Confederadication: Florida, Confederate Holidays, Juneteenth, Alabama, Texas, It's Confederate With a Capital C!!! Mural and New Orleans

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

**  Lawmakers push to remove Confederate leaders' birthdays from public holidays; add Juneteenth.  (Florida.  Talk about a slap in the face!!)

**  Alabama  lawmakers punt on Confederate monument removal.

**  New resource to help North Carolinians remove Confederate monuments.  (A black organization sponsors the resource.  I'm so surprised.  Is that racist?)

**  Petition calls for removal of 'confederate'  statues at courthouse.  (Excuse me, Confederate KCBD 11, Texas)

**  NAACP  calls for removal of mural inside local library displaying Confederate flag, soldiers.  (Cabarrus County, N.C.  Imagine the NAACP being upset about something like that.  That's not racist is it.  Mural made in 1939.  Why did it take so long for the NAACP to notice it?)

**  New names  for 38 New Orleans streets, parks:  See all the current  recommendations.  (Most are Confederate names and will be replaced with black names.  That's not racist, is it?)

**  Members named  to panel scrubbing Confederate icons from DOD.

--Old Secesh

Utah's Woke State University. University of the South, the Ex-Slave and Confederate Hero, Pelham Lake, Vandalism or Hate Crime?

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

**  How an ex-slave and a Confederate hero joined forces during the Jim Crow era.  (Quite an interesting story.  Give it a read.)

**  Bill to repeal Alabama law protecting  Confederate monuments  fails to advance.  (Wow!  Did we maybe win one?)

**  Split vote, split views.  Confederate Pelham removed as Culpepper Lake's name.  (Virginia)

**  Gaston County Confederate monument vandalized.  (North Carolina.  Dear old BLM at work again.  I wonder of it would be vandalizing if someone did that to a Martin Luther King Jr. monument?)

**  Did Churchill say "People with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves"?  (Snopes.  He didn't.  These words were on a removed Confederate monument.)

**  Utah House votes for dropping 'Dixie' from university name.  (Dixie State University.  No new name chosen.  The school has already changed nickname from Rebels to Red Storm and removed a Confederate soldier statue.  Many southerners had settled in the area after the Civil War.  Maybe rename the school Gutless State University or Woke State University.)

**  First black president at the University of the South says home has been vandalized, threatening messages left.  (Sewanee, Tennessee.  Is this vandalism or a hate crime.  I'd call it a hate crime.)

--Old Secesh

Costs of Renaming Streets and Roads Should be Paid By Those Who Want Them Changed. Florida, Confederate Holidays, North Dakota, Renaming in Charlotte and John Pelham

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

**  Second Florida lawmaker seeks to end Confederate holidays.  (A white female Democratic state senator.  Imagine a Democrat being against something Confederate.  How did that happen?)

**  Bismarck Public Schools updates policy after Confederate flag ban request.  (North Dakota.  A black student made the request.  Confederates in North Dakota?)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

**  Charlotte City Council unanimously votes to rename honoring Confederate soldiers, white supremacists.  (North Carolina.  The Streets:  Jefferson Davis Street,  West Hill Street, Stonewall Street, Jackson Avenue,  Phifer Avenue, Aycock Lane, Barringer Drive,  Morrison Boulevard and Zebulon Avenue.  Again, the cost involved should be paid by those who are offended and don't name them all after Blacks.)

**  NCs new efforts to scrub the stain of the Confederacy.  (A very anti-Confederate piece.)

**  So long Pelham--  Culpepper  votes to remove Confederate soldier's name.  (Virginia.  Pelham Lake)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Whipped Peter, Lost Cause, Georgia, Kentucky, Reporter, Charleston and Fort Bragg

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

**Political Horizons:  Whipped Pete has more Louisiana ties than Nathan Bedford Forrest. 

**  'The Lost Cause' - and effects.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

**  Two Confederate monuments will be removed in Georgia within three days.

**  OMSH officials welcome potential to house  Confederate statue for  historical purposes.  (Owensboro, Kentucky.  Owensboro Museum of Science and History.)

**  A black reporter's road trip to inauguration -- and a search for America's 'soul.'

**  Protesters hold  'Stop the Hate' rally in Charleston.  (South Carolina)

**  Could Fort Bragg be renamed for a woman?

**  Who are Fort Bragg's buildings and streets named after.

--Old Secesh

We Need More Black History Markers. You Want It Gone, You Pay For It. South Carolina, Islam, UDC, Statue Removal, Jim Crow Era, Michigan Capitol and Black History Markers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

**  Group calls on SC to discontinue  license plates  featuring Confederate flag.  (Let's see, you think it might be a black group?  Let's see.  It was CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations.  Not necessarily Blacks.  I wonder what they have to say about 9/11?)

**  Confederate statue in Dalton related to previous protests removed and relocated.  (Georgia.  General Joseph E. Johnston.  Moved to a private museum.  This paid for by UDC and they shouldn't have had to pay for it.  As I have said before, if you want it gone, put YOUR money where YOUR mouth is.)

**  How an ex-slave and a Confederate hero joined forces during  the Jim Crow era.  (A very interesting story about a new book about the case of a poor black farmer George Dinning charged with murder in Kentucky in the postwar South was defended by Bennett H. Young, a Confederate hero.  Well worth a read.)

**  New bill would ban Confederate flag at Michigan's Capitol.  (Introduced by a black state senator.  Also backing a bill making Juneteenth a state holiday.  Kind of racist sounding.)

**  Column:   A son of the South, here's why  I grew up to no longer  'look away' from Dixie's cruel past.

**  Black history underestimated in public markers.  (I agree with this statement.  Blacks have accomplished many notable achievements and should be recognized.  Especially those who overcame Jim Crow restrictions.

Of Course, When It Comes to Historical Markers of Any Sort, I Am All in Favor of Them.  --Old Secesh

Is a Race War Evident? Georgia, Sad Presbyterians in Sad R., Tennessee and New York

FEBRUARY  5, 2021

**  Analysis:  A race war evident long before the Capitol siege.  (Sure hope it doesn't come to this.  Someone really needs to back down for a change and consolidate their gains.)

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

**  Suburban Atlanta county removes Confederate monument.

**  Gwinnett County removes Confederate monument from Lawrenceville Square.  (Georgia)

**  New bill targets Stone Mountain, Confederate monuments across Georgia.  

**  Presbyterian seminary demolishes historic Richmond home of Confederate surgeon; 'I am not sorry Hunter McGuire's old house is gone.'  (Sad R. of course.  Now sad Presbyterians.)

**  Driver charged after 'up close and personal encounter' with Confederate statue in Lebanon.  (Tennessee.  Driver was DUI.  Statue of Confederate General Robert Hatton.)

**  Proposed state law would ban hate symbols from public buildings, equipment.  (New York.  Just make sure that also includes BLM stuff.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Georgia, Alabama, License Plates, Confederate Flags, Louisiana, Street Names, Statues

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

**  New bills proposed for removal of Confederate monuments from Georgia public property.

**  Alabama won't ban Confederate flag tag.  (SCV license plate tag.  Again, no SCV tag, no BLM tag.)

**  Alabama lawmaker's bills would remove Confederate symbols from state laws.  (A black woman)

**  Turning the pages of time:  Controversy over the Confederate flag.

**  Here's why it is easier to remove Confederate street names in New Orleans than in Baton Rouge.  (Louisiana)

**  Nashville park seeks permission to remove Confederate statue.  (Tennessee.  Sam Davis monument which BLM has targeted several times with hate crimes.)

**  Alabama one of few states to allow Confederate personalized license plates.

--Old Secesh

Continuing Attacks on the Confederacy: The Democratic Party, the Party of BLM. Texas, Arkansas, Flags, Florida, Police, Democrats and Georgia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

**  McKinney postpones Confederate statue  decision for second time.  (McKinney, Texas  James Throckmorton statue.  Confederate officer and Texas governor)

**  Legislature  considers repealing Arkansas  Confederate Flag Day.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

**  Group asks Florida police department to remove Confederate flag from badges.  (Pensacola, Florida)

**  Hearing on Confederate monument postponed.  (Brunswick, Ga.  It was defaced with BLM letters last summer.)

**  Georgia Democrats make new push to remove Confederate symbols.  (Real hard to believe that the party of BLM riots, arson, looting and hate crimes would do something like this.)

**  Breaking:  Gwinnet County  removes Confederate monument erected in  in 1993.  (Georgia)

--Old Secesh

Don't Replace Removed Confederate Monuments With Black Ones. Again, You Want It Gone, You Pay To Remove It.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

**  The AR Project replaces Confederate statues with racial justice leaders.  (And that is not in the least racist.  No way, no how.)

**  Commentary:  Confederate holiday fuels oppression.

**  Artists sought for John Lewis tribute at old Confederate monument site.  (Decatur, Georgia.  John Lewis deserves a monument, but not in place of a removed Confederate one.  Put it elsewhere at the courthouse.)

**  Roxboro residents raising money to relocate Confederate  monuments from city court house.  (Roxboro, N.C.  Raising $25,000.  Like I've said before, you want it gone, YOU pay for it.  This should cover removal and a new place for it.)

**  1 for, 1 against removal of Confederate monument in Newton.  (North Carolina.  This referred to documents presented before the council.)

**  Rioter hit cop with Confederate flag-adorned hockey stick:  report.  (Capitol riot.  Hopefully the media will remember what a riot looks like when BLM continues theirs this summer.)

--Old Secesh

Lynching Memorial Okayed for Mississippi Town. No More SCV Vanity Plates in NC. North Carolina, South Carolina, Hate Crime and Confederate Flag

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

**  Lynching memorial approved for Lafayette County Courthouse.  (Oxford, Mississippi.  Seven black lynchings occurred in the the county, (three at the square or near it).  I am all in favor of any historical monument, even one showing the sad side of human nature.  The Confederate monument in the square still stands so it is okay with me as long as this is paid for by private citizens, not the town.)

**  North Carolina stops issuing Confederate license plates.  (These are Sons of Confederate Veterans plates. As long as they take a look at others that some might find offensive.  Hopefully there are no BLM license plates.  I see there are quite a few black fraternity and sorority plates, but since they advance education they are okay.)

**  Pasquotank to talk  future of Confederate monument in Monday meeting.  (North Carolina)

**  Police:  Charleston Battery  Confederate monument vandalized.  (South Carolina.  The Confederate Defenders monument.  BLM written on it.  This is not vandalism.  This is a hate crime.)

**  Pitt County commissioners vote to move Confederate statue that was removed last year from courthouse.  (Greenville, North Carolina.  It will be moved to private property.  The movement should be paid for by those wanting it gone.  No public funds should be used.)

**  Sons of Southern Cross sue Van Buren mayor over Confederate flag at Christmas parade.  (Arkansas.  They can't have the flag in parade.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Confederate Flags, Virginia, Texas and North Carolina

JANUARY 31, 2021

**  Moving the statue of Confederate Gen. Forrest was the right choice.  (Rome, Georgia)

**  Protesters call for the removal of Limestone County Confederate monument.   (Athens, Alabama.  There were also protesters there who wanted to keep it.)

**  Removing a Confederate monument?  This bill would require Idaho legislature's approval.  (Idaho?  Why would Idaho have a Confederate monument?)

**  Flag Wars:  Does Confederate flag symbolize identity or slavery?

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

**  A new Civil War monument will be built  on the Eastern Shore.  It would honor Union troops.  (Virginia)

**  'We do not conduct campus celebrations of one of these state mandated holidays:  Confederate Heroes Day.  (University of Texas-Dallas)

**  Can repurposing the Vance monument help heal the divide in Asheville?  (North Carolina.  Vance was the Confederate governor of the state.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Army Bases, Texas, SPLC Speaks Again, Montgomery City Flag and Louisiana

JANAUARY 30, 2021

**  Stage set for removal of Confederate names from military posts.

**  Texas' divisive history:  The battle over Confederate monuments and holidays continues.

**  SPLC:  It's time to remove  the Confederacy from the Montgomery flag.  (Alabama.  I was unaware of this flag.  However, I am still waiting for SPLC to make one of their famous lists about the number of BLM "protest demonstrations" that turned into "riots.")

**  Caddo Parish accepting bids to remove Confederate monument; patriotic writings to be added to temporary barriers. (Louisiana)

**  Will Sutton:  Baton Rouge commission was to review Confederate  street names.  It took a pass.  (Louisiana)

**  Defense bill opens  door for changes to Fort Rucker, other Army bases named for Confederate officers.

Come On SPLC, Give Us That List.   --Old Secesh

UNC Hate Crime Guys Get to Take a Walk. Really? Even George and Abe? UDC, Capitol Riot, Forts and Forrest

JANUARY 29, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to relocate Confederate statue from downtown Dalton.  (Georgia)

**  Charges tossed  for two men accused of toppling  Confederate statue Silent Sam at UNC Chapel Hill.  (North Carolina.  The reason?  Too many other, more important cases to try because of COVID backup. These guys committed a hate crime and they get to take a walk.  Big surprise.  Had this involved a MLK statue, would the culprits have gotten a walk?  Actually every student there, both hands on and cheering on should have been expelled for hate crimes.  None were.)

**  OP-Ed:  Bibles and Confederate flags mixed at Capitol riot.  They shouldn't in Christianity.

**  San Francisco  school board votes to rename 44 schools, including  Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.  (Gosh.  Oh Gosh.  How low will they go.)

**   Military Matters:  Commanding general talks Fort Benning name change.

**  Statue of Confederate general Nathan Forrest removed from Myrtle Cemetery, put into storage.  (Rome, Georgia)

**  Hispanic congressmen  push for purge of Confederate renaming panel.  (Want Trump people removed from panel.  Want forts named after Hispanics.  How about Fort Santa Anna?)

Go Ahead and Blame It On the Virus.  --Old Secesh

What Is a Confederate Flag Apologist? Moving Those Statues. Oregon, Georgia, Confederate Flags, John Lewis and Florida

JANUARY 28, 2021

**  Dalton Confederate statue will move to new location.  (Georgia)

**  Botetourt County leaders accept committee's report on Confederate monument, further discussions expected.  (Virginia)

**  Fate of Confederate general statue a priority in Rome as city's committees restart meetings.  (Georgia)

**  Renowned Confederate flag apologist paid $25,000 to bail out an Oregon Capitol invader.  (Of course, Oregon is the state that allowed idiots to riot for how many months in Portland?  Right next door to Washington which allowed rioters to form their own country in Seattle.  Something must be wrong with the water in the Northwest.  An interesting article in the Center Square Oregon.  Very anti right.)

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JANUARY 29, 2021

**  Confederate general and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest's name could be replaced by Hank Aaron at Atlanta High School after the Hall of Famer's death at 86.

**  Memorial to John Lewis replacing Decatur Confederate monument.  (Georgia.  He is worthy of having a monument in his honor.  However, I don't want to see every Confederate monument removed replaced with one to a black person.)

**  Bay City  business that flew Confederate flag once contracted with Panama City.  (Florida.  So?)

Apologist My Foot!!  --Old Secesh

Fort Audie Murphy Okay With Me. Want It Moved? You Pay!!

JANUARY 27, 2021

**  Fort Hood renamed to 'Fort Murphy'?  (Texas.  I could accept Audie Murphy for the new name of a base.  Please don't just name ALL of them after Blacks.)

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JANAUARY 28, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy to relocate Confederate statue  from downtown Dalton.  (Georgia.  Just remember, all funds for taking down and relocation should be paid for by those who want it moved, not the town.  So, I guess BLM and their folks need to get raising some money.)

**  Botetourt  leaders near decision on Confederate monument.  (Virginia.  Do you think they'll decide to keep it?)

**  Confederate statue gone from the grounds  of Plaquemine City Hall.  (Louisiana)

**  Potential resolution reached in city's  Confederate flag discussions.  (Virginia.  Somebody was flying a Confederate flag from their camper.  It upset some folks, you know.)

--Old Secesh