Confederate Soldiers – American Veterans by Act of Congress
” Every soldier’s grave made during our unfortunate civil war [sic] is a tribute to American valor… And the time has now come… when in the spirit of fraternity we should share in the care of the graves of the Confederate soldiers… and if it needed further justification it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just passed by the sons and grandsons of those heroic dead.”
…President William McKinley, 14 December 1898.
Confederate soldiers were and are counted among all honored American war dead.
“Confederate soldiers were and are counted among all honored American war dead”.
Look for Republicans to work to get that bill revised and not include Confederate veterans as US vets. That’s coming as sure as the sun coming up tomorrow. As it stands now the VA has to provide a marker for Confederate veterans. Democrats have to do nothing, just tell that racist Republicans what they want and presto it’s done. Get ready to say President Hillary Clinton.