Civil War II: Those Pesky Confederate Flags Again

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

**  Spartanburg County:  Pole with SC flag that replaced Confederate on I-85 still in violation.  (South Carolina)

**  Confederate  flag deters Delaware Democrats from Return Day tradition.

**  This professor was fired for  her political speech:  Now, she's getting her job back.  (Collins College. Supported removing Confederate monuments.)

**  Superintendent says  MPS will rename Lee, Davis high schools by December.  (Montgomery, Alabama)

--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

Civil War II: Confederate Flags and Florida State Flag

JULY 8, 2022

**  An epic new ad  from Republicans explains why  Confederate flags are  shameful and treasonous.  (Upworthy)

**  Confederate flag in Wheatley, Ont. sparks concern, but officials lack authority to remove it.  (Ontario, Canada.  I wonder if it was a BLM flag, would they be so upset?)

**  Is Florida's state flag 'the most overtly  racist symbol in the United States?'  (Miami New Times)

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JULY 9, 2022

**  Judge orders   Covingtn Confederate statue to remain until Monday hearing.  (Georgia)

**  Confederate flag at Mater Academy Hialeah Gardens causes controversy.  (Miami, Florida)

--Old Secesh

'We Is Woke, Oh We Is Woke, Great God Almighty, We Is Woke' New State Song in Maryland. Georgia, Confederate Flags, Kenny Wayne Shepherd

MARCH 21, 2021

**  Demonstrators demand removal  of Confederate symbol in Decatur.  (Georgia.  They're upset about a cannon.  It says on a plaque that it is a relic of the Indians Wars, but was donated by the UDC.  They don't like that.

**  Maryland  Senate votes to retire Confederate state song that refers to Lincoln as a 'tyrant.'  (The new state song should be "We Is Woke, We Is Woke.  Thank God Almighty, We Is Woke.")

**  Confederate national, battle flags aren't the same thing.

**  Kenny Wayne  Shepherd's  Music Award nomination rescinded over Confederate flag imagery.  (So?)

**  Greg Harton:  Arkansas has one too many stars in its flag.  (One star represents the Confederacy and, of course, the Democrats and their BLM allies don't like that.)

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MARCH 22. 2021

**  Baylor to release  report Tuesday on representations of racist roots.  (Baylor University in Texas.  One of the main things they want is the removal of the statue of Robert Baylor, who founded Baylor.  They may also have to change the name of their school.)

We Is Woke, Baby.  We Is Woke!!!   --Old Secesh

About That Maybe Confederate Arkansas State Flag. Building Fences for BLM Protection in Georgia.

OCTOBER 7, 2020

**  Panel discussion:  'A Confederate star:  Arkansas ' flag and the Lost Cause.  (Still upset about the Arkansas state flag being some sort of a Confederate flag.)

**  Commission about to consider  petition to remove Confederate general  (Tennessee.  Gen. A.P. Stewart.)

**  Decay of the colossal wreck:  Confederate statues as protected cultural property.

**  "Liberty Bell" is augmented reality project at the Battery through next year.  (Charleston, S.C.  It is meant as a put-down to the Confederacy and is by the Charleston Defenders monument, but is really an interesting object to see the next time you are there.)

**  After protests, Georgia will build a fence around Capitol.  (BLM has been "protesting" at the Capitol building for police reform and against the Confederate statue on the grounds.  You know that whenever BLM and their white minions are involved, there is always the chance of rioting, confrontation, looting and arson.  So, the state is building a rather large fence around the building for safety.

And people wonder why I don't like the BLMers.)  

Same problems whenever there is a judicial decision that they don't like.  Here we go again, rioting, looting and arson.  Like recently happened in Louisville and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.  You don't see the so-called rightist racist groups doing that.

So, Who Are the Bad Guys Here?  --Old Secesh

Ole Miss, Confederate Flag Over Bristol Motor Speedway, Context, What Context? Schools

JULY 16, 2020


**  University of Mississippi removes Confederate statue from heart of campus.

**  Confederate flag banner flies over Bristol Motor Speedway before NASCAR all-star race.  (Tennessee.  I imagine Bubba was so upset he probably couldn't even race.)

**  African American Heritage Society calls for more context next to Franklin's Confederate monument.  (Tennessee.  I am in favor of leaving statues up and adding context, but, I saw the context added to the Lion of the Confederacy monument in Atlanta.  It was okay at first, but then started giving lots of opinions.  What we need is context with facts, not opinions.

**  A landscaper's view  of the Confederate  statue hornets' nest.

**  Public sounds off on Confederate monument.    (Jackson County court house.)

**  Virginia board votes to change two Confederate school names.  (Hanover County.  Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School.)

**  Pensacola  City Council votes to remove Confederate monument, change name of Lee Square.  (Florida.    Lee Square will be changed back to its original name, Florida Square  The monument has been "vandalized," but we all know that means a hate crime was committed against it.)

**  Mississippi  is replacing its state flag, but a Confederate  emblem still flies in Georgia.

--Old Secesh

Now, the "Dukes of Hazzard" Car, Fort Hobby?, Fort Bragg, Trump and Mississippi Flag Change

JULY 5, 2020


**  Museum:  'Dukes of Hazzard' car with Confederate flag will stay.  (Volo Auto Museum, Volo, Illinois.  You know who wanted it gone.  Really, what they got 'gainst Bo, Luke and Daisy?

**  Confederate signs still on graves as history is re-examined.

**  Reader suggests renaming Fort Hood for Ovetta Culb Hobby.  (She was a white woman and first director of U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.  This could be a good name for the renamed base if it comes to that.)

**  Fort Bragg commission to tackle name change issue, systemic racism.

**  Dem senator says Trump would be 'abandoning the troops' if he vetoes Defense spending bill.

**  About race and erasure:  How America should sort through complicated questions about monuments and men.  (New York Daily News.  Interesting take on the situation.)

**  Analysis:  Ex-Rep Henry set path to Mississippi flag change.

--  Old Secesh

The Black Rule: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, South Dakota and North Carolina

JULY 3, 2020


**  Officials delay decision on Kentucky Confederate statue.  (Owensboro)

**  Mississippi's Confederate flag is gone--   but a legacy of white supremacist  policy remains.

**  Under pressure, South Dakota police  emblem with Confederate  flag gone from view.  (Gettysburg, S.D.  At the request of George Floyd uncle.  This is an example of the "Black Rule."  All it takes is one Black to "request" something offensive be removed before spineless politicians cave in.)

**  Lee button  found in time capsule under Confederate monument.  (Raleigh, N.C.  Found under monument ordered removed for "public safety."  Well at least one good thing comes out of it. Hopefully time capsules will be found in the former Monument Avenue in Richmond.

I really hope the removed monuments, statues and memorials will not be destroyed or just "put away" forever.)

**  Four Confederate monuments to be removed in Fulton County.  (Pennsylvania)

More Confederate Symbols Have been the Victim of "The Black Rule."  --Old Secesh

More Southern States May Have Confederate Symbols in Their Flags

JULY 2, 2020


**  Trump vows to veto Defense Bill if it removes Confederate names from military bases.

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**  Mississippi changes its flag isn't the end of Confederate symbols in state flags.  (CNN  They say that other states in the former Confederacy have flags resembling Confederate ones.  They show these flags and have a short history.  I can see where they do resemble.

The main reason for running this article is to start the BLMers and their white minions to move against them.  CNN  is very much anti-Confederate.  I will write about the flags and a short history in my RoadDog's RoadLog blog.

You have to wonder when the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) will come out with one of their all-comprehensive lists of targets for BLMers and their white minions.

Remember, you heard it here second when you start seeing BLM, NAACP demanding these flags come down.  Wonder which states.  Check out my RoadDog's RoadLog blog and see.)

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**  Richmond mayor invokes emergency powers to remove Confederate statues from the city.  (Real big surprise there. Told you it would be an orgy of take-downing.)

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How Sneaky of Those Former Confederate States.  They Must Be Punished.  Some  More Confederadication, Please!!   --Old Secesh

Daughters Say No, A Pen Stroke and That Time Capsule in Raleigh

JUNE 30, 2020

**  Northwest Florida Confederate monument vandalized.  (Pensacola.  Hate crime. not vandalism.)

**  With a pen-stroke, Mississippi drops Confederate themed flag.  (I still say it should have been put up to a vote of the people.)

**  Daughters say 'no' to statue removal.  (Cleveland, Tennessee, United Daughters of the Confederacy.)

**  Crews removing Confederate monument  in NC unearth  a time capsule buried for 125 years.  (Raleigh, N.C.)

**  Confederate monuments?  How about this one-- where Robert E. Lee lost the war and surrendered.  (Appomattox Courthouse.)

--Old Secesh

Mississippi State Flag, North Carolina, Time Capsule and Honoring Real Patriots Act

JUNE 30, 2020


**  Mississippi state legislature passes bill  to remove confederate (Confederate)  symbol from state flag in historic vote.  (CNN  Come on guys, "Capital C!!!")

**  Mississippi House and Senate vote to remove Confederate insignia from state flag.  (At least they knew it was "Capital C.")

**  50 Alamance County leaders:  Confederate monument 'represents  an ideology incompatible with today.'  (North Carolina.  Want it removed for "public safety."  Keep in mind that whenever people say remove the statues for public safety, what they really mean is the violence and possible confrontation their committing hate crimes cause.)

**  Alamance commissioners  rip actions of county leaders  who called for Confederate monument to be moved.  (North Carolina)

** Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after the Civil War.

**  Hearing planned for removal of local Confederate monument.

**  Time capsule discovered  in downtown Raleigh Confederate monument base.  (North carolina.  Keep in mind it would not have been discovered had the statue not been removed for "public safety."

**  Letter to Editor:  The Confederate flag is a wretched symbol.

**  Honoring Real Patriots Act would rename all military bases currently named  after Confederate generals.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Fort Fisher Gets the Cannons, Even Harley-Davidson?

JUNE 29, 2020


**  Confederate cannons removed from Raleigh now at Fort Fisher.  (Well, one good thing coming of the situation.  Fort Fisher can always use a few more big cannons.)

**  Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson takes down vendor's  Confederate flag following complaints.  (Colorado)

**  Winds of Change:  Mississippi rebel-themed flag fading away.

**  Efforts to remove Confederate  monuments gain momentum in Houston suburbs.

**  The battle to keep Robert E. Lee out of Lee County.  (Fort Myers, Florida)

**  Baylor to review statues, buildings  over links to slavery.  (Fort Worth, Texas)

--Old Secesh

Mississippi Removes Confederate Symbol From State Flag

JUNE 28, 2020


**  Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag.

**  Editorial:  On Confederate monument, Councilwoman Myers right on history, morality.    (She made some good points, but wants the statue in Pensacola, Florida, removed.)

**  Hundreds gather in Ottawa County to protest  Confederate statue in park, demand removal.  (Michigan)

**  Should Confederate battlefield monuments be removed?  (CNN)

**  Mississippi House and Senate vote to remove  Confederate imagery from state flag.

**  Capture the Flag:  Minnesota put the confederate (Confederate) flag  in its place 150 years ago.

**  NASCAR fans associate patriotism and Confederate flag, UC Davis study finds.

**  Vietnam veterans association supports leaving Confederate monument  where it is now.

**  Washington NFL team  name is 'equivalent  of the Confederate flag.'

--  Old Secesh

Toppling Statues: Where Will the Purge End? When Will the Purge End?

JUNE 27, 2020


**  Mississippi could strip  Confederate symbol from state flag.

**  Debate over renaming Fort Bragg looms over Senate race and other down ballot contest.

**  Trump denounces protesters tearing down statues, as Confederate monuments are targeted.  (As well he should.  These people are committing hate crimes and nothing much is happening to them.)

**  Confederate monument in Heymount removed.  (North Carolina)

**  Editorial:  Toppling statues:  Where will the purge end?  (Marietta Daily Journal.  Georgia.   Good points.  Also a list of status of Confederate statues in the state.  How far will BLM go?)

When Will the Purge End?--Old Secesh

Who's Anti-History?, California, Mississippi, Army, Forts, Maine, Trump, Republicans

JUNE 26, 2020


**  The Lost Cause's Long Legacy.  (Atlantic)

**  California group seeks to change Confederate place names.

**  Confederate symbol on Mississippi sparks strong debate.

**  California confronts its racist past as tributes to Confederates and colonizers fall.

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

**  Fort Hood to Fort Murphy.  (By the way, is that person at Fort Hood who murdered all the unarmed soldiers on base still alive?)

**  How 7 Confederate soldiers came to be buried in Maine.  (How'd this get in here.  Real Civil War history.  Not this revisionist racist stuff.)

**  Trump slams GOP-led panel  backing removal of Confederate names from military bases.

**  Opinion:  Confederate statue defenders are promoting an anti-history agenda.  (Tennessean)

Little Old Anti-History Me.  --Old Secesh

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Mississippi State Flag, Monuments, County Fairs and Elizabeth Warren

JUNE 28, 2020

**  Mississippi poised to replace state flag featuring Confederate war emblem.

**  Trump denounces  protesters tearing down statues, as Confederate monuments are targeted.

**  Ricchard Groves:  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.  (No kidding.  I heard this song by the Band a few days ago and couldn't help but have a tear in my eye.  This is the second time they drove old Dixie down.  The first was in 1865.  This song has taken on a whole new meaning for me of late.)

**  NWF Confederate memorials --  remove them or keep them?


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JUNE 29, 2020

**  A 'coup' led by  white supremacists led to placement of Pensacola's Confederate monument.  (Florida)

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JULY 1, 2020 

**  'Community is awakened':    Confederate flag out at Wayne County Fair.  (Ohio)

**  Confederate cannons removed from Raleigh now at Fort Fisher.

**  Elizabeth Warren calls for all 10 military bases named after 'traitor' Confederate generals to be renamed and accuses Donald Trump of  'choosing hatred and division' by opposing the move.  (Like I said, what a gal."

--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

In God We Trust, Baptists' Discover Confederate Emblem on Mississippi Flag, A Confederate Flag Stays Up

JUNE 25, 2020

**  Mississippi's flag has a Confederate emblem.  Now Baptists want it gone and Walmart won't display it.  (Wonder how long it took them to figure that out?)

**  Walton County commission votes to keep  Confederate flag, rejecting  new pleas.  (Florida.  What?  A win for us?   How'd hat happen?  A Confederate flag flying outside courthouse.  Finally some folks with backbone.  Wait until BLM and their white minions find out about it.)

**  Indian River School Board agrees:  Confederate flag, other symbols to be banned from campus.  (Florida)

**  Mississippi flag:  Swap 'In God We Trust' for Confederate symbol?

**  Final section of Confederate monument removed from Raleigh.

**  What should happen to Confederate statues in the US.  Architectural Digest.

**  Gaston County creates group to decide  future of Confederate statue.

**  In a former Confederate capital, Jewish leaders decry mistreatment of black Americans as 'painful to witness.'

--Old Secesh

More Venom from the NY Times, The Final End of the Lost Cause, West Point, NCAA and More Flags

JUNE 20, 2010

**  Why is the GOP fighting to preserve monuments to traitors in the Capitol?  (From the New York Times.  Not a surprising slant from them.  The Times and Washington Post seem to be the two newspapers with the most Confederate hatred venom.)

**  The controversy surrounding the removal of Confederate statues.

**  Rep. Mahoney asks Army to remove Confederate symbols at West Point.  (I'd like to see them remove that 150-pound Armstrong cannon the U.S. Army captured at Fort Fisher, N.C., and return it to that site.  Come on Rep. Mahoney!!!!)

**  Editorial:  The final end of the Lost Cause.  (You can say that again.  George Floyd "done" us in.)

**  NCAA bans Mississippi championships over Confederate symbol in state flag.  (They won't have any NCAA championships in the state.  Maybe they should be more interested in all the cheating that occurs in their Power Five conferences, though.)

**  Athens County Fair Board should ban Confederate flags.

--Old Secesh