CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Dec. 30, 2020.

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 ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- "Maryland, My Maryland" the state song of the State of Maryland, is being targeted for repeal by the current Speaker of the House in the in the state. It has been reported that she said there may be enough support now to repeal it. The song, written by James Ryder Randall, who was a resident of Louisiana but a native of Maryland, wrote the song at the beginning of the War for Southern Independence to encourage his native state to secede.

James Ryder Randall  seen here at age 22 in 1861. He wrote "Maryland, My Maryland" after a friend was killed in a riot in Baltimore. He was teaching in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana at the time. He later served in the Confederate navy.

PITTSBORO, N.C. -- The Winnie Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy filed a notice to appeal Dec. 30, 2020 to the dismissal of their case against the the Chatham County  Board of Commissioners for removing the the statue and pedestal of a Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds on November 19, 2020. The statue and pedestal are now being stored in a warehouse.

ON THE INTERNET -- The shopping web site Wish.com has reportedly banned the sale of Confederate themed merchandise, and threatens to impose a $10 fine on sellers who sell prohibited items.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Alabama Attorney General filed a lawsuit Nov. 20, 2020 against Madison County for removing a Confederate monument from the  courthouse there in October, in violation of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. The monument was relocated to a cemetery.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Dec. 28, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Congress voted Monday to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which has a provision to rename U.S. Army military bases named in honor of Confederate Veterans. The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate which is also expected to override President Trump's veto. Among the military bases to be renamed is Fort Polk, Louisiana, which is named in honor of Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, who was also the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana. Polk was killed in action during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864.

Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk

ALBERTVILLE, Alabama -- Anti-Confederate protesters placed fake body bags on the grounds of the Marshall County, Alabama courthouse to promote the removal of the Confederate monument at the courthouse. The fake body bags supposedly represent slaves of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, for who the county is named.

 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- A new book studies the leadership lessons that can be learned from the Confederate and Federal leaders at the Battle of Gettysburg. The book is "Battle Tested!Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders" by U.S. Army Col. Jeff McCausland (ret.)

JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. -- The Jackson County Commission voted to keep their courthouse Confederate statue, but erase from the base the Confederate flag and the words "Our Heroes." They have covered up the base with plywood and put a fence around it until the flag and words can be changed.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for December 26, 2020

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Fort Bragg, North Carolina is among the U.S. Army bases named in honor of Confederate generals which would be renamed if Congress joins the neo-Marxist Democrat purge of American History if Congress overrides President Trump's veto of a bill that renames the bases. When it was established on Sept. 4, 1918, as Camp Bragg, in World War I, the nation was trying to reunite the country after the bloodiest war in American history, the War for Southern Independence. The base was named for General Braxton Bragg, who was a hero in the U.S. Army in the Mexican-American War, and one of the top-ranking  Confederate generals in the War for Southern Independence. The conciliatory attitude helped achieve that reconciliation between North and South and Southerners played a major part of winning World War I and World War II.

Gen. Braxton Bragg

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- A Tullahoma alderman refuses to apologize for being photographed with a Confederate flag at a private family Christmas party. The photograph in question had been shared on a social media web site.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Trump made good on his promise to veto the National Defense Appropriation Act because it has a clause that will bow to the demand of neo-Marxist Democrats to rename 10 military bases named in honor of Confederate generals. Both Democrats and Republicans in the Congress have threatened to override the veto. 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- The Portsmouth City Solicitor said he would need time to review a request by a city council woman to prohibit the display of the Confederate flag on city property. The move would prohibit the flag from being display own privately owned campers that are parked on city owned campgrounds on the riverfront. Such a prohibition would reportedly have First Amendment implications.

MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH FROM THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU & YOUR FAMILIES

As much as 2020 has been trying & difficult, let us not forget our Southern Veterans who participated in all American conflicts who had to endure much worse hardships on the battlefield & in the trenches. Let us remember that their sacrifice and beliefs gave us the freedoms we enjoy today. And most importantly the freedom to worship our Creator and the birth of his son, Jesus Christ.

2020 has been a strenuous year, but now as we reach the end, let us stand tall with pride as the descendants of Southern Veterans. Let us all come together to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and remember the real reason for the season.

Though we may not be related by birth, we are related by blood. It is the blood of the South that runs through our veins. It connects us all as brothers & sisters. There is no greater place in this country as Dixie. Let us continue to honor those that came before us and let us continue to honor their sacrifice.

During this season when you are with loved ones, take a long look at your surroundings. Remember at the core of the Southerner is Faith & Family. It is those values that have been passed down from the generations that first stepped on this continent. And it was those beliefs that were wrapped tightly around grey jean wool cloth that marched into uncertainty for their preservation.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas to you & your families,

Brian “Vex” McClure

1st Lt. Division Commander

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS, Dec. 23.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Trump has until midnight tonight, Dec. 23, 2020, to veto a bill that would change the names of the 10 U.S. military bases named in honor of Confederate generals, and ban other names or symbols associated with the Confederate States of America.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A provision in the omnibus government funding bill to remove Confederate Monuments from National Battlefield Parks has reportedly been removed from the bill. President Trump had previously promised to veto any such bill. 

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Putnam County Board of County Commissioners voted to remove the Confederate monument from the courthouse ground. The catch is those who want it removed would have to raise $200,000 in private money to pay for the removal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In spite of the removal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from National Statuary Hall by Virginia at the U.S. Capitol, there are still 10 Confederate statues still there.

The statue of President Jefferson Davis is still standing in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS, Dec. 22, 2020

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- The Walker County Commissioners Court voted Monday unanimously to not remove the Confederate monument which has been located on the courthouse grounds since 1956. 

RICHMOND, Va. -- Following its removal in the early morning hours today, December 21, the statue of Robert E. Lee by Edward Valentine, which was given to the United States Capitol in 1909 as one of two statues from the Commonwealth of Virginia for the National Statuary Hall Collection, is in transport from Washington, D.C. to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) in Richmond, Virginia. Ownership and title of the statue has been permanently transferred from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the museum.

[Editor's note: According to the above press release, the statue is being place in storage. No mention is made when or if it will be placed on public display again.]

Gen. Robert E. Lee, who sacrificed much in defense of his beloved Virginia.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The statue of General Robert E. Lee in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall in Congress has been removed by order of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam at 4 o'clock A.M. in the dark of night. He has had it replaced by a civil right figure named Barbara Rose Johns.

    The statue of Lee has been in the collection of since 1909 and the commission that recommended it be removed, recommended the statue to now be transferred to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond, Virginia. 

Robert E. Lee Statue

In Capitol Statuary Hall

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A vote was scheduled to be taken today, Dec. 21, by the Walker County Commissioners Court of whether or not to remove a Confederate monument that has been outside the courthouse since 1956.

     The monument has the outline image of a Confederate battle flag with the inscription "IN MEMORY OF OUR CONFEDERATE PATRIOTS 1851-1865." It was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Supporters of the monument want it preserved since it honors their ancestors and is historically educational.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS, Dec. 18

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo has signed into New York law a bill that immediately makes "selling or displaying" the Confederate flag against the law. How such a law could possibly be in accord with the free speech provision of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is not explained.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A United Daughters of the Confederacy lawsuit petitioning the court for a return of a Confederate soldier statue to downtown Winston-Salem was dismissed by a Superior Court judge on a 2-1 ruling.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Richmond City Council has passed an ordinance renaming the Jefferson Davis Highway, another is a long line of anti-Confederate actions in what was once the national capital of the Confederate States of America.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Schools in Jackson named in honor of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and John Logan Power, will be renamed, it was announced by the Board of Trustees for Jackson Public Schools.

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has no plans to rename the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. McGuire was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's surgeon who amputated the general's mortal wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville and treated him up to the time of his death from pneumonia two weeks later.

Dr. Hunter H. McGuire

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS RESPONSE TO SUVCW

 

Announcement #3 – December 16, 2020

Compatriots, During the late 19th and 20th centuries, Confederate and Union veterans had their separate organizations, but maintained fraternal relations between the two. For many years, their descendant organizations have done the same. In fact, when our beloved battle flag and Confederate monuments came under attack, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) supported us in recent years. This is no longer the case. At their recent National Encampment, the SUVCW issued their new official position on monument protection. They have removed all references to Confederate memorials and our beloved battle flag. It appears that they have become weak-kneed in the face of the “Cancel Culture” and seem to believe if they disassociate themselves from their fraternal brothers of the South that they and their monuments will be overlooked. We know this is not the case as ALL things that are “Traditionally American” and not just Southern are under attack as “those people” attempt to rewrite history to suit their agenda. If we are asked about the SUVCW's stance on these matters, just mention the fact that they state that “the SUVCW supports and preserves all memorials to American veterans and since the Federal Government have recognized our brave Confederate ancestors since 1903 as ‘American Veterans’ then they too are American memorials.” Just as our ancestors fought alone during the War for Southern Independence, we find ourselves once again alone as we face a war of cultural genocide. We knew it would come to this, but we will endure and persevere as we fight this war together as brothers. Please pray for myself and the General Executive Council as we go forward once again into the breach that we make the decisions that are needed to advance the Cause and continue the Charge that was given to us.   Deo Vindice, Larry McCluney, Jr. Commander-in-Chief Sons of Confederate Veterans   OFFICIAL SCVNEWS POST SCVNews and SCV Telegraph are Copyrighted 1999-2016, Sons of Confederate Veterans. The SCV Telegraph Mailing List is for Official SCV Use ONLY.

CONFEDERATE FLAG RAISINGS IN LOUISIANA, Dec. 16, 2020

 

CONFEDERATE FLAG FLYS WITH THE PELICANS The SCV Lt. J.Y. Sanders Camp 2092, Commander raised a 35ft flag pole acquired from the Louisiana Division in Jefferson Parish. It is pictured here flying the Confederate Battle Flag along with the U.S. Flag. The Sanders Camp plans to interchange different historical flags on the pole, especially Southern banners that are not commonly known. They hope it will initiate conversations within the community, promoting our Southern Heritage & History.  Deo Vindice! Brian McClure 1st Lt. Division Commander

SOUTHERN BANNER RAISED! The SCV Claiborne Invincibles Camp Commander purchased a 35ft flag pole from the Louisiana Division. The pole and flag were raised in Claiborne Parish as a symbol of our Southern Heritage & History. The flag poles the Louisiana Division acquired were industrial poles used at the 1984 World’s Fair. Deo Vindice! Brian McClure 1st Lt. Division Commander

CONFEDERATE NEWS SUMMARY, Dec. 15

 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The Board of Trustees of Dixie State University voted Monday to change is name by getting rid of Dixie, because it is associated with the Confederacy. The name reportedly originated from Southern settlers who wanted to promote cotton growing in the area. 

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam announced he plans to "repurpose" the equestrian monument of  General Robert E. Lee, after the Lee statue has been removed, and replace it with "more diverse art." The National Register of Historic Places monument was erected on Richmond's once historic Monument Avenue in 1890.

Robert E. Lee Monument

GULF PORT, Miss. -- A deadlock vote by the Harrison County Board of Supervisors means the Confederate monument outside the courthouse in Gulfport will remain. The statue depicts a Confederate soldier at parade rest, standing on a tall, ornate pedestal.

WEATHERFORD, Tex. -- A protest was held Sunday by persons wanted the Confederate Monument in front of the Parker County courthouse removed, and monument defenders were there to defend it. The monument consists of a statue of a Confederate soldier atop a ornate column. Petitions have been started both for and against the monument.

CONFEDERATE NEWS SUMMARY for Dec. 14, 2020

 

Gen. John Bell Hood

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump has reiterated his position of vetoing the National Defense Authorization of Act if it contains provisions he opposes.

Among the provisions he opposes is a provision to change the names of the 10 U.S. military bases named in honor of Confederate generals, such as Fort Hood, Texas named in honor of General John Bell Hood. The bill is in a committee to reconcile differences in the House and Senate bills. It has been approved by veto-proof margins in both bodies.

GADSDEN, Ala. -- A monument honoring Emma Sansom, Confederate heroine, in Gadsden has come under scrutiny by the city government there. Historian Camille Agricola Bowman has suggested it be used as a teaching tool to teach changing interpretations of history.

The monument was erected in 1906 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Emma Sansom was a young girl who aided General Nathan Bedford Forrest during the raid in Northern Alabama by Yankee cavalry.

PENDLETON, Ore. -- Confederate sidewalk stamps are being debated at the Dec. 15 meeting of the Pendleton City Council. The Pendleton Historic Preservation Commission wanted to preserve the concrete etchings that honor Confederate heroes like Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee.

The city is now targeting an exception to the city's historic preservation ordinance to exclude the etchings, according to draft ordinance being considered.

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Fort Polk, Louisiana and other U.S. Military bases may soon be changed if the National Defense Authorization Act is passed. The bill, passed by veto proof margins in  both the House of Representatives and Senate, now goes to a conference committee to iron out the differences between the House and Senate bills.

The president's concerns includes the provision to rename the 10 military bases named in honor of Confederate generals, including Fort Polk, which is named for Louisiana Episcopal Bishop Leonidas Polk and a Confederate general killed in action during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. Any other military facilities with Confederate connections would also be wiped out by the "politically correct cleansing act."

Last month, it was reported that 56 percent of Americans polled were against renaming the bases, but the Congress appears to be oblivious to public opinion in the haste to appease various violent radical groups pushing that measure, as well as defunding police and other issues.

President Trump has been staunchly opposed to such historical revisionism. He wrote in June, "It has been suggested we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars. There, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations. Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with."

Louisiana Bishop Leonidas Polk

Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Here's a link to: Click👉The Elephant in the Room | Abbeville Institute, about the Confederate battle flag. God Bless OUR Confederacy.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS UPDATE

 

    The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has not yet announced when it will have The South's Defenders Monument restored, which will include the repair of the flagbearer statue and to the top of the column knocked off by Hurricane Laura.

       The people of Calcasieu Parish last summer overwhelmingly showed support for the monument and the police jury overwhelmingly voted to not  remove the monument under pressure from a small but vocal anti-monument group.

        If you haven't already done so, please contact your police juror and encourage him to support having the monument repaired and restored. You can find your police jurors contact information on their web site, www.calcasieuparish.gov.

        Elsewhere, the Northampton County, Virginia Board of supervisor took no action recently to remove their Confederate soldier monument.

         The U.S. Congress is still considering legislation that would change the names of all military bases named in honor of Confederate generals. They are also considering legislation to remove Confederate monuments and plaques from all national battlefield parks. President Trump has warned he will veto both of those attempts at historical cleansing. Biden has reportedly promised to support them. Please contact you congressional representative and senators and let them know your opinions.

         In Alabama, the state legislature in Montgomery will consider removing an image of the Confederate battle flag from its state coat of arms, which also includes other historic flags that have flown over Alabama in the past. Those other flags include the French and Spanish flags from the colonial period when they ruled what later became Alabama.

         On the internet, the streaming platform Twitch has announced it will totally ban the Confederate flag in all circumstances.

        The Virginia Military Institute recently removed the statue on the campus of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson under pressure of its extreme anti-Confederate governor. The statue is being to transferred to the Battle of New Market State Park. Historically, that battle occurred about a year after Jackson's death.

        The City of Norfolk, Virginia has moved its Confederate monument, a Confederate flagbearer nicknamed Johnny Reb, to Norfolk's historic Elmwood Cemetery, which has a Confederate section. The local SCV camp commended the City of Norfolk for honoring its pledge to move it to a place of honor. It now stands on a pedestal with landscaping around the base.

 

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--The honor of the integrity of principal.--Robert E. Lee