[VAcourier] Suffolk mayor declines to declare Confederate history month

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Suffolk mayor declines to declare Confederate history month
By AARON APPLEGATE, The Virginian-Pilot
© April 6, 2007
Last updated: 4:17 PM
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/print.cfm?story=122463&ran=1812

SUFFOLK - Mayor Linda Johnson has decided not to sign a proclamation 
marking April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.

"It is my charge to do what is in the best interest of the city as a 
whole," Johnson wrote in part of a prepared statement.

Every year, the Suffolk-based chapter of the Sons of Confederate 
Veterans asks the mayor to sign a proclamation. Some mayors sign it. 
Others don't.

Lee Hart, a member of Tom Smith Camp, the local unit of the Sons of 
Confederate Veterans, was disappointed Johnson turned it down. He said 
at least 1,500 soldiers from Suffolk and the former Nansemond County 
enlisted to fight in the Civil War.

"I just think it's sad," he said. "It's a crime these people can't be 
honored."

Johnson also wrote in her statement, "Following my recurring theme of 
'One City,' it is my goal to work towards unity of all Suffolkians - 
young and old, native or newcomer - of all heritages, faiths and 
ethnicities."



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