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.

  • DontMakeMoreBabies
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    187 months ago

    Jesus Christ, adults can draw lines and supporting a racist traitor regime is an easy bright line.

    Don’t be a fucking child.

    • NoIWontPickAName
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      -17 months ago

      Do you trust your enemies with the power to censor you?

      Because that will be used against you

      • DontMakeMoreBabies
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        7 months ago

        Booooo. Scaaaaaaary wooooords. Now do nothing ever for any reason.

        ^this is you.

        If my enemies need to be reminded what feeds the Tree of Liberty then that’s just fine.

      • @[email protected]
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        27 months ago

        You know they already do, right? There is speech that is not protected by 1A. As a society, we can clearly set those rules without doing a slippery slope (which for the record is a fallacy and not a poignant argument).