederate Reckoning.'

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Monuments, Sad R., Nine Confederate Memorials at Service Academies, SPLC and VMI

Again, these are headlines from newspapers and magazines from around the United States.

MAY 28, 2021

**  Taking down Confederate monuments 'won't change a thing.'  (Richmond Free Press)

**  Richmond on the 'right side of history' by removing Confederate monuments.  (Richmond Free Press)

**  There are nine  Confederate memorials  among the military academies, but their fate is unknown.  

(In case you're wondering:

Portrait of Lee, Lee Barracks, Lee Gate, Lee Road and Robert E. Lee Memorial Award and  Beauregard Place at West Point

Buchanan House, Buchanan Road and Maury Hall at Annapolis.  This list from the good folks and list compilers at SPLC.)

**  SPLC finds  64 new Confederate symbols  associated with the military.

**  America's  racial awakening  forces Virginia Military Institute to confront its past -- and future.  (Time magazine)

--Old Secesh

Trump, Texas, Virginia, Confederate Railroad and Kentucky Towns Racial Unity Logo

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

**  Donald Trump stands for Confederacy one last time.  (About the defense bill.  Big surprise to have an article like this in the Washington Post, a major BLM backer and anti-Confederate organ.  Them and the New York Times.)

**  Beaumont Council OKs Confederate statue sale.  (Texas.  Had a $25,000 offer, much lower than the $150,000 appraisal.)

**  Fate of three Confederate paintings in Texas Senate chamber is uncertain.  (Three portraits of Jefferson Davis, Albert Sidney Johnston and  John  H. Reagan.)

**  In Prince William County, Jefferson Davis Highway will soon be renamed Richmond Highway.  (Virginia.  Wait a minute, wasn't Richmond the capital of you-know-what.  Now called Sad R.)

**  President Trump vows to veto defense bill  over Confederate base names.  (See the first article in this post.  What the Democrats and Blacks can do is take the renaming part of the bill out and wait until Trump is gone, then pass another bill to rename the bases.  That will be one Biden will gladly sign.  No Problem!)

**  Wynonna  postpones visit, Confederate Railroad to Play Branson Star.  (Branson, Arkansas.  Wynonna canceled because of Covid.  Confederate Railroad to play instead.  The last several years, Confederate Railroad has come under attack because of their name and logo.  You know who is attacking them, even Illinois' Governor Toilets.  Their still out there, with the name and logo.  Congrats guys.  But you know that you're probably on that racist group SPLC's hit list with that name and logo.

**  City approves  racial unity  design for water tower.  (Paducah, Kentucky.  It has a white and black arm clasping over a U.S. flag.

--Old Secesh

Is Kansas City Going the Way of Sad R.?

OCTOBER 26, 2020

My question is this.  Has that Virginia water that has so adversely affected Sad R., now in Kansas City, Missouri?

From the January 25, 2020, Kansas City (Mo.) Star "Confederate monument looms over black neighborhood in Kansas City.  It's here to stay" by Eric Adler.

The article on the Confederate monument in the Forest Hill & Cavalry Cemetery.

But, it starts off with things that have been done in the Kansas City area that would be considered anti Confederate and history.  Some of them:

**  Deemed a racist,  developer J.C. Nichols' name only months ago was stripped  from the fountain on the Country Club Plaza he built.

**  Because he was a slaver responsible for the deaths of thousands of American Indians, Andrew Jackson's statues may soon be razed  from in front of courthouses in the county that bears his name, if voters agree next week.

**  As Kansas City area officials  seek ways to publicly recognize and, in some ways, make amends for the city's racist history,  a plan to change some Kansas City street names is underway.

What next?

Possibly changing the name of the county.

Making the President Truman complex move out of Independence because he authorized dropping the atom bombs.

Beginning to sound a lot like Sad R.

--Old Secesh

Second Civil War: North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi

OCTOBER 22, 2020

**  Our View (editorial):  Another Confederate statue gone.   (Statue in Lexington, N.C. removed.  The Winston-Salem newspaper is happy about it.  Cancel my subscription.)

**  Hamilton County Commission votes 6-3 against Confederate statue removal.  (Tennessee.  Wow, some folks not afraid to stand up to BLM.)

**  Letter:  Warren right, Heggins wrong about Confederate monuments.  (North Carolina)

**  Windsor Cemetery  top choice for monument.  (Isle of Wight, Virginia.  Looking for a new place to put their Confederate monument.)

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

**  Confederate monument in Huntsville removed overnight.  (Alabama.  Expected to be relocated at a local cemetery. Another night time removal.  Who else operates at night?)

**  Board of Aldermen has no plans to move Confederate monument from square.  (Oxford, Mississippi)

--Old Secesh

UDC, 'Dukes of Hazzard', Catholics, Second Civil War, Hate Crimes-Not Vandalism

 SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

**  Confederate monument removal advocates in newspaper ad call for public meeting with UDC.  (Calloway County, Kentucky)

**  How 'The General Lee' was left in the Democratic Party's dust.  (Very interesting video about former Democratic Rep. Ben L. Jones.  He also played the role of Cooter Jones on the hit TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard.")

**  Catholics journey across Hampton Roads landmarks to highlight racial inequality.  (Virginia)

**  NYT's Friedman":  'I'm terrified' to find myself covering  America's potential  Second Civil War.  (I'm more than a bit worried about this becoming a bloody Civil War myself.)

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

** Confederate monument in Forsyth Park vandalized.  (Savannah, Georgia.  Again, that is a hate crime, not simple vandalism.  What would it be called if something similar was done to a Martin Luther King Jr. statue?)

**  St. Augustine Confederate monument vandalized overnight.  (Florida)

**  Rewatching 'The Civil War'  during the Breonna Taylor and George Floyd protests.    (Ken Burns PBS series.)

**  Protesters call for end to racism during 'March on Graham.'  (Graham, North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Whose Side Is the Media On? Black Lives Matter or American Citizens and Business Owners?

An article in the July 31, 2020. Chicago Tribune "South Side marijuana dispensary could reopen" by Abdel Jiminez.

"Two-month closure forced by unrest."

Okay, "unrest."  What exactly is that?  Did someone not get enough sleep?  Did a vocal confrontation take place?

Let's see.  Two months before July 31 would put you at the end of May, beginning of June.  Was there something going on in Chicago that could be considered "unrest" at that time?

Let's continue with the article and see.

"Mission South Chicago marijuana dispensary (you can now buy marijuana legally in Illinois to help raise money for the broke state) will reopen after closing for two months due to damage it suffered during civil unrest following George Floyd's death in late May."

Oh yes.  There was that "civil unrest."  Only I would have to call it rioting and looting.  Who was rioting, looting and committing arson?  And, what happened to this marijuana store?

A group by the name of Black Lives Matter was having demonstrations in Chicago which the media and mayor described as peaceful.  Then, it wasn't so peaceful.  It is kind of funny that whenever Black Lives Matter hits the streets, often we have that "civil unrest."

Don't you think that "civil unrest" is a much nicer name for "riot" or "looting?"  Why would a respected newspaper like the Tribune just call what happened "civil unrest?"

Is Black Lives Matter Another Name for Rioting, Looting and Burning Especially in Light of Them Having Nothing to Say About the Black on Black Shootings in Chicago?  --Old Secesh

Who Is Cannon Hinnant? Who Is George Floyd?

Go ask the next 100 people you meet these two questions.

Of the people I asked, three knew who Cannon Hinnant was.  Everyone knew who George Floyd was.  Of the people I asked, twenty-one more knew who Cannon Hinnant was when I mentioned that he was a five-year-old white boy shot point-blank in the head by a black man in North Carolina, but they didn't know his name.

There were still a whole lot of people who did not know who Cannon Hinnant was even with the extra information.

I myself did not know who Cannon Hinnant was until this past Friday and he was executed on Sunday, August 9.

Why is his death relegated to barely mentioned, if at all, on out national media, especially TV news and newspapers?  As far as I know, even the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times had not mentioned it.  I'be been watching the news a lot and the only mention here in Chicago was a one-minute segment on the local Fox TV station.

Next time you see BLMers and heir white minions out demonstrating for George Floyd, you might want to mention Cannon Hinnant to them and see if they know who he is.

If you don't know much about Cannon Hinnant, do a search for his name on the internet and find out.  His picture is to the right of this.

Real Sad. Read Sad. See Sad.  --Old Sad Secesh

Maryland's Flag Has Confederate Symbols. U.S. House Votes to Remove Confederate Monuments from Gettysburg

AUGUST 11, 2020


**  VERIFY:  Yes, Maryland's state flag has a Confederate symbol.  (Marylanders who fought for the Confederacy used the Crossland Banner.  Now, this flag has to go.)

**  Letter:  Confederate flag is a symbol of hate.  (I'm beginning to think BLM flags and banners are also symbols of hate.)

**  NAN Georgia leads peaceful rally  for the removal of Confederate statue.  (Augusta)

**  Decades ago, a press association dedicated a plaque to a Civil War-era journalist who supported slavery.  Now it wants it removed.  (Plaque at Fortress Monroe for John Mitchell, Irish freedom fighter.)

**  Figard:  Don't forget the actual Confederate heritage.  (slavery)

**  Opinion:  US House voted to remove rebel monuments from Gettysburg.  The Senate must stop this.  (Passed House July 24 by a 224-189 vote.  has a provision to have all Confederate "commemorative works"--  every monument, statue and possibly all informational  brigade and regiment markers, removed not just at Gettysburg, but all National Parks in the U.S.  This is why Democrats must be stopped.)

**  Georgia city  confronts future of site where slaves were sold.  (Louisville, Georgia)  (I think it should be allowed to remain where it is as it shows a sad aspect of slavery.)

Goodbye Maryland Flag.  --Old Secesh

Chicago's July Murders Jump 139% Over July 2019-- Part 1: And It Was Mostly All Black On Black, More Dangerous Than Afghanistan

From the August 2, 2020, Chicago Sun-Times.

Murders in Chicago more than doubled over what they were for July of 2019.  Shootings also increased.

And, of course, most of this was Black on Black murders and shootings.  These folks who get out there and BLM it most be confused or they wouldn't be doing this to each other.There were 105 murders reported last month, a 139% increase over the 44 in July 2019.  The 406 shooting incidents last month was a 75% increase from the 232 reported for July 2019.

Last month, no U.S. soldiers were casualties in Afghanistan.  Nor were there any casualties in June, May and April.  So far this year, U.S. deaths were 4 in January, 3 in February and 2 in March.  Total U.S. deaths in Afghanistan so far this year have been 9.

The 106 homicides in Chicago in July brought the total number of deaths for the year to 430.

You might be able to deduce that Chicago is a lot more dangerous than Afghanistan.

And, again, the vast majority of these were Blacks being killed or shot by other Blacks.  Not a single one was killed by any Confederate flags or statues.

Makes You Wonder About Just What BLM Means, Doesn't It?  --Old Secesh

Was the New York Times Owned By a Family That Owned Slaves at One Time?

JULY 22, 2020


**  Letter:   North or South, 'leave all American statues alone'.  (I can agree with this sentiment.)

**  Family that owns the New York Times reportedly had slaves, supported the Confederacy.  (July 21, 2020 Daily Caller.  I can't help but chuckle at this one, because the Times along with the Washington Post are among the biggest backers of BLMers taking down the Confederate statues.  Well worth a read.  This article is based on a N.Y. Post opinion column.)

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JULY 23, 2020

**  Fight over Confederate base names  unsettled even after lawmakers back changes.

**  How the Army might rename Confederate installations.  (June 20, 2020, Navy Times  A list of possible replacement names.  Worth a read.  Like I said, rename all for someone other than a black person for the next ten years, then they can be renamed after Blacks then.  The wounds of this Confederadication campaign are still too raw.

And, this one includes names of women.  Like I said, worth a read.

**  Bastrap cemetery board punts decision on Confederate monuments relocation.  (Texas   Bastrap has two Confederate monuments and both might be removed from the courthouse grounds. Fairview Cemetery might be the new location of one of the monuments.)

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JULY 24, 2020


**  Springfield school renamed for John Lewis.  (Virginia.  Robert E. Lee High School renamed for Civil Rights leader John Lewis who just recently died.  I am in favor of this if the majority of the students are Black.  I came across the number 80% minority at the school, so this was a correct call.

That Would Sure Be a Bit of Irony for the N.Y. Times If That Is True About Their Former Owners.  --Old Secesh