Confederadication: Stone Mountain, Nikki Haley, North Carolina and Sad R. Again

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

**  The haunting history of America's largest Confederate monument.  (Stone Mountain)

**  Nikki Haley's Confederate flag decision and her 2024 run.  (Time Magazine.  Run for president)

**  In Edenton, progress in removing Confederate  monument has stalled, dividing the town.  (North Carolina)

**  Lawyer demands billions after university  removes relative's name from building.  (University of Richmond.  Somehow, Sad R. anything doing something like that is not surprising.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Those Confederates in the Attic, Service Academies and Time Capsules

AUGUST 31, 2022

**  Doug Mastrianio:  Pa's Confederate in the attic.  (That Pennsylvania governor thing again.  A play on words of a popular Civil War book, "Confederates in the Attic.")

**  West Point has a KKK plaque mounted above entrance to Science Hall.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

There are many articles, but I only list the new ones or ones that give more information on one.

**  CAIR supports call to drop Confederate names from Naval Academy.  (Those Islamic folks again.  I wonder what they call for in regards to 9/11?)

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

**  Federal lawsuit seeks removal of Confederate statue outside  Georgetown courthouse.

**  Contents of Macon Confederate statue time capsules.  (Georgia.  About the only good thing coming from these removals.)

--Old Secesh

West Point and Annapolis Confederate Names. That Mastriano Thing Still

AUGUST 30, 2022

**  Reparations, and a lawsuit on NC Confederate  statue removal.  (North Carolina)

**  Military commission recommends dropping Confederate names at West Point.

**  West Point and Naval Academy  should scrub names of Confedrate officers, panel tells Congress.

**  Replace  Navy ship's Confederate name with that of immigrant oceanographer.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

**  Republicans endorse Shapiro following  Mastriano Confederate uniform.  (Pennsylvania.  How dumb can you be?)

**  Doug Mastriano's Confederate  cosplay  is dumb and dangerous.  (MSNBC News.  That surprises me that they would say something like that.)

--Old Secesh

Wearing a Confederate Uniform Is Definitely Not a Crime Even If It Offends Certain Folks

AUGUST 28, 2022

**  It is unbelievable how many articles are out there about Doug Mastriano who is running for Pennsylvania governor and in the past wore a Confederate uniform.  Big whoop.  What's so bad about that?

**  Some Pennsylvania Republicans defend Mastriano for posing in Confederate uniform.  (So who is going to be offended?  WWMs, BLMers, NAACPers and SPLCers.)

**  The photo in question was taken in 2013-2014 and others were also in battle clothes from different eras.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

**  Mayor speaks about racist letters spread in Enfield just days  after Confederate monument bulldozed.  (North Carolina.  What the mayor had done to the monument was nothing short of racism.)

**   Military commission recommends dropping Confederate names at West Point.

If a Confederate Uniform Offends You, Just Close Your Eyes and Think of Unicorns.  --Old Secesh

Slaves Back Then and Gun Ownership Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

**  Counties with more slaves in 1860 have higher gun ownership.

**  Doug Mastriano wore a Confederate Army uniform in an Army War College faculty photo. (He is a candidate for Pennsylvania governor.  And, Trump backed.  So?)

**  New name for Camp Beauregard?  Louisiana National Guard to host open house on renaming base.

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AUGUST 27, 2022

**  Removing Confederate monuments in Jacksonville:  Funding may be renamed.  (Again, complete costs should be paid by those who want them removed.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouths Are.  --Old Secesh

Oh 'Dem' Flags and Statues

AUGIST 5, 2022

**  Court upholds removal of Confederate monument in North Florida.  (Yep, always really surprises me when our justice system takes that stand.)

**  Unity in Community calls for removal of Confederate statue.  (Cornelius, N.C.)

**  Efforts to preserve a Confederate  monument in a Madison park get dealt a blow from an appeals court.  (Madison, Florida)

**  Betsy Johnson fails to condemn Confederate flags at her rally.  (Big whup.)

**  Confederate flag controversy  in Sussex County Council.  (Georgetown, Delaware)

**  Is Florida's state flag 'the most overtly racist symbol in the United States'?

Still Buggin' Folks.  --Old Secesh

So, What Is a WWM?

AUGUST 3, 2022

**  'This is ridiculous': Johnson responds to Kotek's challenge to condemn Confederate flags at rallies.  (Oregon)

**  Confederate controversy in Georgetown:   Council approves controversial funding request for local museum.  (Delaware.  And the WWM, Islamic folks, SPLC, BLM are up in arms.  WWM, by the way is White Woke Minions.)

**  Youngkins pick for Virginia's historic resources board resigns after comments on Confederate statues, slavery.  (Virginia)

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AUGUST 4. 2022

**  CAIR  welcomes resignation of Va. appointee who made pro-Confederate comments.  (Still waiting for the Council on American-Islamic Releations, CAIR, to welcome or condemn Islamic terrorist activity.)

**  Confederate Names Task Force gets closer to renaming  VA highways.  (And, of course, all will have to be named after after black folks.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Two Time Capsules, Politics As Usual in Sad R. Storage at the Wastewater Plant

JANUARY 4, 2022

**  Two time capsules found at removed Confederate statue base.  (Sad R.)

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JANUARY 5, 2022

**  Finishing the job:  Contractor who helped remove  Richmond's Confederate statues tapped for pedestal removal.  (Sad R.  Team  Henry Enterprises.  I seem to remember that this company is headed up by a big supporter of the black Richmond.  He has given money to the mayor's campaigns and is a black man as well.  Politics as usual?)

**  Robert E. Lee statue to exit Richmond's wastewater plant.  (As a further slap in the face, Richmond's mayor ordered it and others to be kept at the city's wastewater plant.  And, now will be turning it over to a black museum.  What a guy!)

--Old Secesh

Well, Maybe There's Hope for Virginia After All

I was quite interested in the Virginia elections this past Tuesday.  The Democrats controlled the state government and things these last two years have almost been worse for those of us with Confederate heritage than when we had Union armies marching all over the state and destroying most everything they could get their hands on.

In other words, the Democrats had to go.

The Republican candidates for governor, lt.gov, and attorney general all won.  Plus, it appears the Republicans have taken control back in the House of Delegates.

So, maybe there is some hope for that state.

I do not know if there was any voting by counties or towns about removal of Confederate statues, but doubt that there were.  After the voting the last time, those that hate all things Confederate would not dare to put it up to a vote of the people.  They know they would lose.

--Old Secesh

Renaming Those Roads in Va. Statues Removed and Changed

JANUARY 14, 2021

**  Plan underway to rename three roads with Confederate ties.  (Montgomery County, Maryland.  Jubal Early Court, J.E.B. Stuart Road and J.E.B. Stuart Court.)

**  Northampton County votes to remove Confederate monument.  (Virginia, of course.  This was not a vote by the people, but by the Board of Supervisors.  They probably knew that if they put it up for a public vote, they'd lose.  One of these days, hopefully, politicians will grow a backbone.)

**  Proposal would replace a Confederate statue with John Lewis.  (Georgia's statue at the Capitol.  John Lewis was a black Congressman, Civil Rights proponent who served for  33 years and died in 2020.  I could agree with this change (Alexander Stephens is the one there now).  However, I hope not every Confederate statue removed from there will be replaced by a black person.)

**  Walton County supervisors silent on Confederate flag and monument.  (Florida)

**  Confederate statues falling after George Floyd killing.

Let the PEOPLE Decide on Whether or Not to Keep the Statues.  NOT politicians.  --Old Secesh

Please Don't Name Every Army Base After a Black Person. Maryland, Alabama, Trump and Republicans

DECEMBER 30, 2020

**  Maryland may  repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms.  (Bad, bad, Maryland.)

**  Letter:  Local pastor says Confederate monument, flag at county courthouse. (Albertville, Alabama.  The pastor is a white man.)

**  President Donald Trump fumes at Republican leadership, revives slur against  Elizabeth Warren.

**  25 House Republicans abandon support for troops to protect Confederate monuments.  (66 House Republicans voted against overriding Trump's veto and 25 of them had previously supported the bill.)

**  Myron B. Pitts:    Fort Bragg name to become a thing of the past -- good.  (Suggests other names.  Some are actually white people.  I don't mind changing the fort names. just please don't name every single one after a black person.  After all, whites have had something to do with the U.S. Army over the years, believe it or not.)

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

--Old Secesh

Does BLM Know No Boundaries? The Great Christmas Ornament Controversy. And, Now Lincoln to get Purged?

DECEMBER 20, 2020

**  Cuomo salutes Confederate flag censors.  (New York governor)

**  New New York law bans  sale of Confederate flags on state property.  (I'm sure they sold a whole lot of Confederate flags on state property before this law.)

**  Vote set on Confederate monument.  (Walker County, Texas.  Since the vote will be by politicians, we know how this vote will go.  They're all afraid to stand up to BLM probably for fear of rioting.

**  Confederate Christmas ornaments  are smaller than statues -- but they send the same racist message.  (So, we've come to this.  Does BLM know no boundaries?   BLM should leave "them" ornaments alone and stick to what they know:  rioting, looting, burning and committing hate crimes.)

**  Changing the name of Dixie State University supported by the board.  (Utah.  In 2009, the school's nickname changed from Rebels to Red Storm.)

**  Patrick J. Buchanan:  After Lee, it's Lincoln's turn.  (A school district in San Francisco wants the name of Lincoln Highway changed for crimes against Indians.)

--Old Secesh

How Come All This Statue Hatred Wasn't Much Seen Before George Floyd's Death? Voting, Name Changes in Virginia, No Stamps in Oregon, That Defense Bill

DECEMBER 12, 2020

**  The racial reckoning  with Confederate monuments seems new.  But it dates back more than a century.  (All this makes me wonder, how come we didn't hear about hw bad all this Confederate stuff was until after the murder of George Floyd.  Did a Confederate murder him?  Did a statue kill him?  Why didn't we hear about this before?  There might have been some anti-statue fervor, but definitely not anything like we have today.)

**  Vote to remove Confederate  monument from Harrison County Courthouse.  (Gulfport, Mississippi.  The vote will be held on Monday, Dec. 14, but the headline makes it seem like a done deal and it will be a done deal because it is a group of politicians, not the people, who will be voting on it, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors.)

**  Fairfax County begins process of finding new names for Lee Highway, other sites that honor Confederates.  (Virginia.   And there are at least 150 names that will have to be changed.  All of the new nam3es will be of Blacks, of course.  Lots of Democrats and BLMers in Virginia, you know.  Actually, they should have put the name changes up for popular vote.

**  Pendleton releases  draft ordinance that could end Confederate stamp preservation.  (Oregon.  Wasn't this the state where BLMers and rioters took over the streets of a major city for several months?)

**  Senate overwhelmingly advances defense bill that will rename Confederate bases, squashing Trump's chances of a veto.

--Old Secesh

Texas, Birthday Party, Army Bases, Navy Ships and Georgia

JULY 28, 2020


**  Weatherford mayor asks county to set a date for removal of Confederate monument.  (Texas.  Violent clashes took place there.

**  Lawmaker attends  celebration of Confederate general.  (The Florida politician attended a birthday party for Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Imagine getting in this much trouble for attending a birthday. Man, these guys just don't stop.)

**  Kaine implores senators to ensure measure stripping  bases' Confederate names  remains in measure.  (Virginia Democratic U.S. Senator.)

**  Racial justice turns to Navy ships named for Confederate battles, segregationists.  (That would be the USS Chancellorsville and USS Maury for Confederates and aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson and John C. Stennis.)

**  Man sues to stop Georgia city from moving Confederate statue.  (Macon, Georgia)

**  There are more deserving  veterans than Confederate Gen. John B. Hood.

**  Local view:  What's 'Un-American' isn't always clear.

**  Texas organizers say local police did not protect protesters.  (Weatherford.  I saw videos of it clash, and it is not clear who needed to be protected from who.  There were bad people on both sides. generally speaking, whenever people protecting statues encounter those who wish to remove them, the protectors are really outnumbered by the protesters.)

--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

SCV Helps Restore Grave Sites at "Vandalized" Cemetery, Confederate Railroad to Perform, Some Candidates Stand to Keep Confederate Monuments

February 9, 2020

**  Historians, funeral workers reassemble graves of Confederate soldiers at Alva cemetery.  (Florida.  Members of the USS Hannah Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  No one is currently accused of the hate crime.)

**  Confederate flag an unwelcome symbol in local community.

**  Award-winning country band 'Confederate Railroad' coming to Elizabethton.  (Tennessee.  Hopefully Illinois' Gov. Toilets won't hear about it."

**  Candidates divided on Confederate monument, unified in valuing family.  (Denton, Texas    At least there were some who said the monuments should remain standing.  That takes a lot of courage in these days.)

--Old Secesh