damn yankee

Guess what happens when I start having time to read the news again?

April 2010 is now Confederate History Month in Virginia!

But I'm left floundering on these points -- why exactly do I need to understand the sacrifices of (only) Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens? And why again is it worth celebrating that "all Virginians can appreciate the fact that when ultimately overwhelmed, [they gave in]"?

Apparently it's a tourism stunt. A really, really awful, self-centered, short-sighted, but very earnest one.