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In 2009, the Georgia General Assembly approved Senate Bill No. 27, signed by Governor Sonny Perdue, officially and permanently designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.

Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has quietly declared April 2010 Confederate History Month, bringing back a designation in Virginia that his two Democratic predecessors -- Mark Warner and Tim Kaine -- refused to do. Republican governors George Allen and Jim Gilmore issued similar proclamations. But in 2002, Warner broke with their action, calling such proclamations, a "lightning rod" that does not help bridge divisions between whites and blacks in Virginia. This year's proclamation was requested by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A representative of the group said the group has known since it interviewed McDonnell when he was running for attorney...

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”—Marcus Garvey

The protest remained peaceful until the main group arrived at Civic Center Plaza. There, a couple hundred pro-Israel protesters waving Israeli flags were waiting for the larger contingent, which included many pro-Palestine protesters. The pro-Palestine group broke off from the larger demonstration to confront the Israel supporters, who were carrying signs including "Hamas, stop using children as human shields." Both sides yelled angrily at each other and some protesters got into a physical fight, shoving each other. Police arrested at least two people. About 100 police in riot gear were at the scene, and a dozen police vans were parked...

Petition Seeks to Remove Denton Confederate Statue(Denton County, Texas)DENTON - While to some the statue of a Confederate soldier that stands before the Denton County Courthouse represents a piece of history, others say they believe it just represents hypocrisy. That stand has incited two University of North Texas students to start a petition for the removal of the historical landmark, a statue of a Confederate soldier holding his gun to represent the South in the Civil War. "It's really very frustrating that so many people would look at this and clap," said Aron Duhon, one of the students behind the...

Republicans back Forrest name By SCOTT BRODEN sbroden@dnj.com The counter petition to retain the name of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Army ROTC building at MTSU included the names of three local Republican leaders. Rutherford County Mayor Ernest Burgess, State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville and Rutherford County Republican Party Chairman Howard Wall confirmed Tuesday that they were among the 1,350 people to sign a petition organized by MTSU sophomore Matthew Hurtt. ADVERTISEMENT The counter petition was in response to an earlier petition from MTSU senior Amber Perkins, who presented a petition to the university's Student Government Association...

Mecklenburg County commissioners Tuesday declared next week to be Confederate History Week after a debate over whether their proclamation would reopen Civil War wounds that are more than a century old. A bipartisan six-member majority, for the second year in a row, said the proclamation encourages reflection on history, and shouldn't be seen as an attempt to exclude any group. County Commissioner Wilhelmenia Rembert, the only one of three black Democrats on the board to vote for the proclamation, said she understands struggling with the symbolism of Confederate history. "I don't get to rewrite that history," she said. "What I...

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...

Powhatan County will celebrate Operation Spruce Up in April, but not Confederate History and Heritage Month... The Board of Supervisors voted last night to recognize the anti-litter campaign but rejected the Confederate event. "I cannot support any motion that would be this divisive," Supervisor Russell E. Holland. The controversial proclamation, requested by the Powhatan Troop of the Sons of Confederate Veterans...

Confederate Month could have educated the young Date published: 2/21/2004 On Feb. 4, the bill to designate April as Confederate History Month in Virginia was killed in the Senate because an uneducated senator said it was a "slap in the face" ["Bill to honor Confederate past goes down in defeat," Feb. 5]. Anyone who has studied American history beyond what is taught in middle schools knows that the Civil War was not about slavery; it was about economics and the Southern states' right to govern themselves without the ideals of the Northern states being imposed upon them. One would also...

The Virginia Senate rejected a resolution Wednesday that would have designated April as Confederate History and Heritage Month...The resolution passed easily out of a committee but failed on a voice vote in the full Senate. Republican Sen. Charles R. Hawkins introduced the measure in response to a request from the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He said it was to honor thousands of Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War.

The Senate Rules Committee yesterday overwhelmingly approved a resolution that would designate April as Confederate History and Heritage Month...Confederate heritage groups have chafed over Democratic Gov. Mark Warner's refusal to officially recognize Civil War commemorations and have sought support from the Republican-dominated General Assembly.

In the preceding column I listed the Union generals I consider to be the worst: Benjamin Butler, Nathaniel Banks, Franz Sigel and John McClernand. All were politically valuable to President Abraham Lincoln but complete disasters in military matters. Professional military generals who performed terribly for the North were, in my opinion, Ambrose Burnside, John Pope and Don Carlos Buell. All were West Point graduates. The Confederacy had its own generals who performed poorly, and I list them here. As a veteran of World War II, I have only contempt for any officer who deserts his men to save his own...

<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Rhode Island is well north of the Mason-Dixon line. But that didn't stop Gov. Lincoln Almond's office from issuing a proclamation declaring April ``Confederate History and Heritage Month.'' Thomas G. Kogut, a spokesman for the governor, told The Providence Journal that it was ``processed in error'' at the request last month from a southerner named Calvin Johnson, who then posted it on his Web site. Johnson's Web site _ called ``Proud Son of a Confederate Soldier'' _ featured Rhode Island's proclamation, as well as links to the song ``Dixie,'' and information about those who fought in the so-called ``War of Southern Independence.'' The proclamation's language was supplied by Johnson. It declared April the month in which ``the Confederate States of America began and ended its four-year struggle for states' rights, individual freedom and local control'' just like America's ``Revolutionary forefathers.'' Johnson pulled the proclamation from his Web site when the governor's office realized what it had done and asked him to remove it.</p>