Confederate names restored to two Virginia schools after board vote
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Dallas Morning News ^
| 5/10/2024 | AP
WOODSTOCK, Va. — A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been removed. Shenandoah
County’s school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School, and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby Lee Elementary. Friday’s vote reverses a decision by the school board in 2020, a time when school systems across the South were removing Confederate names from schools in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names
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Reuters ^
| 05 10 2024 | Evelyn Hockstein and Julia Harte
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district the first in the U.S. to take such an action. By
a 5-1 vote, the Shenandoah County board overturned its 2020 decision that stripped a public high school and elementary school of their original names honoring three military leaders of the pro-slavery South in the Civil War. Under the board's action, Mountain View High School will again become known as Stonewall Jackson High, while Honey Run Elementary School will...
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Shenandoah County School Board votes to restore the Confederate Names of schools
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WHSV ^
| May. 10, 2024 | Mike Staley
For the first time in United States history, a school district that changed the name of schools that honored Confederate generals, voted to restore the Confederate names years later. The
Shenandoah County School Board held a public hearing on May 9 at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School to discuss restoring the names of Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School to Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School. At the hearing, residents voiced their opinions on the school’s current names and whether they agreed with the restoration or were against it. In 2020, the school board elected...
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On Confederate Memorial Day, an honest annotation of the Mississippi Declaration of Secession
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Mississippi Today ^
| 04/29/2024 | Michael Guidry
The Declaration of Secession was the result of a convention of the Mississippi Legislature in January of 1861. The
convention adopted a formal Ordinance of Secession written by former Congressman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. While the ordinance served an official purpose, the declaration laid out the grievances Mississippi’s ruling class held against the federal government under the leadership of President-elect Abraham Lincoln...The convention really couldn’t be any more straightforward:Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery--the greatest material interest in the world.
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Black Confederate Soldiers
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Forgotten History ^
| 27/3/24 | Bryan M. Rigg
As many scholars emphasize, particularly in the study of historical subjects like the Civil War, nuances abound, and the narrative is seldom black or white. History's
truth often resides in the gray zones, and this holds especially true for the complex society of the Confederate States of America Rather than a simple dichotomy of Blacks and Whites, the antebellum South witnessed a blend of races over two centuries leading up to the Civil War.
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A REBEL MANIFESTO: The Confederate Congress to the People; RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION (2/25/1864)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 2/25/1864
The following is the address of the rebel Congress to the people of the Confederate States, to which we made brief reference yesterday: ADDRESS OF CONGRESS. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. In closing the labors of the First Permanent Congress, your Representatives deem it a fit occasion to give some
account of their proceedings; to review briefly what, under such embarrassments and adverse circumstances, has been accomplished; to invite attention to the prospect before us, and the duties incumbent on every citizen in this crisis; and to address such words of counsel and encouragement as the times demand....
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Confederate monument protection bill clears first Senate hurdle (FLORIDA)
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floridapolitics ^
| 01/23/2024
A bill that would protect historical memorials, including controversial monuments to the Confederacy erected after the Civil War by White citizens’ groups, moved through a committee in the Senate, powered by a Republican supermajority on the Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability. No Democrat supported this measure. Sen.
Jonathan Martin’s bill (SB 1122) would impose penalties on local officials who removed those and other historical monuments after July 1, 2024. That mirrors a House companion in key ways, including potential removal from office by the Governor, as well as civil penalties and required restitution for monument restoration from the...
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LeVar Burton discovers he’s descended from Confederate soldier: ‘There’s some conflict roiling inside of me’
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LA Times ^
| January 17, 2024 | Emily St. Martin
LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him. The
former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read advocate and actor knew little about his lineage. He’d been estranged from his father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, since he was 11, and his mother, Erma Gene Christian, had been tight-lipped about her own history. Burton said it was “impossible” to get her to open-up about her upbringing.
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Democrat Jacksonville Mayor Celebrates Removal of Confederate Statue
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Breitbart ^
| 12/28/2023 | HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
The newly elected Democrat mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated the removal of a Confederate statue in the city, which was officially gone before noon Wednesday. Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan, who won her mayoral bid in May, celebrated the removal of the statue in Springfield Park, formally known as Confederate Park. The monument
in question, “In Memory of Our Women of the Southland,” depicts a mother with her two children at her side, looking down at a book upon her lap. It was erected in October 1915. The Democrat mayor, who said during her time on the campaign trail that she...
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SOUTHERN NEWS: The Collapse of Confederate Finances; THE TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS (12/26/1863)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 12/26/1863
We find the following additional extracts of interest in our files of late Richmond papers: CONFEDERATE FINANCES. A FORCED LOAN A NECESSITY. From the Richmond Examiner, Dec. 19. The
people of the Confederate States are bracing themselves to meet the financial crisis so long predicted and now so near at hand. The heroic common places about the "last dollar," which have been current since the beginning of the war, are to be translated into action, and while individuals may shrink from the test, the bulk of the nation is ready for the question. Everything must be surrendered, it need be,...
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Judge allows the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
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NPR ^
| 12/20/2023
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the Arlington National Cemetery to remove a century-old Confederate memorial one day after blocking the removal over a report that gravesites were disturbed. At
a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston said he issued the temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call from the memorial's supporters saying that gravesites adjacent to the memorial were being desecrated as contractors began work to remove the memorial.
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Judge issues order keeping Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
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AP via Yahoo ^
| 12 18 2023 | Matthew Barakat
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, seeking the
restraining order. A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. Work to remove the memorial had begun Monday before the restraining order was issued, but the memorial remains in place on cemetery grounds. A cemetery spokesperson said Monday that Arlington is complying with the restraining order, but referred all...
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Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Removal Of Confederate Monument At Arlington Cemetery
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The Daily Caller ^
| December 18, 2023 | MICAELA BURROW
A Trump-appointed federal judge has temporarily halted removal proceedings for the Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery that began Monday, the Associated Press reported. Defend
Arlington filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday for a temporary restraining order, the AP reported. Work had already begun to remove the bronze elements of the memorial in accordance with recommendations in the Congressionally-mandated Naming Commission’s final report to scrub Department of Defense (DOD) assets of any symbolism that could be seen to honor the Confederacy. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, according to the AP. The memorial has...
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Within the next several days, barring intervention from Congress, the Biden Regime, in violation of the law, will remove the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
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ThreadReaderApp.com ^
| December 15, 2023 | Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
1/ Within the next several days, barring intervention from Congress, the Biden Regime, in violation of the law, will remove the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, commissioned to celebrate the reconciliation of North and South. @blueandgray1864 @oilfieldRando 2/ The memorial is considered the masterwork of the renowned Jewish-American sculptor Sir Moses
Ezekiel (a former Confederate soldier who was described by his biographer as “adamantly opposed to slavery") who is buried at its base. 3/ Ezekiel, knighted by the King of Italy, was so dedicated to North-South reconciliation that he would later host commanding Union General Ulysses S. Grant at...
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Pentagon To Remove Memorial To Confederate Dead From Arlington National Cemetery , GOP Lawmakers Try To Stop It
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Post Millennial ^
| 12/14/23 | Darian Douraghy
A group of Republican lawmakers are attempting to stop the Pentagon from taking out a Confederate monument belonging to Arlington National Cemetery.Led by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), the group of lawmakers penned a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday that demands he leaves the Reconciliation Monument, also known as the
Confederate Memorial untouched until at least the conclusion of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process.The monument was set to be taken out by the Pentagon’s Naming Commission, a group formed to rename and remove military installations named after the Confederacy. This came in the wake of the 2020...
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National Guard Units in 6 States Have Held onto Confederate Streamers Despite a Deadline to Turn Them In
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military.com ^
| September 8, 2023 | By Steve Beynon
Army National Guard units with a Civil War-era lineage were ordered to relinquish any Confederate battle streamers from their guidons, but dozens of the streamers have yet to be recovered a week after the deadline
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Bodies found near Powder Magazine identified as Confederate soldiers [Colonial Williamsburg]
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Daily Press ^
| August 9, 2023 | Wilford Kale
...Thus far, research has narrowed the identification of the four remains to 21 or 22 individuals who "likely died during the period when the (Union-operated) hospital" was caring for the Confederate dead and dying after the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. The
original list contained 59 names and their units.The temporary hospital was next door to where the burial site was discovered adjacent to the Powder Magazine off Duke of Gloucester Street. The Magazine, one of the 89 surviving 18th century structures in Colonial Williamsburg's historic area, was built in 1715 and was originally used as a storehouse...
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Newly-elected Jacksonville mayor sets aside $500K to remove Confederate statue
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NY Post ^
| 07/24/2023 | Selim Algar
The newly-elected mayor of Jacksonville has allocated $500,000 in the Florida city’s budget to remove a monument dedicated to women who lost loved ones serving in the Confederate army. Donna
Deegan — a progressive Democrat who toppled her Republican opponent in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ backyard — had pledged to topple the monument and lined up the dollars to do so. “We are looking at all potential options and Mayor Deegan remains committed to removing the Springfield Park monument,” her spokesperson, Philip Perry, tweeted. Erected in 1915, the monument is one of the last Confederate memorials remaining in Jacksonville, the...
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Confederate Flag Seen Flying Over Paving Project on Route 2
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WHDH ^
| JUNE 27, 2023
The state Department of Transportation responded this week after a Confederate flag was seen flying over a paving project on Route 2 in Fitchburg. The flag was captured on camera in a video shared with 7NEWS. In addition to the flag, the video showed crews working in the area. In
a statement, MassDOT said a subcontractor from Bloomfield, Conn. displayed the flag while doing work. “MassDOT prohibits the display of the confederate flag and similar paraphernalia and has informed the contractor that they will not be allowed to perform further work until steps are taken to remove the flag,” MassDOT...
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Fort Bragg is renamed Fort Liberty to honor the 'greatest American value' as in U.S. Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
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UK Daily Mail ^
| June 3 2023 | ASSOCIATED PRESS and NOA HALFF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
A federal judge officially declared a mistrial in a federal case involving two doctors who were accused of conspiring to help Russia in its war with Ukraine by providing private medical records. Prosecutors
accused Anna Gabrielian, a Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist, and Jamie Lee Henry, her active-duty Army officer husband, of attempting to become Russian assets after they allegedly shared private and "exploitable" health records of their patients to an undercover FBI agent, according to WBALTV 11. The couple was arrested in 2022 after allegedly meeting with someone they thought was from the Russian embassy, but who was actually an FBI...
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