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The new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger is the culmination of a long, Democrat-led push to distance Virginia from its Confederate past.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions for a slate of Confederacy-related organizations in the state.
The signing by Ms. Spanberger on Monday is the culmination of a yearslong Democrat-led push to shake off the stateās legacy as the capital of the 11 Southern, slaveholding states that seceded from the country in the 1860s.
The new lawās most significant target is the United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894 for descendants of Confederates. The organizationās stated purpose is to honor the membersā ancestors through, among other things, working with homeless shelters, food banks and other civic groups. 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.
I am PROUD and LOUD SON of THE SOUTH. My family settled in what is now Brinkley, Arkansas after the War of 1812. I am the son, grand son and great grand son of newspaper men who rebuilt the press after 1861, My Grandmother was a Daughter of the Confederacy. She was ALSO a racist. What the Governor of Virginia has done was a long time coming and I salute her for it.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions for a slate of Confederacy-related organizations in the state.
The signing by Ms. Spanberger on Monday is the culmination of a yearslong Democrat-led push to shake off the stateās legacy as the capital of the 11 Southern, slaveholding states that seceded from the country in the 1860s.
The new lawās most significant target is the United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894 for descendants of Confederates. The organizationās stated purpose is to honor the membersā ancestors through, among other things, working with homeless shelters, food banks and other civic groups. 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.
I am PROUD and LOUD SON of THE SOUTH. My family settled in what is now Brinkley, Arkansas after the War of 1812. I am the son, grand son and great grand son of newspaper men who rebuilt the press after 1861, My Grandmother was a Daughter of the Confederacy. She was ALSO a racist. What the Governor of Virginia has done was a long time coming and I salute her for it.
