Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

[Zincwarrior]

Third time for the Bill. Looks like it has garnered support from the Mexican American Caucus this time. A compromise could be to make it the Civil War Heroes Day instead. Just a thought.

Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

www.texastribune.org

Calling the celebration of Confederate Heroes Day a "constant reminder" of a horrible past, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, on Wednesday called for Texas to end its commemoration as a state holiday.

Confederate Heroes Day is celebrated on Jan. 19. The holiday commemorates the lives of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as soldiers who died fighting the Union during the Civil War. Texas used to separately celebrate the birthdays of Davis and Lee, but consolidated them in 1973 into Confederate Heroes Day.

"When we talk about what Confederate Heroes Day is, it is a remembrance of a horrible past," Johnson, who is Black, said at a press conference surrounded by other lawmakers. "A past that has done irreparable damage to many of the residents of the state of Texas."

Johnson's bill to end Confederate Heroes Day is his third attempt; similar legislation didn't make it out of committees in the past two legislative sessions. In 2019, the House State Affairs Committee, then led by now-Speaker Dade Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, didn't bring up Johnson's bill for a vote.

In 2019, the Descendants of Confederate Veterans opposed the legislation. A spokesperson for the group declined comment on the new legislation.

Johnson was surrounded by leaders of the Texas Black Leadership Caucus, the House Democratic Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus at Wednesday's press conference.

"We cannot stand by as our state continues to formally celebrate and glorify the men who believed so deeply that Black men and women did not have rights, that they would go to war," said state Rep. Christina Morales, a Houston Democrat who is vice chair for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus. "We must teach our history to our children, but our children should grow up knowing that the Confederacy does not stand for the values of freedom that we continue to fight for today."

 

[martybegan]

Third time for the Bill. Looks like it has garnered support from the Mexican American Caucus this time. A compromise could be to make it the Civil War Heroes Day instead. Just a thought.

Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

www.texastribune.org

They fought, they lost.

Now some idiots who couldn't even load a musket if they were instructed for 2 hours without blowing off their face will shit on their graves.

 

[Blaster]

Third time for the Bill. Looks like it has garnered support from the Mexican American Caucus this time. A compromise could be to make it the Civil War Heroes Day instead. Just a thought.

Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

www.texastribune.org

Why not honor both Union and Confederate soldiers? Both sides fought for what they believed in.

 

[pknopp]

Maybe the should enact a Santa Anna day?

 

[pknopp]

Santa Anna was not an American.

Of course he was. Did you think he was European?

 

[Polishprince]

Libs are establishing "Indigenous Peoples" commemoration for the Indians who also lost wars against the US Army.

Why not honor the rebels in the same way?

 

[Blaster]

Libs are establishing "Indigenous Peoples" commemoration for the Indians who also lost wars against the US Army.

Why not honor the rebels in the same way?

A very good point.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Why not honor both Union and Confederate soldiers? Both sides fought for what they believed in.

Why honor enemies of our nation?

Should we honor the Japanese that attacked Peral Harbor?

 

[Blaster]

Why honor enemies of our nation?

Should we honor the Japanese that attacked Peral Harbor?

The Japanese were not Americans.

 

[Mr Natural]

The Japanese were not Americans.

Neither were the confederates.

 

[occupied]

It's high time to sweep the leadership of the confederacy into the dustbin of history. Keep the battlefield memorials and graves of those who fought but it's also high time to point out that the confederate soldiers fought for a lie. They were promised the moon and got nothing.

 

[pknopp]

Neither were the confederates.

Yes they were. Were they Europeans?

They were not members of the United States of America.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Neither were the confederates.

Yes, they were retard.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Of course he was. Did you think he was European?

No. He was pretty much Mexican.

 

[Ralph Norton]

Should we honor the Japanese that attacked Peral Harbor?

The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

 

[pknopp]

No. He was pretty much Mexican.

Which is a part of America. North America I suppose to be more precise.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

Ya Belushi said so so or must be true.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Which is a part of America. North America I suppose to be more precise.

There is no country of North America. Or are you one of those who want to call Americans United Statesian's. No country of North America. Santa Ana was not a general of North America. He was a general of Mexico and a commander of the Mexican army.

 

[pknopp]

There is no country of North America.

I never said there was.

Or are you one of those who want to call Americans United Statesian's. No country of North America. Santa Ana was not a general of North America. He was a general of Mexico and a commander of the Mexican army.

And Mexico is a part of America.

 

[JGalt]

This thread is a hoot. Butthurt Democrats hating on their Democrat ancestors for asserting their state's rights and defying a Republican President.