Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi, Miss., the museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday, April 12.

“Whereas, as we honor all who lost their lives in this war, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nation’s past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us,” says the governor’s proclamation, which is dated April 12. “Now, therefore, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April 2024 as Confederate Heritage Month in the State of Mississippi.”

Beauvoir is owned and operated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that promotes “Lost Cause” ideology, a revisionist history that whitewashes the Confederacy’s racist past and downplays the role of slavery in the Civil War. Beauvoir annually receives $100,000 from the State of Mississippi for development and maintenance.

  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    7 months ago

    What’s insane is that the Confederacy was only around for around 4 years, yet they claim this is the cornerstone of their ‘heritage’ well over 150 years later.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      7 months ago

      I made a comment about this the other day. It’s as dumb as me walking around with an Italian flag as an American that has Italian ancestry, but my family has been here for over 100 years… There’s nothing Italian about me lol