Livingston Mayor Curtis Hayes signed the proclamation last week with members of the SCV, a Tennessee-based group comprised of male descendants of Confederate soldiers,
let s get some more now on the controversy over the virginia governor designating april confederate history month. let s talk about this with the former virginia governor, doug wilder, and richard hines, he s a member of the group sons of confederates veterans. gentlemen, thanks to both of for coming in. let s start off with the news that has just come in, governor wilder, your successor, bob mcdonnell, now apologizing to the people of virginia for not condemning slavery in that initial proclamation. i assume you re happy he s done that? well, i m glad he s done that. i talked with him earlier today. he called me and he said he was going to revise his statement, as well as the proclamation, and i think it s the right thing for him to have done, because most people recognize that slavery was the cause of the war. the war was not a glorious thing in our past. it was something that we were able to withstand in terms of tearing the country apart. i want to point out something,