The state's governor revived a familiar controversy by commemorating the start of the Civil War with the proclamation.
, saying a social media post called the news outlet's attention to how it appeared on the Facebook page of a local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.begins by stating that April 1861 marked the beginning of the American Civil War"between the Confederate and Union armies, reportedly the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil."
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a proclamation declaring April as"Confederate Heritage Month." Above, Reeves delivers a televised address prior to signing a bill retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 30, 2020.
on Twitter, Reeves decried"the systematic destruction of lives," adding that"genocide has no place in society, and we must do everything we can to prevent it.""It is a national embarrassment that a top elected official would honor the traitors and white supremacists of the Confederacy, while disingenuously promoting 'genocide awareness,'" CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said in a statement.
Mississippi recognizes the last Monday of April as Confederate Memorial Day, along with a handful of other Southern states. The state has grappled with its past, with Reeves
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