Virginia Governor Proclaims April “Confederate History Month”

[Danno 1,228]

I find the governor's action an embarrassment to Virginia.

Because.......?

(you're almost there)

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The ones in the North had a choice. The south did make many blacks do slave labor but at the end they did start offering them a chance for freedom if they enlisted. Many did do so but not surprisingly many deserted. There was a very good book on this.

Not all the "slave" states left the Union, and even in the "free" states, some blacks were sent in lieu of their employer's service. Remember, the Emancipation Proclamation, only freed slaves in the Confederate States, in hopes of creating disarray and tying up resources behind the Southern lines. The first engagement of the Civil War took place on April 12 and 13, 1861. The document was signed 19 months after hostilities began.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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Va. Governor Concedes Slavery Omission In Decree

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has conceded a "major omission" for not noting slavery in declaring April Confederate History Month in Virginia.

As part of his mea culpa, McDonnell, a Republican, inserted into the proclamation a paragraph condemning slavery as "evil and inhumane" and blaming it as the cause of the Civil War.

In a 400-word statement issued by his office, McDonnell said the failure to include a slavery reference was a mistake and apologized to any Virginian who might have been offended or disappointed.

On Tuesday, McDonnell said in a telephone news conference that he wasn't focused on slavery in drafting the decree but on Civil War history.

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Edited April 7, 2010 by Galt's gallstones

[wayno 10]

I think it's a good thing. After all, the war between the states played a major roll in the history of our nation. It seems everyone now days just wants to forget all history. It does tend to repeat itself over and over again if forgotten.

Fact is a significant part of the US sepperated and started they´re own country, with several other states very close. When it was all said and done though, they were all Americans on the battle field, mainly fighting for they´re home. Therefore, IMO, the CSA should not be forgotten

[scandal 951]

I think it's a good thing. After all, the war between the states played a major rollrole in the history of our nation. It seems everyone nowadays just wants to forget all history. It does tend to repeat itself over and over again if forgotten.

Fact is a significant part of the US sepperatedseparated and started they´retheir own country, with several other states very close[??]. When it was all said and done though, they were all Americans on the battle field, mainly fighting for they´retheir home. Therefore, IMO, the CSA should not be forgotten

There's a big difference between not forgetting the legacy of the Civil War, and glorifying the act of treason which led to it and caused the hundreds of thousands of deaths in which it resulted.

Remembering and celebrating are not the same thing.

[DEDixon 39]

Are slaves acceptable and in fashion again in Virgina during the month of April?

not in virginia at anytime are they fashionable, but they are in california year around.

[wayno 10]

In a snece, not mcuh dfifrnet tehn our own Aermcian Roveultoin by fghting aingst the Bitrs. It was prat of our psat. Thsoe sieldors did not die in vain. It was for a cuase a lot blieved in. Satets Rghits!

BTW, tahnks for porofeardnig my psot. Not vrey g00d wtih tpynig on a mini cupmtuer and my fnigres hit the worng kyes.

Tahnks aigan.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

There's a big difference between not forgetting the legacy of the Civil War, and glorifying the act of treason which led to it and caused the hundreds of thousands of deaths in which it resulted.

Remembering and celebrating are not the same thing.

Very well put. I hate it when people look to the Civil War and the Confederacy as a positive aspect of our past when in fact it was a dark stain on our history. We should remember it simply so that we do not repeat our mistakes.

[scandal 951]

In a snece, not mcuh dfifrnet tehn our own Aermcian Roveultoin by fghting aingst the Bitrs. It was prat of our psat. Thsoe sieldors did not die in vain. It was for a cuase a lot blieved in. Satets Rghits!

BTW, tahnks for porofeardnig my psot. Not vrey g00d wtih tpynig on a mini cupmtuer and my fnigres hit the worng kyes.

Tahnks aigan.

You're not welcome.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Very well put. I hate it when people look to the Civil War and the Confederacy as a positive aspect of our past when in fact it was a dark stain on our history. We should remember it simply so that we do not repeat our mistakes.

Imagine if Germany declared the month of April, Nazi Month.

[Danno 1,228]

Very well put. I hate it when people look to the Civil War and the Confederacy as a positive aspect of our past when in fact it was a dark stain on our history. We should remember it simply so that we do not repeat our mistakes.

I think Abe said it best.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

Abraham Lincoln

[lostinblue 1,989]

Confederate Heritage Month!

provided by the:

Georgia Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans

Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee

2008 Confederate Heritage Month Events

The following is a list of 2008 Confederate Heritage Month Events that have been received and reported to the Committee. We will list all received and if a copy is provided will post the Event. Please send Proclamations and event info to proclamations@confederateheritagemonth.com.

If you need help please feel free to contact the Committee.

Date Proclamation

August 18 The Sons of Confederate Veterans present the 2009 S. D. Lee Institute

April 24 Enterprise, Mississippi - Enterprise remembers Confederates

April 23 Laurel, Mississippi - Confederate Memorial Day coming - April 28, 4:15 PM

April 22 Preparing for Confederate Memorial Day by Calvin Johnson

April 21 Ashville, Alabama - Confederate Memorial Service 11:00 AM - April 26

April 21 Dixie County, Florida issues Confederate History Month and Confederate Memorial Day - April 26 Proclamation

April 21 Warner Robbins, Georgia - Confederate Memorial Service - April 25

April 21 Toombs County, Georgia - Sharpe Cemetery Confederate Memorial Day Memorial Service -11:00 AM, Saturday, April 26, 2008.

April 19 Southwest, Georgia - Confederate Memorial Day Service - Albany - April 26, 9:30 AM

April 18 Waynesboro, Georgia - Confederate Memorial Day Service - April 27, 3:00 PM

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Looks like it has a lot to do with honoring their war dead...Nothing wrong with this.The war has been over for more than a century and a half.

Edited April 8, 2010 by lostinblue

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Confederate Heritage Month!

Bring your sheets!

[lostinblue 1,989]

Bring your sheets!

Day - 2 Confederate Heritage Month Minute

By: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

Black Mississippi Legislator Defends Confederate Monument

In Mississippi on February 1, 1890, an appropriation for a monument to the Confederate dead was being considered. A delegate had just spoken against the bill, when John F. Harris, a Black Republican delegate from Washington, county, rose to speak:

"Mr. Speaker! I have risen in my place to offer a few words on the bill.

I have come from a sick bed. Perhaps it was not prudent for me to come. But sir, I could not rest quietly in my room without contributing a few remarks of my own.

I was sorry to hear the speech of the young gentlemen from Marshall County. I am sorry that any son of a soldier would go on record as opposed to the erections of a monument in honor of the brave dead. And, Sir, I am convinced that had he seen what I saw at Seven Pines, and in the Seven Day's fighting around Richmond, the battlefield covered with mangled forms of those who fought for this country and their country's honor, he would not have made the speech.

When the news came that the South had been invaded, those men went forth to fight for what they believed, and they made not requests for monuments. But they died, and their virtues should be remembered.

Sir, I went with them. I, too, wore the gray, the same color my master wore. We stayed for four long years, and if that war had gone on till now I would have been there yet. I want to honor those brave men who died for their convictions.

When my Mother died I was a boy. Who, Sir, then acted the part of Mother to the orphaned slave boy, but my old Missus! Were she living now, or could speak to me from those high realms where are gathered the sainted dead, she would tell me to vote for this bill. And, Sir, I shall vote for it. I want it known to all the world that my vote is given in favor of the bill to erect a monument in HONOR OF THE CONFEDERATE DEAD."

When the applause died down, the measure passed overwhelmingly, and every Black member voted "AYE."

(Source: War For What? by Francis Springer)

By: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.,

Chairman,

Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee

Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Bring your sheets!

Why? Is it Woodrow Wilson's Birthday?