Sons of Confederate Veterans

Confederate Group In FL Pushing Hard For Confederate License Plate

David Taintor | May 16, 2011, 8:37AM

As TPM has reported, a number of Confederate groups across the country have been pushing proposals for commemorative confederate license plates. John Adams, First Lt. Commander of Florida's Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter, wants his state to be next.

Adams told TPM the SCV has been pursuing a Confederate license plate since 2004, in hopes of selling them to raise money for the organization.

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Sons of Confederate Veterans

Confederate Group In Mississippi Proposes License Plates To Honor KKK Member

David Taintor | February 11, 2011, 8:31AM

A Confederate group in Mississippi wants to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War ... from now until 2015.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans is proposing a series of license plates to commemorate the war, with a new one being introduced every year, the Associated Press reports.

One of those designs -- slated for a 2014 release -- commemorates Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who served as a Ku Klux Klan grand wizard after the war.

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Topics: Ku Klux Klan, Mississippi, NAACP, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Civil War

South Carolinians Celebrate 150th Anniversary Of Secession

David Taintor | December 21, 2010, 8:53AM

South Carolinians literally had a ball last night celebrating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The secession ball, organized by the Confederate Heritage Trust -- and sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans -- reportedly featured a 45-minute theatrical play re-enacting the signing of the Ordinance of Secession, where South Carolina declared its intention to secede from the union.

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Topics: American History, Civil War, Confederate History Month, Secession, Sons of Confederate Veterans, South Carolina

Confederate History Month

McDonnell Cancels Confederate History Month

Rachel Slajda | September 27, 2010, 9:01AM

Bob McDonnell, the Republican governor of Virginia, announced Friday morning that he will not declare next April "Confederate History Month."

McDonnell caused a stir this April when he proclaimed Confederate History Month, something that had been a tradition in the past but that his predecessors had skipped. Most critics made hay of the fact that he made no mention of slavery in the proclamation. He eventually apologized and added a clause about the "evil and inhumane practice."

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Bob McDonnell

Sons Of Confederate Vets Split On McDonnell Apology

Zachary Roth | April 7, 2010, 7:06PM

Some neo-Confederates aren't happy about Governor Bob McDonnell's apology this afternoon for failing to mention slavery in his proclamation of Confederate History Month.

In an interview with TPMmuckraker, Brandon Dorsey, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, called McDonnell's move "an insult," and charged that the governor had undermined the purpose of the resolution," and damaged himself with his core supporters. But another member of the group disagreed, saying he supported the apology "one hundred percent."

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Topics: Bob McDonnell, Brag Bowling, Brandon Dorsey, Ken Cuccinelli, Slavery, Sons of Confederate Veterans