Governor Tate Reeves designates April as ‘Confederate History Month’

Governor Tate Reeves designates April as Confederate History Month amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Governor tate reeves designates- april as confederate- history month amid the covid-19- - - - outbreak.

News 25's victoria- bailey speaks with coast- residents - about the proclamation and has- the details.- - "if we're going to be united as one state,- we need to move away from that- confederate," along with issuing the- - - - state-wide stay at home order,- governor tate reeves also signe- a proclamation- designating the month of april,- confederate heritage month.

- "at beauvoir we normally have a confederate memorial day event.- we have - our honor guard come out.

We- have our guest speakers.

We - place a tunic over our- - - - unknown soldier and we pay hono- to the veterans, much like the- ones who are- buried here behind me.

It's jus- a time where we can celebrate - the - southern ancestry and history - more in a positive note and not- so much in a negative - note" beauvoir director of developmen- and programs, kitsaa stevens- says the- proclamation is a sign of unity- "it's really about those soldiers of the north and south- who lay down their lives in the- service of their country.

All - veterans need to be remembered- and this- is kind of one for the little - confederate guys.

We're pretty- happy about it and we're- excited."

Reeves follows in the footsteps- - - - of several governors before him- by issuing the proclamation.- but biloxi branch naacp - president james crowell says- making this - declaration shouldn't be at the- - - - top of the priority list.

"only seven states, i believe,- celebrate this and that tells - you right there it's not- something the whole country - agrees with and so to bring thi- out to talk about this- during this pandemic i think is- a bad thing.

I think the- governors need to make that - - - - change.

They need to stop - honoring that day because that- was the day that they - went against the united states.- it's not something you should - - - - really uphold, that you went- against your country and a lot- of people lost their lives in - that fight," the covid-19 cases continue to- climb in mississippi.

- and crowell says at this rate - staying safe during the crisis- should be at the forefront.

- "this pandemic is something tha none of us have ever seen befor- and never - - - - thought we would see in our - lifetime.

Where a lot of people- are losing their lives- especially black people.

It's - been recognized in the news - media that- majority of people dying of thi- virus are black and so for that- reason we need to be- more working on emphasis trying- to get this virus taken care of- "just because we have a little situation going on in the world- does not mean we- should stop living our lives an- celebrating the things in our - life that are important to- - - - us.

Family, southern heritage,- history.

History is a really bi- part of the mississippi - gulf coast so just because- somethings are going on doesn't- mean we cannot- celebrate who we are what we ar- and what we've become over the- last several- hundred years"