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.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS, Dec. 21(Click on highlight for full story)

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

(Library of Congress)

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.