Civil War II: Sad R., CAIR, Santa Fe and U.S. Navy

APRIL 7, 2023

**  Community advocate raises concerns about City's new Confederate  shrine.  (Sad R.  Hard to believe this would be allowed.)

**  CAIR  reiterates condemnation of Mississippi governor's 'Confederate Heritage Month' declaration  (Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.  I always get a kick when a group like this representing many terrorist groups would weigh in on all-things Confederate.)

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APRIL 8, 2023

**  Charges dropped against Santa Fe woman in Confederate flag dispute.  (New Mexico)

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APRIL 9, 2023

**  Navy ship with a Confederate name now honors black Union hero Robert Smalls.  (The USS Chancellorsville is now the USS Robert Smalls.  The Battle of Chancellorsville was a Confederate victory.)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Mania Continues. Who Pays for It?

MARCH 9, 2023

**  Confederate's name removed from Navy survey ship.  (USNS Maury, named for Confederate oceanographer pioneer Matthew Maury was renamed USS Marie Tharp.  She was an oceanographer as well and, believe it or not, a white woman.  Quite often all renamings are to Blacks.)

**  U.S. Army looking for local artist to design new logo for soon-to-be named Fort Eisenhower.  (It was Fort Gordon in Georgia.)

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MARCH 10, 2023

**  Board of Supervisors sends Fort Belvoir renaming concerns up to Secretary of the Army.  (Virginia)

**  Fort Polk to be renamed  Fort Johnson Summer of 2023.   (Louisiana.  Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a black World War I Medal of Honor recipient.  He is deserving of the honor, but, again, why do so many bases and things have to be renamed for Blacks?  Then name change is expected to cost $1.4 million for this one.  I say that those who want the name changed should have to pay for it themselves.)

**  Fort Benning renaming ceremony scheduled for May.  (Georgia)

Again, You Want It Renamed, YOU PAY For It!!!   --Old Secesh

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

JANUARY 7, 2023

**  Pentagon  begins 'full implementation' of renaming Confederate named bases.  (Lots of articles about this.)

**  Tennessee city sues state office over  renaming streets named after Confederate supporters.  (Forest Hills, Tennessee.  Good thing they didn't spell their city Forrest.)

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JANUARY 9, 2023

**  U.S. military begins changing names of  Confederate ships, installations, more.  (These name changes will be costly and should be paid for by those who really want the names changed,  A separate fund should be set up for it.)

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.  --Old Secesh

The USS Confederacy, Georgia Colleges, Black Confederates? No Confederate Flags in Christmas Parade

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

**  Historically Speaking:  Norwich's U.S. Navy frigate, the USS Confederacy.  (Imagine a ship with this name in the U.S. Navy, but it really was. Hopefully we won't have to go back into the past and change the name because it offends certain people.)

**  Georgia regents:  No college name  changes over racial history.  (A list of 75 names of buildings named after people involved with slavery, segregation or mistreatment of Indians.)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

**  Heritage group honors Black men it says were Confederate veterans.  (Alabama.  48th Alabama Re-enactment group. Even though some historians say black Confederates were just a myth.)

**  Confederate flag banned from flying in Mechanicsville Christmas parade.  (Virginia.  As long as anything BLM is also banned.)

**  Confederate monuments to stay in place in Bastrop until relocation plan finalized.  (Texas)

**  Next step for Confederate names task force.  (Virginia.  You know, removing the names and renaming them for Blacks.)

--Old Secesh

How About the USS Robert E. Lee, USS Stonewall Jackson and USS Hunley?

AUGUST 4, 2020


**  Gaston Co. commissioners  support relocation of Confederate monument.  (North Carolina)

**  Richmond judge dismisses one  Confederate monument, allows another to stand.

** Removal of Confederate monument in Huntsville 'is going to happen', councilman says.  (Alabama.  Mr. Culver is a black man.)

**  Rapides Police Jury seeks to be declared owner of Confederate monument.  (Louisiana. On July 21, the Alexandria City Council voted to remove it.)

**  Letter:  Confederacy was a noble cause.

**  Witt:  renaming military posts carries a cost.  (Of interest, he says three forner U.S. submarines were named after Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and George Dixon (the commander of the submarine Hunley).  Also a submarine tender was named the USS Hunley.  Actually, I looked them up as I had never heard of them before.  The George Dixon was the name of a submarine tender, not a submarine.

All of these ships are no longer in commission.)

--I Didn't Know That.  --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

Asheville, N.C. Reparations. No USS Brooke for Navy, About Those Black Schools

JULY 19, 2020

**  (Seriously, I heard that Asheville, N.C., has agreed to pay reparations to Blacks for slavery.  I'd recommend $5,000,000 to every black person, guys and gals. That'd about cover their pain and agony.)

**  Navy says 'absolutely' no chance new warship will be named after  former Confederate Navy  officer.  (USS Brooke and a new class of frigates.  However, there was already a USS Brooke named for that officer which operated from 1966 to 1988.  It was the lead ship of the class.  John Mercer Brook was a U.S. Navy officer who joined the Confederacy.)

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JULY 20, 2020

**  Confederate names  don't belong on Montgomery's Black schools, social justice group says.  (Alabama.  I agree with them.  If the majority of a school's students are Blacks, the name should come off immediately.  However, the cost of name change should be borne by those who want it changed.  No public money should be spent.

I also noticed it was Black schools in the headline.  Is this a new way Blacks want to be referred to?  I always thought that Black, when used as an adjective, was not capitalized.  You know, black people, white people.)

Gosh Fellas, We're Really, Really, Really Sorry.  --Old Secesh

Marines, Cornell University, John C. Stennis, Confederate Flags an Army

JUNE 26, 2020

**  Marines say banning Confederate flag is only one step  to confronting racism in the Corps.

**  Cornell president asks Delaware County fair to ban Confederate flag merchandise.  (What does that have to do with a college?)

**  He opposed civil rights, yet John C. Stennis has a Navy aircraft carrier named after him.  (So now you cam't have your own opinion?)

**  Army won't ban Confederate flag displays without Pentagon approval.

**  Army is taking limited steps to counter racial divisiveness.

--Old Secesh

Navy Ships, Marines and Racism, Man Arrested for Hate Crime Against Confederate Statue, Walmart, Texas

JUNE 25, 2020

**  Navy ship names could fall  under Pentagon's new diversity review.

**  Confederate flag ban at Marine Corps  opens up wider conversation on racism.

**  Man arrested at Confederate monument protest in Mobile.  (Alabama.  He was committing a hate crime during a demonstration on the base of the former Semmes statue and was arrested.  Hopefully to be charged with a hate crime.  I can't believe that someone was actually arrested for doing something like that to a Confederate statue.  I thought BLMers were allowed to deface with impunity.)

**  Huntsville officials urge county to break 'unjust' state law, remove Confederate statue.  (Alabama)

**  Walmart stops display of Mississippi flag in stores over Confederate emblem issue.

**  Petition to remove confederate statue  gain traction, spurs controversy.  (Texas.  Hey.  Confederate is capitalized.)

**  Elimination of racist symbols long overdue.

--Old Secesh

Where Have All the Statues Gone?, Mobile's Fine, Renaming US Ships and the USNA

JUNE 17, 2020

**  Mobile to pay fine, move Confederate statue permanently.  ($25,000.  Alabama has a Confederate statue protective law.  However, now i would like to see that law dropped in cases of "public safety."  In short, it is tearing me apart seeing what those "people" are doing with impunity to those monuments.  They all need to be removed to places of safe-keeping, at least until such time as those committing the hate crimes against are held accountable and punished.  And we all know that is not going to happen.)

**  Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical  figures been removed?  (Real good question.  New Orleans still have their statues "sequestered" somewhere, probably never seeing the light of day again.  What about the others?)  Good article that gives an update on the situation with various statues.

**  Will two U.S. naval vessels need to be renamed?   (USS Chancellorsville  (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66))

**  As naval academy superintendent condemns racism, a mid's (midshipman) tweets presents a problem.     The academy has already removed a plaque outside Maury Hall depicting a Confederate flag and I'm sure they are in the process of renaming it.)

--Old Secesh