Doug Collins Favors Renaming Confederate Base Names

On June 16, 2020, Doug Collins came to Dublin, Georgia. I was excited he came and went to meet him in person. To me he seemed a great candidate who had done well defending Trump against the Democrats. Collins had given the commencement speech at my son's graduation ceremony at North Georgia University several years ago. Therefore I thought I would enthusiastically support him.

This is not to be.

I was wearing my Sons of Confederate Veterans Pin on my shirt. I have been a member of the organization for almost 30 years. Collins would not have my picture taken with him while wearing my pin. He made me take it off to get a picture! What kind of politician does not accept you as you are and forces you to change?  It gets worse.....

Unbeknownst to Mr. Collins I was carrying my phone in my pocket. I turned my recorder on so I could catch his comments on tape. You can listen to his actual comments on the link below.

https://soundcloud.com/john-c-hall-jr/dcollins

Mr. Collins danced and weaved while we discussed the issue of renaming the Confederate Bases. I was disgusted by his comments and threw my Doug Collins sign in the garbage.

After meeting the Mr. Collins, I decided to go meet Kelly Loeffler in Macon on July 9, 2020

In the picture below you will see that I am wearing my Sons of Confederate Veterans pin. Ms. Loeffler had no issue with me wearing the symbol of the South. It gets even better......

The following message from an email I received on June 18th from Ms. Loeffler's Press Secretary says it all.

"Like President Trump, Kelly does not support renaming our military bases."

Caitlin O'Dea

Press Secretary

Georgians for Kelly Loeffler

(770) 876-1696

 In Conclusion: 

President Trump has stated that the Confederate Flag is a symbol of Southern Pride. He has stated that he will not sign any bill that authorizes removing the Confederate names from our military bases.  I hope all my Southern friends will circulate this so all Georgians know Collins is just a typical Southern Politician that would vote in a heart beat to remove all of the Confederate names, flags, street names, schools etc. from the State of Georgia.  Doug Collins is not fit to be a Senator from my home State of Georgia.

Recent Update:

In an article from the Atlanta Journal July 24, 2020
The subject of renaming the military bases came up with the passage of the Defense bill which includes Elizabeth's Warren's amendment.

Kelly Loeffler in her press release stated the following:

Doug Collin's campaign said the following.....after reading the above you can see that Collin's is a fraud and not trustworthy. None of his ads on the removal of monuments even mention a Confederate Monument!

You can read the AJC article below with the following link.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-doug-collins-kelly-loeffler-split-on-renaming-two-georgia-military-bases/Y4HEMBT2WVF4LHD4UCU22VZQEA/?fbclid=IwAR2rp2B-SgtLrGaqO8xGkJ1LSKsqOJmtPTaNXq8Cn9R5XRxj5OGPCzf5log

Georgia Governor Kemp fails to enforce Monument Bill

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a monument protection bill on April 26, 2019. Georgia Senator Jeff Mullis of Chickamauga sponsored Senate Bill 77. Mullis is shown on the right.

“SB 77 creates protections for all monuments and preserves Georgia’s history so that we can learn from our past," said Sen. Jeff Mullis, the bill's sponsor. "I believe it is important for all of Georgia’s history to remain a part of our society today so that our future generations can know where they came from, what has occurred in our past and avoid any injustices in the future.”

From several individuals present at the signing ceremony, Governor Kemp not one time mentioned protecting the Confederate Monuments across Georgia. This was a precursor for his handling of the Confederate monuments in Georgia that over the past several months have been removed or destroyed.

Recently in July of 2020, Governor Kemp was caught on tape and asked about protecting the Confederate Monuments. He was even told about the lion of Atlanta that was destroyed.

The lion of Atlanta is located in the city of Atlanta in Oakland cemetery. This is where 3,000 unknown Confederate Soldiers are buried. The lion's face was chiseled off, his paws and the Confederate Flag were chiseled and paint was poured and splattered all over.

Governor Kemp on Tape stated he was not aware of the Lion being destroyed. Our Governor needs to step up to the plate and enforce the law he signed.

You can listen to the short Conversation below.

https://soundcloud.com/john-c-hall-jr/my-recording-10

Call Governor Kemp and express your feelings regarding his lack of enforcing the monument bill at:

(404) 656-1776

Or send a handwritten letter to: 

                                                            

 206 Washington Street

Suite 203, State Capitol

Atlanta, GA 30334

For Details on Senate Bill 77 see the link below:

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/gov-kemp-signs-bill-increasing-protections-for-georgia-monuments

French Doors For Sale Circa 1914

The home below is in Dublin, Georgia. It is being restored and the original French Doors were removed from the second story of the house as seen here and replaced with new windows.

The French doors have now been restored to their original beauty. The home dates to the year 1914. Please call 404-964-6896 or email to Jchjrcpa@bellsouth.net for pricing information.

I do have another set that has not been restored. If you are interested in all 4 please contact me.

Each door has been carefully taken down to bare wood and primed. All the framing on the wavy glass was removed and each window cleaned with steel wool. The original hardware has been restored and solid brass polished after years of being covered in paint.

Each door is 24" x 89"

On the left is an unfinished door compared to an unfinished one. On the right is the result of hours of restoration.

Here is a close up of each side of the windows.

One side has two latches top and bottom to secure the door. One the top and bottom are the pins that hold the door in place.

Solid Brass door handles

Another view of the solid brass latch on the other side of the door nob.

Original Gone With the Wind Program

This is an original Gone With The Wind program I recently purchased. These were sold at Theaters for 25 cents.

My grandmother was a member of the Junior League of Atlanta and was at the Junior League Ball. She told me that she stood in line and greeted the actors. Below is a picture of what it was like.

The following is a complete look at the pages of the program.

A historical foot note. Back of the program on the bottom right features Alicia Rhett. She was from Savannah, Georgia. Below is another version showing Hattie McDaniel as Mammy. She was the first black woman to receive an Oscar for her performance. You may ask why two versions? Well the one above was for Southern Audiences and the one below was for Northern Audiences.