Posted on 04/24/2005 6:08:20 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Southern heritage buffs vow to use the Virginia gubernatorial election as a platform for designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.
The four candidates have differing views on the Confederacy, an issue that has been debated for years in the commonwealth.
"We're not just a few people making a lot of noise," said Brag Bowling, a spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the oldest hereditary organization for male descendents of Confederate soldiers. "This is not a racial thing; it is good for Virginia. We're going to keep pushing this until we get it."
Each candidate recently shared his thoughts on what Mr. Bowling called a "litmus test for all politicians." Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine would not support a Confederate History and Heritage Month. Former state Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore would support something that recognizes everyone who lived during the Civil War.
Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. and Warrenton Mayor George B. Fitch would support a Confederate History and Heritage Month. Many past Virginia governors honored the Civil War or the Confederacy.
In 1990, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first black governor, a Democrat and a grandson of slaves, issued a proclamation praising both sides of the war and remembering "those who sacrificed in this great struggle."
Former Govs. George Allen and James S. Gilmore III, both Republicans, issued Confederate History Month proclamations. In 2000, Mr. Gilmore replaced that proclamation with one commemorating both sides of the Civil War -- a move that enraged the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, has refused to issue a gubernatorial decree on either side of the Civil War.
Mr. Kaine, another Democrat, would decline to issue a Confederate History and Heritage Month proclamation if he is elected governor, said his campaign spokeswoman, Delacey Skinner.
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I hugged my horse today, do I deserve a month for that? We dont give our war dead a month of honor. For the state of Va. to propose a month to honor Confederate soldiers is a big "up yours" to this country. The civil war was about a lot of things but proud moments were not one of them.
Depends on how you hugged it.
For the state of Va. to propose a month to honor Confederate soldiers is a big "up yours" to this country.
Everybody is entitled to an opinion, even pious moral scolds.
Virginia's been doing this for a long time, as is their right. Vicksburg didn't celebrate the Fourth of July for some 80 years after the war. That was their right too.
It might even be you.
My reasoning tells me that you would happily put on a sheet and wave the battle flag. The Klan and haters of your sort are two sides of the same coin.
oh wait, i DID say that! rotflmRao!
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rotflmRao AT you.
once more,based solely on your DUMB posts,you seem to be just a nitwit, a RACIST & a DUMB-bunny, who is NOT smart enough to be a FReeper.
head over to DU & be a HAPPY, contented, DU-Dummy!
Whisky Papa, cvn76,#3fan & several other BANNED ex-freepers are there to welcome you to your new home on the worldwidewierd.
those HATE-FILLED, DUmmies are, like you, ANTI-southern BIGOTS, who hate our battleflag, our HERO-Martyrs, our memorials to our dead CSA veterans, our separate mores/culture & the PEOPLE of dixie.
btw, are you still planning to come throw pies at H K Edgerton, the members of the Black Confederate Soldier's Memorial Assn,many black CSA re-enactors & other "southron men of colour", when we march on NYC in REBEL GRAY uniforms,with our CSA flags flying PROUDLY??? (that will make you & the other HATE-FILLED, ignorant,arrogant damnyankees LOOK really GRAND on nation-wide TV!)
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Knowing it's a touchy subject on FR, I'll just say that the show was pretty good, and reasonably objective. If it comes by on a repeat, it's worth a gander.
LOTS of DY "targets of opportunity"" for YOU!!!!!!
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Ok, let me get my reading glasses!! Looks like I'll be here for a while....
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The only ones offended by the truth are the Claremonsters. The show only added more recent verification of the authenticity of the papers - handwriting analysts agreed the letters and SIGNATURE were authentic and signed "Dahlgren"! (a "Y" had bled thru making it appear to be signed "Dalhgren".
Current verification is more proof that Lincoln ordered the assassination of President Davis, his cabinet, and the murder of thousands of Virginians. Kilpatrick told the truth - the plan was his, and met the full approval of Lincoln and Stanton.
Dixie Wankers never sleep!
Imo, your "opinion" has proved to be an embarassment. Anyone mourning their Ku Klux Klan or Nazi war dead in the public square deserves to be shouted down. IMNSO, you've either checked your moral clarity at the door or you have none to begin with.
Really? My husband descends from GB, is technically titled (which makes me titled, too.) It's something I never give any thought to since Americans who take on British affect sound RIDICULOUS.
When I read your post to him, since he's lived in Britain for many years, his response was: "Ponce? Never heard of it. My guess is it's the affected accent of the upper middle class who aspires to the aristocracy." A nice way of saying you're a "poseur." My thoughts exactly.
Uh, I believe that would explain yours.
Careful, stand. You're dealing with Princess Leia.
Han Solo: Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me.
Princess Leia: It's a wonder you're still alive. [Pushing past Chewbacca]
Princess Leia: Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way?
Han Solo: No reward is worth this.
Your British ties hardly excuse your apparent total ignorance of the American war, though they may explain your pious and snobbish attitude.
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