Virginia governor apologizes for leaving slavery out of Confederate History Month
April 7, 2010 18:13 pm
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in Alabama News
As part of his mea culpa, Gov. Bob McDonnell inserted into the proclamation a paragraph condemning slavery as "evil and inhumane" and blaming it as the cause of the Civil War. View full size (AP Photo/Clement Britt) Virginia governor Robert McDonnell conceded Wednesday he omitted …
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