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Friday, February 19, 2016

The Confederacy Under Attack-- Part 193: Swarthmore's All Hot and Bothered

From the Feb. 13, 2016, Google Alerts for Confederate.

**  James Loewen Says Additional Baltimore Confederate Statues Should Be Removed.  (Loss)  Loewen is a historians and wants the statue of poet (and Confederate soldier) Sidney Lanier removed.  Forget his poetry, he was a Confederate soldier.

There are 4 statues in predominantly white areas of Baltimore including one to Roger B. Taney, the architect of the Dred Scott Decision and the statue of Lee and Jackson in Wyman Park.

**  Confederate Flag sparks controversy in borough.  (Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)  (Loss)  A house near the college is flying a Confederate Flag and some folks are upset.

**  Va. Flaggers: Another Confederate Flag to be raised on I-95 this Saturday.  (Petersburg)  (Win) This will be the 18th one across the state they have raised.  It will be just south of Petersburg and will be on an 80-foot high flag pole and there will be a 20 by 20-foot flag on it.

--Old Secesh

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