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

Sometimes Certain People Don't Get Their Way. Awwwww.

JUNE 9, 2022

**  2 years later:  Confederate monuments still remain after  Mayor Curry said they would be removed.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Aw, that just breaks my heart.  Sorry guys.)

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JUNE 10, 2022

**  Crews remove first pieces of  dismantled Caddo  Confederate monument.  (Louisiana)

**  What's likely inside time capsules found in Caddo Parish courthouse.  (Louisiana)

**  Pride flags are in and Confederate flags are out as CMA  Fest returns to Nashville after two year hiatus.  (Country music.  I'm not going anyway.)

**  Black woman loses  trial over co-workers Confederate  flag plate.  (Connecticut.  Like I said earlier... AWW.)

--Old Secesh

Time Capsules Are One Positive From Confederate Statue Removals

JUNE 6, 2022

**  Memory box found inside Caddo Confederate monument.  (Louisiana.  About the only good thing that comes of removing Confederate monuments.)

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JUNE 7, 2022

**  For Confederate bases, name change long overdue.  (Virginia Mercury)

**  Two time capsules found as Caddo's  Confederate monument is being removed.  (Louisiana)

**  Debate continues over Alabama holidays honoring Confederacy.

**  Bill to remove  Confederate holidays sent to the governor.  (Louisiana)

--Old Secesh

Renaming Bases, Rewriting History and Who Should Get Those Statues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

**  What's taking so long?  Rename those Confederate bases.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

**  How a Confederate daughter  rewrote Alabama history for white supremacy.   (Mary Bankhead Owen.  Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.)

**  Another  time capsule apparently found while removing Richmond Confederate monument.  (Jefferson Davis statue pedestal.)

I still, can't believe that all the Confederate statue stuff was given to the black history museum when it should have been turned over to the SCV and the UDC.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Overrule Va. Supreme Court Decision to Remove the Lee State, Wheeler High and Those Hiding Time Capsules

JANUARY 20, 2022

**  U.S. Supreme Court asked  to hear Confederate statue case.  (Sad R.  Two residents want Supreme Court to overrule Va, Supreme Court ruling that allowed Lee's statue's removal.)

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JANUARY 21, 2022

**  Cobb County students fight for change at school named after Confederate leader.  (Georgia.  Wheeler High School.  Let the students and alumni vote on it.)

**  At least three more time capsules are hiding under Richmond's  Confederate pedestals.

--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

About That Famous R. E. Lee Time Capsule. Don't Turn Confederate Statues Over too Black Organizations.

DECEMBER 29, 2021

**  Time capsule found at Confederate  Gen. Robert E. Lee statue reveals Civil War-era artifacts.  (Sad R.  Well, at least they have the right one this time.  It is kind of strange that with all the clamor to bring this statue and the others down that they'd be that interested in a time capsule that his for that "Lost Cause" thing they so hate.)

I am so happy that they finally got around to removing the pedestal.  What Sad R. and the state had allowed hate groups to do to the pedestal had really turned it into an eyesore.  At least those hate groups were usually able to spell expletives correctly.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

**  Confederate monuments are removed as Americans consider how to remember the past.  (NPR)

**  Robert E, Lee and other Confederate  statues could go to Richmond's Black History Museum.  (Sad R.  This would be a mistake.  There is no way a black museum is going to treat anything Confederate respectfully.  What they will do to them will be nothing short of a hate crime.

By the way. if we had a White History Museum, would that be considered racist?)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Roadside Markers, Lee Time Capsule Found, New Confederate Park in Florida

DECEMBER 27, 2021

**  Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside  historical markers.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

**  Robert E. Lee:  Long sought-after time capsule discovered under Confederate general's statue.  (Sad R.)

**  Park honoring  Confederate veterans opens in  Northwest Jacksonville.  (Florida.  Guess who isn't happy about it?)

--Old Secesh

Confederate Flag, Lee Statue Time Capsule, Mississippi

DECEMBER 24, 2021

**  A voting rights activists  explains why she tore down  a Confederate flag.  (South Carolina Capitol building.  A black woman of course.)

**  Evidently, the time capsule that was found in the pedestal of the Lee statue in Sad R. was not the one they were looking for.  But, any time capsule is history in my books.)

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

**  Residents ask commissioners to remove Confederate  soldier tribute.

**  Lead box  under Richmond's Lee statue pedestal wasn't the famed 1887 time capsule, historian says.

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DECEMBER 26,2021

**  Mississippi's AG Lynn Fitch's family loves cruel Confederate general and  Klan wizard.  (Daily Beast.  I am so surprised this media source would say something like that.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: That Sad R. Lee Statue Time Capsule

DECEMBER 23, 2021

**  Lee monument capsule containing Confederate  objects to be opened on Wednesday.  (Sad R.)

**  Confederate statue's new museum home  in Mobile sees record-breaking attendance despite COVOD-19.  (Mobile, Alabama.  History Museum of Mobile.  New home of Raphael Semmes statue.)

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

**  Watch opening of Confederate time capsule discovered during disassembling of Robert E. Lee statue.  (Sad R.)

What was found in it:  1875 almanac, silver coin, a tattered book and a pamphlet of some type.  There is a general belief that this was not the one they thought they'd find.

--Old Secesh

Time Capsule Found at Lee Monument Pedestal in Sad R. 29th Infantry Division Patch and Who Are the SCV?

DECEMBER 17, 2021

**  Confederate monument removed from outside Caldwell County  courthouse.  (Lockhart, Texas)

**  Confederate heritage  remains engraved  on Fifth Street bridge.  (Augusta, Georgia. Named the Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge.  Do you think they want a name change?  Probably rename it the George Floyd Bridge after this wonderful example of a man.)

**  Who are the Sons of Confederate Veterans?  (The Nation.  A bunch of neo-Confederates.   A very negative piece.)

**  Crews may have found  1887 time capsule in Lee statue base.  (Sad R. The governor had said the pedestal would remain, but has since reversed that decision. Well, he finally did something good.  Thank you governor.  That eyesore (that he lauded) should have been taken down the same time as the statue removed.)

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

**  Storied  29th Infantry patch possibly on  chopping block due to Confederate ties. (U.S. Army.  It has a blue-grey yin-yang symbol on it.  And you know that wokesters now hold the color grey to be "Bad."

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: A.P. Hill Monument, Jacksonville, Tuskegee, Capsule

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

**  A.P. Hill Monument:   What will happen to  Richmond's last Confederate monument.  (You think it will remain?  Not likely.  It sure was a sad day when the Confederacy's capital was moved to Sad R.  At least they are recommending its relocation, not destruction.)

**  The  South will not rise again.    The case for removing Confederate  monuments.  (New York Daily News)

**  Activists urge Mayor Curry to remove last major Confederate monument in Jacksonville.  (Florida)

**  Suit filed over  Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee.  (Alabama.  They still haven't done anything for the criminal act committed by the town official to the statue.)

**  New capsule installed  within the pedestal  where Lee statue stood.  (Sad R.  I am fearful that they won't take that eyesore of a pedestal down after what BLM and their ilk were allowed to do to it.)

--Old Secesh

The Removal of the Lee Statue Makes Lots of Headlines

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There were a lot of articles about the statue of Robert E. Lee coming down in Sad R.  I mean a whole lot.  Of course, I want to know if they are going to also take the pedestal down as what the city and state allowed BLM and NAACP to do to it was an affront to decency.  

This display goes a long way to explain Sad R's lapse to the Dark Side.

I also don't know why they cut the statue up.  I know the given reason was so it could get through some low overpasses, but I think it goes beyond that.

**  I-35 billboard  calls for Confederate monument removal in Williamson County.  (Texas.  An SPLC thing.  Since when Does SPLC operate in Williamson County?  "Our County?"  Really.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

**  Crew searching for Confederate statue's 1887 time capsule.  (That would be the Lee statue in Sad R.  They also are placing another one for 2021.  This leads me to think they are going to keep that sad pedestal up instead of also removing it because Blacks find former Confederate pedestals offensive.

Of Course, What Gets Me Is How Come It Took Certain People So Long To Realize They Were Offended By That Lee Statue.   --Old Secesh

Museums, Cemeteries, Bills, Hearings, Constitutions and Statues, OH MY!

MARCH 16, 2021

**  Baltimore's Walters Art Museum reckons with founders' Confederate ties.  (This is so ridiculous.  Like it's a sin to have Confederate ties.  Without those guys there would NOT be a museum.  Be happy with that.)

**  Surprise inside?   Thornrose Cemetery Confederate time capsule awaits  revealing opening.  (Staunton, Virginia.  What will SPLC, NAACP or BLM have to say about this horrible thing?)

**  Bill to protect Confederate monuments advances to House floor.  (West Virginia.  Who'd have figured in this day and age that anything like this would happen.  What list will SPLC put this on?)

**  Hearing to remove  Confederate Gen.  Mouton statue delayed 6th time.  (Louisiana.  We'll count this as a win.  Not much of one, but we're desperate.)

**  160 years  later, Confederate Constitution an ignoble relic.  (The main difference was about slavery between it and the U.S. Constitution.  Otherwise they were essentially the same.)

**  Virginia Beach City Council weighs future of its Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Hey, let the people vote on its removal.  Dare you.)

An Ignoble Constitution?  Really?  Wasn't It based on the U.S. Constitution Except for Slavery?  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Alabama, Georgia, Charlottesville, Time Capsule, Army Bases, Democrats and Forrest

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

**  Alabama  Attorney General sues Madison County over removal of Confederate statue.  (Huntsville)

**  Georgia city to remove Confederate monument from park.  (Brunswick)

**  Water-damaged items salvaged from Confederate statue's time capsule in Albemarle.  (Charlottesville, Virginia)

**  House Democrats  consider slower timeline for renaming bases that honor Confederates.  (U.S. Congress.  Now supporting three years to change names.  Of course, Democrats are the black party.  I'm for changing the names, but don't ant every one of the Confederate-named bases named after Blacks.  I'm sure that is what the Democrats want.)

**  Lawyers request removal of KKK leader's remains from Memphis.  (Nathan Forrest, of course.  The SCV want the remains to be reinterred with them.)

I'd Like To Have Forrest's Remains Removed from Memphis As Well.--Old Secesh

One Nice Thing About Confederadication Is That We Are Getting Those Long-Buried Time Capsules. Arkansas, Military,Tennessee. Alabama, Virginia

 SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

**  Fort Smith could remove Confederate States flag from park.  (Arkansas)

**  The Army isn't done thinking about renaming installations honoring the Confederacy.

**Protests continue after Lee student's to relocate Confederate monument.  (Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.)

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

**  Rallies continue  in Confederate flag removal controversy in Marshall County.  (Albertville, Alabama.)

**  Here are the (mostly Confederate) mementos in Johnny Reb's time capsule.  (Charlottesville, Va.  One of the few good things that comes from all this Confederadication is that time capsules are being recovered.  A real piece of history, but real sad way to get it.  Sadly, some of the contents of the capsules have been damaged by time and weather beyond recovery.)

**  Brandon Thomas:  Confederate symbols are here to intimidate.  (Tennessee.  Black man running for Tennessee state house.)

--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

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