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Article: Confederate History Month has a new angle.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 10, 1998
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Gov. James S. Gilmore III yesterday continued a Virginia tradition by naming April Confederate History Month, but added a new twist - denouncing slavery.
On the 133rd anniversary of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, the Republican governor termed slavery "a practice that deprived African-Americans of their God-given inalienable rights, which degraded the human spirit," and "is abhorred and condemned by Virginians."
Mr. Gilmore's proclamation, which also recognized the sacrifices of Confederate officers, soldiers and their families, angered some Southern preservationists.
"I feel insulted that this man [Mr. ...