Confederate History Month 2025
April 1 - 30, 2025 in Southern USA
April 2025 is Confederate History Month. Confederate History Month and related celebrations have been controversial due to the contentious place of slavery in the history of the United States. When Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell issued a proclamation resurrecting Confederate History Month in 2010, controversy arose due to the proclamation's omission of slavery
Although Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday in most Southern states, the tradition of having a Confederate History Month is not uniform. State governments or chief executives that have regularly declared Confederate History Month are as follows: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia.
The American Civil War was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865, after seven Southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate States, the "Confederacy" of America. The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". (With material from: Wikipedia)
More dates:
- Confederate History Month on Apr 01, 2026 in Southern USA
- Confederate History Month on Apr 01, 2027
- Confederate History Month on Apr 01, 2028