Confederate Heritage Month!
provided by the:
Georgia Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee

PRESS RELEASE for Confederate History Month

 

Monday, March 30, 2009

Contact information: Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., Chairman of the National and Georgia Division Confederate History Month Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans  www.scv.org

Phone: 770 428 0978

Cell phone: 770 330 9792

1064 West Mill Drive, Kennesaw, Georgia 30152

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

April 1-30^th 2009 is Confederate History Month in the South!!

 

The Confederate History Month Committee of the National and Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans proudly recognizes the signing of many proclamations by Southern governors, mayors and county commissioners since 1995 designating the month of April as “Confederate History and Heritage Month.”

 

Georgia’s Governor Sonny Perdue and Mississippi’s Governor Haley Barbour have both signed a proclamation designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month for 2009 and city mayors and county commissioners will follow and;

 

The Georgia Senate also recently passed SB Bill 27 officially proclaiming April as Confederate History Month and the Georgia House rules committee voted 5-0 sending it out of committee for a full house vote. Supporters of the 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

 

America will celebrate the 150^th Anniversary of the War Between the States from 2011 through 2015 and the Confederate History Month Committee encourages all Americans to make it a family affair to learn more about this time of our nation’s past.

 

Confederate History Month commemorates the men and women of the Confederate States of America who came from all races and religions that include: Irish-born General Patrick R. Cleburne, Black Georgia Confederate drummer Bill Yopp, Mexican born Colonel Santos Benavides, Cherokee Born General Stand Watie and Jewish born Confederate Nurse Phoebe Pember who was the first female administrator of Chimboraza Hospital in Richmond, Georgia where she served until the end of War Between the States.

 

Confederate Memorial Day became a legal holiday in Georgia by act of the Georgia legislature in 1874. For over 100 year’s members of the Ladies Memorial Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans have held annual Confederate Memorial days on or near April 26^th. Other states celebrate Southern Memorial Day on May 10^th and June 3^rd--the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis whose 200^th birthday was celebrated last year at Davis’ last home Beauvoir www.beauvoir.org and other places throughout the nation.

 

The Sons of Confederate Veterans encourage all Americans and people throughout the world to learn more about the roll the men and women of the Confederacy played in the history of the USA and to take part in Southern Memorial Day and April’s month of events. A historical information brochure and “I Support Confederate History Month” stickers will be made available to SCV members and the public.

 

For further information check out: http://confederateheritagemonth.com and http://confederatehistorymonth.com. 

 

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