Two Counties With Elected Officials Who Have Backbone

APRIL 6, 2022

**  NC upholds  Ashville's removal of Confederate monument.  (North Carolina) 

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APRIL 7, 2022

**  DeKalb NAACP decries permit approval for Confederate  event at Stone Mountain park.  (Georgia.  Imagine the racists at NAACP doing something like that.)

**  2022 pushback  against Confederate monument enters fourth month.  (Asheboro, North Carolina.  County officials unanimously voted to keep it in front of the courthouse.  NAACP unhappy.)

**  How do Fayetteville residents feel about the renaming of Fort Bragg and other associated assets?  (North Carolina)

**  April declared "Confederate History and Heritage Month" for Hohenwald/Lewis County.  (Tennessee.  Imagine elected county officials standing up to black interests?)

Not Afraid to Stand Up to Certain Interests.  --Old Secesh

Cemeteries, County, Fort Polk, Jacksonville and Calhoun

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

**  Answer Man:  Confederate flags at Riverside Cemetery?  Asheville allows them.  (Asheville, North Carolina.  Of course, someone saw them and was upset.)

**  Clarke supervisors taking monument ownership to court.  (Berryville, Virginia)

**  Process underway  for renaming Louisiana's Fort Polk.

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NOVEMBER 18,2021

**  Confederate monument debate will continue in Jacksonville.  (Florida)

**  California museum requests John C. Calhoun statue.  (From Charleston, S.C.  Bad idea.  They intend to do something very negative to the Confederacy with it.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Flag Leads to Controversy in Oregon. Virginia, South Carolina, California, North Carolina and Florida

JULY 7, 2021

**  Confederate flag flown during  Redmond 4th of July  parade leads to controversy. (Redmond, Oregon.  Well, it was Oregon and we know about that state.)

**  Loudon County Board votes to begin process to rename Confederate roads, area.  (Virginia.  Now, it would have surprised me more if they had chosen not to rename the roads.  Everybody gush now.)

**  Dueling rallies planned for SC  State House on anniversary of Confederate flag removal.  

**  Elk Grove school district's superintendent condemns  2 employees  for displaying Confederate flag. (What did he condemn them to?)

**  North Carolina  Appeals Court denies Asheville bond for Confederate  Vance monument.

**  'Where They Stood' photo project  shows what happened to Florida's Confederate  statues.

--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

Confederadication: Jacksonville, Cemeteries, Proper names, Obelisk and Memorial Day

MAY 31, 2021

**  Jacksonville's efforts to remove  remaining Confederate  statues.  (Florida)

**  Historic cemeteries want to  leave Confederate flag out for Memorial Day  honors.  (I fully support this.  They fought and risked and lost their lives for their homes and country.)

**  The Confederacy's final resting place.

**  After trying to remove  a confederate (Confederate) statue in Alabama, this activist  received death threats.  (You mean criminal?  However, this black person should not have received death threats for it.  Come on folks at The Grio.  Confederate is a proper name and should be capitalized.)

**  Federal commission  wrongly puts 'Antietam'  on Confederate names  chopping block.  (Antietam is a Navy ship and, hey, the North won that one, not the Confederacy.)

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JUNE 1, 2021

**  Obelisk honoring Confederate officer torn down.  (That Sad A North Carolina town, of course.  Vying to outdo the Sad R.)

**  Confederate flag displayed at Natick Memorial Day ceremony:  'We condemn this.'  (Massachusetts)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Michigan, Renaming Bases, Myths, Stone Mountain, Sad A.,

MAY 25, 2021

**  Confederate soldier statue that drew controversy in West Michigan should be replaced:  committee.  (Michigan)

**  Department of Defense commission evaluating renaming Confederate bases to visit Alabama.

**  Richard Stormsgaard:  Confederate  myths endure.

**  Stone Mountain to downplay Confederate symbols with removing  carving.

**  SC  high court hears 1st suit in monument protection law.

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MAY 26, 2021

**  Court denies motion to halt Asheville Confederate monument  demolition.

**  Duval superintendent releases list of proposed new names for Confederate named schools.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

--Old Secesh

No Confederate Flags Also Means No BLM Ones. South Carolina, Sad A., Graham Again, Stone Mountain Carving to Stay

MAY 24, 2021

**  SC's Heritage Act prohibiting  Confederate monuments  faces crucial  test in SC Supreme Court.

**  Ask Rufus:  The Confederate monument.

**  Vance monument:  Appeals court denies emergency  stop for demolition of Confederate marker.  (Sad A.)

**  Sound of judgement:    In a small North Carolina town, a battle  for racial justice  confronts bloody past and uncertain future.  (Graham, North Carolina)

**  A teacher hangs a BLM flag at a school named for a Confederate general.  Now she's under investigation.  (Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida.  If Confederate flags are not allowed, neither should anything BLM.  It's only fair.)

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MAY 25, 2021

**  Giant Confederate monument will remain at revamped Stone Mountain.  (Glad to hear that.)

**  Relocation of Confederate monument begins in Mississippi.    (Lowndes County)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Sad R., Military Bases, Stone Mountain, Sad A., Alabama

MAY 22, 2021

**  Final remnants of Confederate monuments in Richmond could be gone this summer.  (Sad R.  Again, they can't be gone fast enough for me.  I wish they were already completely gone and then the rewriting of history books could begin and erase the name Sad R. from Civil War history.  It just didn't happen.  And someone please hurry up an take that Lee statue down.  What the city and its BLMers have done is a complete disgrace to them.  Price tag for removals so far stands at $232,000.)

**  Military takes steps in bid to replace Confederate base names.

**  Stone Mountain  Confederate  carving, flag proposals  set for vote.

**  Parts of Asheville's Vance monument  removed; demolition continues on Confederate statue.  (Sad A.  Now on my list of no-go cities.)

**  Move to promote Black history using Confederate tax fails.  (Alabama)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Goodbye Vance. Statues, Jasmine With a Bad Name. Way to Go Rev. Rob. SPLC Speaks

MAY 17, 2021

**  Vance Monument's last days:  Demolition for removal starts today.  (Sad A., North Carolina.  And, they are not going to move it.  Just tear it down.  It stood for 120 years and they just now figured out they didn't like it?  Wonder of I can drive I-40 through that part of N.C. and not have to drive through that sad Asheville place?)

**  Letters:   Why Confederate statue must go; Columnist peddling racist lie.  (Baltimore, Md.)

**  Care guide for Confederate jasmine.  (Reckon they'll have to change the name.)

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MAY 18, 2021

**  Washington Post fact checker says  Rev.  Ron Lee is not related to Confederate general.  (The Rev. Rob Lee has been outspoken in wanting Lee gone.  Thank goodness he is not related.  But should a man of the cloth say things that are not true?  Isn't there something in the Bible about that?)

**  Changing the name and narrative:  Students lead  movement to rename schools honoring Confederates.  (This from the vaunted folks at SPLC.  And it took George Floyd for those students to realize their schools were named after you-know whats?)

--Old Secesh

The Cost of BLM's Attacks. Is Confederate a Proper Name? Sad Asheville and Sad R Again.

APRIL 7, 2021

**  Charlottesville's Confederate monuments can come down,  Virginia  supreme court rules.

**  Online map established to Crowdsource Loudoun's Confederate, segregationists sites,  names, symbols.  (Virginia.  Included in it are battlefields.  Rename a battlefield?  I bet those good ol' listers at SPLC are involved in this.)

**  Vance  monument:  County to help Asheville replace confederate (Confederate)  governor's obelisk.  (North Carolina.  Looks like the good folks at the Ashville Citizen-Times would know that Confederate is a proper name.  Replace the monument?  I had heard they were going to demolish it.  How low can that town and county go?)

**  Despite family heritage, Catawba County  citizen wants Confederate  statue moved.  (North Carolina.)

**  Why is an 8-foot-tall fence going up around confederate (Confederate) monument in Graham?  We got answers.  Graham, North Carolina.  Looks like the good folks at WFMY would know that Confederate is a proper name and needs to be capitalized.  Cost $32,000.  Hope the NAACP and BLM are paying for it.  Sorry to say that even an eight-foot-high fence will keep BLM from committing hate crimes.)

**  Virtual gallery seeks to reimagine Richmond's Confederate history.  (Sadly, these days, as far as I am concerned, Sad R. does not have any Confederate history.  Never had it either.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Texas, Sad Asheville, Kentucky, NAACP, North Carolina, Florida and a Confederate Flag

MARCH 30, 2021

**   Statue of Confederate soldier removed from Ellwood Park today.  (Amarillo, Texas)

**  Once an Asheville symbol, Confederate 'monument to pain' will be destroyed.  (North Carolina.  Sad R. reaches a new low.  How low can they go?)

**  Speaker at Murray State's 'Voices  and Votes' exhibit touches on removing Confederate statue.  (Murray, Kentucky)

**  N. Carolina NAACP sues to have Confederate monument removed.  (Winston-Salem.  Could this be considered a racist move?)

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MARCH 31, 2021

**  Demonstrators demand  voters change names of schools bearing Confederate names.   (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Confederate flag in middle school classroom raises alarm in Clinton.  (It was there because of a unit on the Civil War.  An American flag was hanging next to it.  Have they stooped that low?  Jeessh!)

--Old Secesh

Sad Asheville, N.C. Sinks to a New Low. Move It Folks. Don't Destroy It.

MARCH 26, 2021

**  Civil War historians tackle Confederate ideologies  in transnational context.  (Univ. of Virginia)

**  Three Dallas campuses to lose Confederate  namesakes.

**  Asheville votes to remove monument to Confederate governor.  (Well, the people of the city itself did not vote.    City Council did.)

**  4 Confederate statues stood as Baltimore  landmarks.  Now their pedestals stand ready to send a new message.  But what?

**  Confederate statue removed from Courthouse Square in Emporia.  (Virginia)

**  Confederate monument honoring  former Confederate  governor will be destroyed.  (Sad Asheville NC.  No big surprise though.  How low can they go?  We'll see.  Asheville now goes on my list of places to never visit, and hopefully never even drove through.  That is low.  Very low.  Even for them.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Schools, Streets, Asheville

MARCH 24, 2021

**  Orange County examines changing names with streets with potential ties.   (Florida.  Potential Confederate ties?)

**  Watch now:  The NC Confederate  symbols that came down in 2020.  (Video showing all that came down.  So sad.)

**  Committee:  Botetourt County Confederate monument should move.  (Virginia.  Hey, folks, put it to a people vote.)

**  Williamson County postpones  Confederate statue  committee for 30-45 days.  (Texas)

**  Roberto Clemente  mural comes to life  at Orlando school after Confederate name change.  (Florida.  Roberto Clemente Middle School.  A great baseball player and person.)

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MARCH 25, 2021

**  Asheville City Council  approves funding for  demolition of Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  Let's hope the monument will be removed and not demolished.  If it is demolished that would be a serious matter.)

**  Group seeks ownership of Clarke County Confederate monument.  (Winchester, Virginia.  SCV)

--Old Secesh

What College Do You Have to Attend to Become a Community Activist? Teens, Vance, Asheville the Sad, North Carolina, Activists, CNN Does It Again, George Floyd and West Virginia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

**  Teen asks NC county to remove Confederate statue.  'History has its eyes on you, he says'   (Newton, North Carolina.   And, very surprisingly, he is a white person.)

**  Third and final Confederate monument to leave Asheville's Pack Square.  (Asheville, North Carolina.  The 65-foot Zebulon Vance monument.  Of course, Asheville is a big-time liberal town which wants to be a Sad R or Charlottesville.)

**  Activists say suit to remove Confederate monument  could right an old wrong.  (Gaston, North Carolina.  How come Blacks have so many activists?  What college do you have to go to to become an activist?  Well, one of those so-called community activists?  I have noticed we don't have any community activists here in Spring Grove.  Maybe we ought to post a job opening.  There sure seem to be a lot of them in certain areas of cities.  Surely, they could spare one, right?  And, don't call me Shirley.)

**  CNN's John Avlon compares Trump election supporters to 'Confederates.'  (Wow, imagine someone from CNN saying something like that.  I was completely shocked.  And, of course, those who opposed were... what?  This would be like the New York Times or Washington Post saying something like that.)

**  What progress was made  toward racial justice after George Floyd was killed?  (I'm not sure, but perhaps if certain people would quit committing so many crimes that might help.)

**  Capitol Building Commission listens to calls to remove Stonewall statue, but takes no action.  (Charleston, West Virginia)

Personally, I Think These Activists Wake Up Some Morning and Anoint Themselves an Activist.  "I Are Activist!!  Here Me Roar!!!"  --Old Secesh

Confederadication: Texas' 'Colonel', Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

**  Garland ISD  drops ties to Confederate past after board votes to change  a high school  mascot.  (Texas.  Their mascot was named "The Colonel."  The name colonel does not exactly denote Confederate, but it was dressed in gray.)

**  Police chief who backed charges against lawmaker in Confederate   statue case fired.  (Virginia.  And, I am hoping she files a lawsuit against Portsmouth and the state senator.  That state senator was guilty of inciting a riot and causing it to sink into illegal actions.)

**  Asheville Confederate Vance monument  should be removed, not  repurposed: task force members.  (North Carolina)

**  Franklin County  leaders vote unanimously to keep Confederate  statue  in front of courthouse. (Virginia.  Earlier the people of the county had voted overwhelmingly to keep it.  You go with what the people want, not what a minority wants.)

**  Protesters clash over Confederate monument, respect for veterans.(Albertville, Alabama)

**  Four Lee County public schools to change names away from Confederate leader.  (South Carolina.  Robert E. lee)

--Old Secesh

Let the People Who Want Confederate Monuments Removed, Pay for It. Lawyers, Virginia, North Carolina

 SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

**  Lawyers square off over Confederate monument.  

**  Confederate statue to be moved in Charlottesville.  (Virginia)

**  County Confederate soldier statue to be relocated  to Shenandoah Valley battlefield.   (Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia.  Will be given to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to place on one of their battlefields.

This is a good alternative.  But, public money will be used to pay for expenses.  I think those people who want it gone should pay for it being gone.  Put your money where your mouth is.)

** Fate of Confederate statue in front of Nelson Co.  courthouse remains undecided.  (Virginia)

**  Virginia House of Delegates votes to make it easier for cities to take down Confederate statues.  (Democrats again.  That is one reason I'll not be voting for any this year.  Also, there are two speakers we need to get out of office who happen to be Democrat.  One in D.C. and one here in Illinois.  I voted for Hillary Clinton in the last election and Obama the election before that.)

**  Asheville's shrouded Confederate monument, unveiled by wind, won't be recovered because of cost; city.  (North Carolina.  The Vance monument.  But city says they will soon have it gone.  Good old Asheville, the Virginia Wanna Be North Carolina city.)

**  Flying high:  American flags replace Confederate flags on I-40.  (North Carolina.  Big Confederate flags at either end of the county have been replaced by U.S. and Christian flags.)

--Old Secesh

The State of Confederate Statues in North Carolina-- Part 2

Here is a list of removed Confederate statues in North Carolina, compliments of the Southern Poverty Law Center:

**  ANSON COUNTY (1):  Statue stood in front of the Wadesboro Courthouse.  Removed July 8 and expected to go to private property.

**  ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY  (2):  Removed two statues, the second one on July  24.  They are looking to remove a third statue.  These two places will also have to change their names because they are named after slave owners.

**  CHARLOTTE 1:   A Confederate reunion marker came down after a June 21 order for removal near  Grady Cole Center.

**  DURHAM (1):  The base was carted away August 14, three years after "protesters" toppled the statue after Charlottesville.

**  FAYETTEVILLE (1):  A statue started to be removed June  27.  It reportedly had private owners and would go into storage.

**  LOUISBURG  (1):  June 30, the town started to dismantle a Confederate statue to be placed in a cemetery.

--Old SeceshGone

About the Stuart Monument. Twelve Down, 199 More to Go.

AUGUST 8, 2020


**  Marching home:  Confederate monument foe works with Stuart descendant to send statue to general's birthplace.  (Sad Richmond, Va.  Sad Richmond City Councilman Michael Jones, a black minister, is throwing his support to James E. B. Stuart of Richmond, the general's great-great grandson, in his attempt to move it to Patrick Co., Va.

The statue is covered in red paint and at one time even had a noose placed around its neck.  I thought BLMers didn't like nooses.  Oh well.  Here's hoping the statue gets moved to Patrick County.  Here's hoping that BLM doesn't go after it there.)

**  Despite Confederate monument  removals, debate over  effigies in Georgia still red-hot.   (Of the original 211 monuments in the state,  a dozen have been removed.  Contains a map showing where statues still stand and where they have been removed.  The article starts with the words "Georgia has exorcised some of its ghosts in recent years...."  How do you think the writer stands?)

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AUGUST 9, 2020

**  Opinion:  Flags everywhere, always  (Asheville Citizen-Times.  Where do you think Sad Asheville stands.)

**  Sarasota artist wants repeal of Confederate honors.  (Florida.  Lists Florida laws that are pro-Confederate.  Imagine an artist that would be for the Confederacy?  Are there any?)

--Old Secesh

That Sad Asheville Again, That Pesky Norwegian Flag, VMI Stands Up, Sad Virginia and a Gaston Vote

JULY 30, 2020


**  Asheville Confederate Vance monument to be 'replaced' by George Floyd hologram:  task force.  Will be shown on the shrouded Vance monument.   (Asheville, N.C.    Sure hope they are not trying to make a hero out of him.  What happened was a travesty to justice, but he was in no way an honorable or good man.  But, considering the city, this doesn't surprise me.  I'm wondering if they have started plans to rename the city and county since they were both named after plantation owners and you know they had the "S" word.)

**  Michigan  inn removes  Norwegian flag  as residents falsely believe  it's the Confederate flag: report.  (I still get a good chuckle out of this one.  Duh!!!)

**  VMI will not remove Confederate statues or rename buildings.  (Finally, a college with a backbone that is not bowing to its militant and revisionist professors.  Good for you, VMI.  Maybe there is some hope for Virginia.)

**  Portsmouth City Council unanimously votes in favor of relocating Confederate  monument.  (Virginia, sad Virginia.  I saw a picture of the monument.  BLM must be really proud of their work.)

** Gaston has plenty to say about Confederate monument.  (North Carolina.  County commissioners want to put it to a referendum, something BLMers don't want.  The relocation of any monument should be put to public vote.)

--Old Secesh