All posts tagged "Confederate"

Confederate groups in Virginia lost their tax breaks in a new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this week in a move that has frustrated the organizations, according to The New York Times.

Democrats in Virginia have tried for years to push away from the state's Confederate past, which has been known as the capital of the 11 slaveholding Southern states that seceded.

"The new law’s most significant target is the United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894 for descendants of Confederates," The Times reported. "The organization’s stated purpose is to honor the members’ ancestors. Throughout its history, the group built hundreds of Confederate memorials around the country, which have become flash points for protests over historical memory and racial injustices in the last decade."...

A bill that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis powers to prevent local municipalities from removing existing monuments and murals has been formally introduced in Florida.

The bill comes three years after a mayor in the state drew controversy when he ordered a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier banished from a park.

If passed, HB-395 could empower the Florida governor to cut elected officials from power. ...

A Mississippi Republican lawmaker is calling for the return of the state’s retired Confederate-themed flag, The Mississippi Free Press reports.

State Sen. Kathy Chism issued the call to bring back the flag during a June 3 speech at a Tishomingo County political rally.

“That flag, a lot of our people fought and died under that flag,” Chism said, according to the report....