No longer Confederate History and Heritage Month in Alabama?

2015: Gov. Bentley removed four confederate flags that surrounded this monument at the Capitol.

 

Did Governor Ivey stop proclaiming April Confederate History and Heritage Month?

 2005: Gov. Riley signs proclamation after a "hickup"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-govs-slavery-blunder/

 ("For many years, Alabama governors have signed proclamations designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month. When Riley became governor in January 2003, he used the same proclamation as his predecessor, Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman.")

2014:  Bentley signs proclamation

https://www.sandmountainreporter.com/article_aa41fc00-bc48-11e3-b57b-001a4bcf887a.html

2015:  Governor Bentley removes confederate flags from around the huge confederate monument at the Alabama Capitol Building.

2017: Selma Times Journal story:

April is Confederate History and Heritage Month  Published 9:33 pm Tuesday, April 25, 2017  By Staff Reports  April is Confederate History and Heritage Month in the state of Alabama, proclaimed by the governor of the state of Alabama and the Alabama State Board of Education. More than 100,000 Alabamians served the Confederate States of America and more than 30,000 Alabamians gave their lives defending the republic and the Constitution as was established and framed by the founding fathers.  Historically, Confederate Memorial Day is April 26 recognized in the State of Alabama by a legislative act in 1901, but now Alabama officially observes the day on the fourth Monday in April.

Read more at: https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2017/04/25/april-is-confederate-history-and-heritage-month/

 April 10, 2017: Republican Kay Ivey took office on April 10, 2017 following Robert J. Bentley's resignation amidst a corruption scandal.

Governor Ivey signs commemorations starting in 2018:

 2018:   https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2018/03/confederate-history-and-heritage-month/

2019:  https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2019/03/confederate-history-and-heritage-month-2/

 

2020: https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2020/03/confederate-history-and-heritage-month-3/

(but no reference to it on the Governor Ivey's website after 2020)

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2022

(AP) JACKSON, Miss. —

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is defending his decision to again name April as Confederate Heritage Month.

The Republican governor signed a proclamation Friday. It does not mention that trying to preserve slavery was Mississippi's stated reason for trying to secede in 1861.

Reeves responded to questions Wednesday, saying previous governors have issued Confederate Heritage Month proclamations. He said he didn't think this was the year to stop. 

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Jefferson Davis Sworn In, 1861

 

 "Confederate Memorial Day" is a state holiday in Alabama. Georgia continues to give state workers the day off, but officially removed the confederate reason for it recently....even though Georgia was the first state to celebrate it:

"The first official celebration of Confederate Memorial Day as a public holiday was after a proclamation by the state legislature of Georgia in 1874. The lack of clarity on when to observe the holiday meant that by 1916, it was being celebrated by different states on various dates. Ten states were celebrating on June 3rd, the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Other states chose late April dates, or May 10th, which was the date when Davis was captured."