Brag Bowling: Congrats to Gov. McDonnell
Column by Brag Bowling
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The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans congratulates and thanks Gov. McDonnell for showing both the insight and the courage to proclaim April as Confederate History Month in Virginia.
This long-overdue proclamation will do much to promote education and tourism in the Commonwealth. It will also spur localities in Virginia to honor and proclaim their own confederate history months while encouraging the teaching of their own local histories.
Gov. McDonnell was spot on by using the proclamation to showcase the benefits to our state for both educating our children and promoting tourism. The upcoming Sesquicentennial of the Civil War is fast approaching and tourists will blanket Virginia to learn about the famous leaders and battles of the war and the great suffering which ensued. Interest in the Confederacy will peak as Virginia beckons people to places such as Cold Harbor, Richmond, Spotsylvania Court House, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Hampton Roads.
If the proclamation does anything, it hopefully will be a nail in the coffin of political correctness, an insidious disease infecting our nation. As has often been said, history is history and education is the tool to teach people who we are and where we come from. Thank you Governor McDonnell for your inspired leadership. We will be the better for it.
Brag Bowling is the commander of the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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[...] I can only image what kinds of wonderful historic reenactments and costumed festivities will take place. And hey, if the Sons of the Confederacy think that something is noble and good, then it really must be. [...]
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[...] Bowling, a “commander” in an organization called Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), advocated strongly for the proclamation, as he believes it will boost tourism in the commonwealth. And if you look at the Facebook profile [...]
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[...] Brag Bowling, a “commander” in an organization called Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), advocated strongly for the proclamation, as he believes it will boost tourism in the commonwealth. And if you look at the Facebook profile [...]
Well, Blue Mountain, I guess you missed the part where *many* in the Shenandoah Valley have ancestors from Germany. But that’s a minor point here.
I agree that Bob McDonnell is not the best governor for Virginia and that he has a lot of views that are counter to productive progress. However, I don’t think it helps to call people names like white trash. Nobody benefits when the insults begin to fly, because then no one is willing to listen anymore.
BTW, we attended the re-enactment of the Battle of Waynesboro today and it was incredibly well done. Kudos to all involved! An enjoyable day witnessing a recreation of a part of Waynesboro’s and Virginia’s history.
Mr. Bowling is exactly right. We in Virginia are proud of our hertiage and proud to honor our ancestors who fought for what they believed in. Slavery was not the primary motivator of Virginia’s succession. That said, of course slavery was an insidious institution, no one in their right mind would disagree. Governor McDonnel was wrong in omitting slavery from his Proclamation, but he has apologized for his error. Let’s move on people.
Master Bowling is right, them negras are getting too uppity and them needs to be put in their place.