Civil War II: Confederate History Month, Monuments and Statues

APRIL 21, 2023

**  Confederate History Month Celebration will be held this  Saturday.  (Maryland)

**  Confederate monument  stolen from ENC cemetery.  (Greenville, N.C.)

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APRIL 22, 2023

**  Trial over Charlottesville's statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee scheduled for Thirsday.  (Virginia)

**  Flowers planted at location of former downtown Confederate monument.  )Wilmington, N.C.  St least they didn't put up a monument honoring George Floyd.)

--Old Secesh

The Cost of Renaming Bases Has Risen to $39 Million. Who Pays? Come On BLM!!

 MARCH 28, 2023

**  Why we should melt Confederate statues.  (Alta Journal.  How woke.)

**  Army:  Cost of renaming Confederate-named  military bases has nearly doubled.  (Last year, the Renaming Commission figured it would cost $21 million.  Now it is $39 million.  Again, we all know who should be paying for it.)

**  Florida bill if passed  would stop local governments from removing  monuments including Confederate.

--Old Secesh

Still Renaming Bases, Still with the Monuments

MARCH 18, 2023

**  Jacksonville mayor candidates split on Confederate monuent.  (Florida.  Which one supports keeping it?  I'll vote for that one.)

**  Edenton, N.C.  leaders agree to move Confederate monument.  (Where's the backbone?)

**  Fort Bragg removes name from signs outside installation.  (Liberty-Bibberty!)

**  Georgia's Fort Benning to be renamed Fort Moore after military couple known for their service and leadership.  (And, surprisingly, they are White.)

--Old Secesh

Republicans, Florida, National Guard, Baltimore and St. Louis

MARCH 15, 2023

**  Florida GOP proposal would ban Pride flag -- but let Confederate flag fly at state buildings.

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MARCH 17, 2023

**  These Southern National Guard units to toss  Confederate  battle streamers.

**  Two  Baltimore Confederate statues vandalized, no suspects identified.  (Maryland.  And I thought they had removed all Confederate statues.  Hey, THIS is NOT vandalism.  It is a Hate Crime!!)

**  St. Louis school no longer named after Confederate soldier.  (Missouri.  Kennard Classical Junior Academy named after Lt. Samuel Kennard to be renamed Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy.  Betty Wheeler is a very deserving person, but also a black woman.)

--Old Secesh

Beware Those Mean Old Sneaky Confederate Statues

MARCH 5, 2023

**  Student says she's fighting racism at her high school, where some fly Confederate flags.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Benning and over 1,000 DOD other assets linked to Confederacy to be renamed.  (And who pays for it?)

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MARCH 6, 2023

**  Protesters feel threatened over Confederate monuments.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Yeah, ya gotta watch out for those mean statues.  You never know when one is going to attack you.  Pigeons everywhere should be very afraid.)

I See A Confederate Statue Sneaking Up Right Now!!   --Old Secesh

North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana

MARCH 4, 2023

**  'Are you listening?'  Residents sound off on Confederate  soldier statue at Burke meeting.  (Hickory, North Carolina)

**  Texas students demand removal of statue linked to school's racist past.  (University of Texas Arlington)

**  Confederate monument still standing nearly a year after vote to remove it.  (St. Landry Parish, Louisiana)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: North Carolina, Frat Parties and 'Bama

MARCH 3, 2013

**  Burke commissioners  hear from residents on Confederate soldier statue.  (Morgantown, North Carolina)

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MARCH 4, 2023

**  Alex Murdaugh  poses in Confederate  military uniform in 1989 frat party photo.  (Big whoop!!)

**  Heritage or hurtful history?  Milledgeville debates Confederate statue fate.  (Georgia)

**  Proposed Alabama bill will raise penalty for  removing Confederate  monuments.

--Old Secesh

You Can Never Have Too Much History

MARCH 2, 2023

**  Group says Confederate monuments  should stay in place, but more statues of Black leaders should be added.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  I agree with this.  You can never have too much history.)

**  Poll finds narrow support for Confederate statues.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Milledgeville NAACP all in on  relocating Confederate monument.  (Georgia.  Why does this not surprise me?)

Go Ahead and Put Up Those Statues for Blacks.  Well, Except One for That Minneapolis Guy.  --Old Secesh

USS Chancellorsville No More

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

**  USS Chancellorsville to be renamed after former slave who captured Confederate ship.  (Renamed after Robert Smalls.  Again, why do so many renamings have to be of Blacks?)

**  The statue graveyard where  torn down Confederate  monuments lie.  (Virginia.  The statues Sad R. allowed to be destroyed and destroyed itself are in a secret spot.)

MARCH 1, 2023

**  City of Milledgeville duscussing possible move of Confederate statue.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: USNA, Kentucky and a Statue Victory?

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

**  Navy removes  Confederate name from Naval Academy.  (Maury Hall becomes Carter Hall, named after former President Jimmy Carter.  This is an acceptable renaming.  Of course, he was  from the South, so that could be a problem with certain folk.)

**  State representative  files legislation to remove Confederate  holidays from  state law.  (Kentucky)

**  Tennessee Historical Commission denies  request to remove Confederate memorial from Centennial Park.  (Nashville.  Does this mean we might have won one?  What will NAACP, BLM and SPLC say about this.  Bet they won't like this decision.)

I Bet Somebody's Not Going to Like That Last One.  They Are Used to Winning All the Time.  --Old Secesh

Don't Give Confederate Statues to Black Organizations

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

**  Mother of student killed in Santa Fe mass shooting arrested after Confederate flag argument.  (Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Her son was killed in a mass school killing in 2018.)

**  Confederate flag fight continues in Santa Fe neighborhood.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

**  Manatee's commissioners are trolling, not leading, on Confederate monument issue.  (Florida)

**  Richmond took down its racist statues.  But now, the city doesn't know what to do with them.  (Virginia.  Do not give them to black museums or organizations.  They belong with the SCV or UDC.)

--Old Secesh

The Capitol Again, Santa Fe, Nashville and Long Island

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

**  Sculpture of Civil Rights leader to replace Robert E. Lee at Capitol.  (Statue will be of Barbara Rise Johns.  She is deserving, but why must all statue replacements be of black people?)

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

**    Santa Fe woman arrested after Confederate flag dispute with her neighbor.  (She took the flag down.)

**   Tennessee Historical Commission to review Nashville request to remove Confederate statue.

**  Street honoring KKK leader renamed after student-led effort.  (Long Isdland, New York.  named after Paul Lindner who was also a great titan of the New York Klan.  Renamed Acorn Way.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Back to Alexandria and Louie Doesn't Get His Way

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

**  The base of the Appomattox statue has resurfaced atop Confederate graves in Alexandria.  (Virginia.  This one is about Confederate surrender.  Why would the Confederate-haters be against this.  Don't let CAIR or SPLC know about it.)

**  Here's what Manatee, Bradenton residents said about  Confederate statue's possible return.  (Florida)

**  Louie Minor's motion to destroy Bell Confederate statue fails.  (Bell County, Texas.  He is a Mexican-American.)

--Old Secesh

All Hail the Almighty CAIR Who Can't See Their Own Problems

JANUARY 28, 2023

**  CAIR welcomes order  to remove Ala. Confederate statue, urges Miss. lawmakers to remove Confederate statues from Congress.  (Council on American-Islamic Relations.  I'd like to see them welcome an order to make their folks stop mistreating women and non-Islamic folks.   Wouldn't you?)

**  Briscoes were kept off AEW TV by WBD due to past tweets, Confederate flag gear.  (Even wrestling now?  Must be a CAIR thing.)

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JANUARY 30, 2023

**  Ruling  paves way to remove Tuskegee Confederate statue.  (Alabama.  Lots of articles about this these days.)

--Old Secesh

A.P. Hill Goes Home, Skipping a Vote and Bringing It Back?

JANUARY 24, 2023

**  Confederate general's  remains removed to Virginia hometown.  (A.P. Hill's remains reburied in Culpeper, Va.  At least he is out of Sad R.)

**  Bell Co.  Commissioners skip vote on Confederate statue.  (Belton, Texas)

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JANUARY 25, 2023

**  County commission to discuss reinstalling Confederate monument.  (Manatee County, Florida.  I wonder what SPLC will say about that?)

Reinstalling?   --Old Secesh

A Hot Time in Texas These Days: And, You'd Think They Would Have Bigger Fish to Fry

JANUARY 20, 2023

**  Fate of c(C)onfederate statue outside Bell County Courthouse is still up in the air, years later.  (Belton, Texas)

**  Texas still silently celebrates Confederate Heroes day.  (So?)

**  Opinion:  Confederate Day honors  traitors  who fought for slavery.  (Someone who obviously doesn't know the whole story.)

And, To Think There Are No Problems With Crime and Poverty That They Would Do Better Dealing With Than Some Statues.  --  Old Secesh

Treat BLM/Confederate Symbols Equally

JANUARY 11, 2023

**  Black students allege school district banned BLM attire but allowed nooses, c(C)onfederate symbols.  (Effingham, Georgia, schools.  To ban one and not the other goes against my way of thinking.  Either both are banned or both allowed.)

If one is bad, then the other is bad.

**  I take full responsibility  for vandalizing UM's Confederate statue.  (Univ. of Mississippi.  But, it wasn't vandalizing.  It was a hate crime.)

**  Debate over future of c(C)onfederate monument.  (Manatee County, Florida)

**  Remove  Confederate monument in Liberty Cemetery.

**  Confederate monument removed from downtown Bradenton in 2017 may be repaired, brought out of storage.  (Manatee County, Florida)

Confederate Is a Proper Name and Should Be Capitalized.  --Old Secesh

Is 130 Years a Long Time? Lacks to Replace Lee

DECEMBER 21, 2022

**  Future of Confederate monument in Stone Mountain Cemetery under debate.

**  The last Confederate statue in Richmond has been removed after 130 years.  (It seems to me that 130 years is an awful long time for it to stand before some folks realized they were offended by it.)

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

**   Statue of Henrieta Lacks to replace Robert E. Lee.  (Roanoke, Virginia.  She was a black woman who deserves a statue because her cancer cells were taken without her permission and have helped with the fight against the disease.  She deserves a statue, but the Lee one should have remained.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: North Carolina, Those Pesky Confederate Flags and Fort Hood

DECEMBER 17, 2022

**  NC Supreme Court dismisses suit to return Confederate statue.  (Winston-Salem)

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

**  Group flies Confederate flag, banner over stadium again ahead of anticipated game.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Before Jaguars-Cowboy NFL game.  This is the second time they've done it.)

**  Group with Confederate ties sue Edenton to stop monument's relocation.  (Edenton, North Carolina.  UDC.)

**  Fort Hood begins process of changing names of buildings with 'Hood'  in their name.  (Texas)

--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