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Confederate History Month

Index Confederate History Month

Confederate History Month is a month designated by six state governments in the Southern United States for the purpose of recognizing and honoring the history of the Confederate States of America. [1]

21 relations: Alabama, AlterNet, Bob McDonnell, Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate States of America, Florida, Georgia (U.S. state), Haley Barbour, History of the United States, Lee–Jackson Day, Louisiana, Mississippi, Newsweek, NPR, Robert E. Lee Day, Slavery in the United States, Southern United States, State of the Union (TV series), Texas, The Journal of American History, Virginia.

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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AlterNet

AlterNet is a progressive news magazine owned by AlterNet Media, Inc.

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Bob McDonnell

Robert Francis McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st Governor of Virginia, from 2010 to 2014.

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Confederate Memorial Day

Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern states since the end of the American Civil War to remember the estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers and sailors who died fighting against the Union.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Haley Barbour

Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American politician, lobbyist, author and member of the Republican Party who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012.

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History of the United States

The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC.

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Lee–Jackson Day

Lee–Jackson Day is a holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the U.S., for the birthdays of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Robert E. Lee Day

Robert E. Lee Day, also called Lee's Birthday, is a public holiday commemorating the birth of Robert E. Lee, observed each year on the third Monday in January.

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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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State of the Union (TV series)

State of the Union, branded as State of the Union with Jake Tapper, is a Sunday talk show hosted by Jake Tapper on CNN and broadcast around the world by CNN International.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_History_Month

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