April is also Confederate History Month

[The Straight Story]

April is also Confederate History Month

On Thursday, March 12, 2009, the Georgia State Senate passed bill No. 27, by a vote of 48-2, designating April as Confederate Heritage and History Month. The bill has now been sent to the House special rules committee. Supporters of this bill say quote, “The measure would be a boom to the state’s tourism industry, encouraging visitors to come to Georgia’s Civil War Battlefield sites.” Unquote

Read information on the bill at http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/sum/sb27.htm

The diversity of the Old South still holds the imagination of many people who come from around the world to see; Southern Belle’s with hoop skirts, Confederate flags and soldier memorials like the Confederate Memorial carving of: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis at Stone Mountain Memorial Park near Atlanta.

This story is written in the spirit of the Sesquicentennial, 150th Anniversary of the War Between the States, which will be commemorated throughout the USA from 2011 to 2015.

Americans observe Black, Jewish, Hispanic, Native American and Women’s History Month…..And in April we also remember ‘Confederate History Month’ in tribute to those Americans who took their stand for what some historians call the ‘Second American Revolution.’

April is an important month in America's history. The Great Locomotive Chase, where Union spies attempted to steal the Confederate Locomotive "The General" and destroy rail lines and bridges, took place on April 12, 1862. The month of April has become to be known as Confederate History and Heritage Month when proclamations will be signed by Governors, Commissioners and Mayors.

http://www.hometowncherokee.com/news50000/opinion/april-is-also-confederate-history-month.shtml

[Captain Hilts]

1. How do we commemorate it? Drink Rebel Yell?

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. In that case

:evilgrin:

[The Straight Story]

3. Looks like he had too much of what was in post #1

:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. You get that look when you been busy bringing the Jubilo to georgia, you know?

:rofl:

[Touchdown]

4. Well, like Carthage, they are history.

:P

[DemoTex]

5. Oh, joy.

[salguine]

6. I'm starting to think we made a big mistake in 1861 when we fought to keep them.

[kwassa]

7. Don't throw away your Dixie cups, the South shall rise again.