Quote of the Day
Posted on March 29th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
“We want the truthful history about all aspects of the Confederacy told. There are some good things that you can learn, and we think there are more good than bad.”
—Charles McMichael, commander in chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, on efforts to promote a “Confederate Memorial Day” in the South.
Some good things?
And here’s an assertion that (see below) truly is shocking.
Georgia state Sen. John Bulloch, a Republican who sponsored the bill recognizing Confederate History Month, said the observance would help tourism, particularly in areas with Civil War battlegrounds. It is no different, he said, from Black History Month.
And the GOP wonders why it is (ironically enough) a minority party…..
One Response
3/30/2009 5:26 pm
My ancestors fought for the South because their lands were invaded by Northern troops. None owned slaves, even though loyal Union families in the border states did until December 1865 - 6 months after the war ended. I consider what they did a good and honorable thing. The observance would help tourism in an area that took 100 years after the Civil War to recover from the damage done by the war.