McDonnell Ends Confederate History Month
Talking Points Memo reports:
Bob McDonnell, the Republican governor of Virginia, announced Friday morning that he will not declare next April "Confederate History Month."
McDonnell caused a stir this April when he proclaimed Confederate History Month, something that had been a tradition in the past but that his predecessors had skipped. Most critics made hay of the fact that he made no mention of slavery in the proclamation. He eventually apologized and added a clause about the "evil and inhumane practice."
But on Friday, speaking during a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, McDonnell announced that he would declare next April "Civil War in Virginia" month.
"My major and unacceptable omission of slavery disappointed and hurt a lot of people--myself included," he said, according to theem> Washington Post<.
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