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BATTLECREW!! Here is a post I made for Facebook, but I believe you may find interesting.
I am going to do something I haven’t done in years. I am going to post an entire news story, this one from the Waycross Journal-Herald. Printed Wednesday, April 22, 2026 and written by Staff Writer, Rick Nolte.
Confederate Group Files 2 Court Actions on State Resolution
Two court actions were filed last week in Ware County Superior Court in an effort to keep the Confederate Veterans’ Monument at Phoenix Park in Waycross.
The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) along with the General Clement A. Evans Camp No.64, SCV of Waycross filed a lawsuit April 13 and an application for a temporary restraining order (TRO) April 15. The City of Waycross was named respondent in both actions.
The filings came after the Waycross City Commission approved a resolution March 3 seeking removal of the monument and Civil War-era cannon from the downtown park. The memorials have been in the park since 1910.
The TRO seeks to prevent any action by the city to interfere with the statue and cannon in any manner at its current location for a maximum period of 30 days, and a hearing on the application be set at earliest possible time.
It asks that any order prevent:
Removing the monument and cannon from the park;
Damaging, defacing, or altering the two memorials;
Interfering with the two in any manner;
Relocating the two;
Contracting with or directing third parties to perform the foregoing acts;
Taking any action in furtherance of the city’s 45-day removal directive as it pertains to the memorials.
The SCV suit contends the memorials have multiple legal protections to prevent their removal. Among them are:
Official Code of Georgia Annotated §50-3-1: The state’s primary statute governing the protection of historical monuments.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated §44-9-4: Georgia real estate law converts a license to an easement that runs with the land once a group relies on the license.
The SVC said in a media release announcing the court filings, it was “firmly committed to the preservation and protection of the monuments that honor the service of Georgia’s Confederate Veterans. We are prepared to take this matter all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court to ensure these historic markers that honor Georgia’s Veterans remain in their rightful place.”
The resolution was approved by a 3-1 vote of the commission. Commissioners William Simmons, Shawn Sanders, and Alvin Nelson favored the resolution while William Tompkins opposed.
Tompkins cited state codes governing monuments for his “no” vote, believing the approval of the resolution opened the city to litigation on the subject.
The resolution directed City Attorney Cheslyn Green to issue a “final” letter to the monuments’ owners, demanding removal within 45 days or face civil action by the city.
Martin K. O’Toole, spokesman for the Georgia Division of SCV, said last week no person connected with the state SCV, the Clement A. Evans Camp, the Francis S. Bartow Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy or its national office had sop far received a letter from the city relating to the resolution.
The local Bartow Chapter of the UDC presented the monument to the SCV in 1910.
Attempts by the Journal-Herald to find out from the city if/when a letter was sent as well as to whom have been unsuccessful. Green has cited attorney-client privilege.
This is the second legal confrontation for the memorials. In March 2021, the city commission issued a similar removal resolution. The previous lawsuit filed by the SCV saw the application for an injunction denied by the Ware County Superior Court.
At that time, the city provided copies of the names of those affiliated with the local SCV and UDC organizations who received it.
Attorneys Todd A. Harding of Griffin and Reginald C. Wisenbaker, Jr., of Valdosta are representing the SCV.
The resolution has created a social media firestorm and has citizens on each side of the issue before commissioners.
History is history. Sometimes, heck, maybe most times, it can get uncomfortable. Many of our Founding Fathers said and did things that would be frowned upon in today's butt-hurt society. The truth is that slavery existed. Now, the good news is that in America, we learned that it was wrong, and to our credit, we did away with it! Nobody in over 100 years has been, nor owned a slave. However, history says that we did. We cannot change history, but we sure as hell can learn from it! The men and women on both sides of the Civil War who participated as members of either military force have been deemed "American Veterans." Any monument honoring them is protected by American laws. So, why not learn from the history and be proud that we had the courage to change who we are as a society. Leave our monuments be! GP5K
Barbara Walters writes:
Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.
The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho LoPrison, the "Hanoi Hilton."
Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American "peace activist" the "lenient and humane treatment" he'd received.
He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away. During the subsequent beating, he fell forward onto the camp commandant 's feet, which sent that officer berserk.
In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied application of a wooden baton.
From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO ...
BATTLECREW!! If folks want to know why we should be angry with Iran and why President Trump has lost all patience with the "leadership" of Iran, here's a reminder. I copied this from a Facebook post, but I do remember every one of the instances.
When you say we're at war with Iran, I say it's more of a military operation. We're not AT WAR with IRAN. We're carrying out a military operation against the Regime and its proxies. Not the Iranian people.
I know, it's analogous and semantics at best.
When you say "we have had a secure USA for centuries without the need for troops in Iran.
I say . . . Not True .
What about the following?
November 1979: Iranian students, backed by the regime, seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran — taking 66 Americans hostage in a 444-day standoff.
April 1983: The Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed terrorist group, carried out a suicide car bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans.
October 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a...
