Civil War-- 545: It Turns Into a Flood

From the August 9, 2017, Google Alerts for Confederate.

These are the headlines of the stories for this date.

**  Ole Miss edges out of its Confederate shadow, gingerly.  (Loss)

**  US Army refuses to rename streets honoring Confederate leaders.  (Win)

**  Time capsule found in base of Lake Eola Confederate statue.  (Florida)  (Win, but in a sad way because of the statue removal.)

**  Group wants Forrest statue, other Confederate symbols removed.  (Loss)

**  Dem. rep. flips after Army refuses to remove Confederate street names on base.  The representative was a black woman named Yvette Clarke.  I can't help but think she needs to be addressing more serious problems her constituents face.

**  Confederate flags, 'Black Flies Matter' shirts leave some New Hampshire county fairgoers disgusted.

**  La Fayette:  Walmart employee says woman damaged her car over Confederate Flag flap. (Loss)

**  5 solutions to Salisbury's Confederate marker controversy.(Maryland)  1.  Let it be, 2.  Give the full picture of its significance,  3.  Add markers around it,  4.  Put it in a museum,  5.  Relocate it closer to Winder's home.  The marker was put up by the Maryland Civil War Commission and is for Confederate General John Winder, former U.S. Army officer and in charge of Confederate prisons, including Andersonville.

This Just Keep Getting Bigger and Worse.  --Old Secesh