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Virginia House Votes With Senate To Abolish Lee-Jackson Day
Hell yes. Go Old Dominion!
https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/02/07/803737378/virginia-house-votes-with-senate-to-abolish-lee-jackson-day
Virginia's government has moved one step closer to abolishing a state holiday that honors two Confederate generals.
On Thursday, the Virginia House voted 55-42 to pass HB 108, a bill that would remove Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday. The legislation would make Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, a state holiday instead.
A similar bill passed in the Senate in late January. Both chambers are majority Democratic.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va) has said he supports the legislation. "I don't think there's any secret that it's in honor of two individuals who fought to prolong slavery which is not a proud aspect of Virginia's history," he said in early January.
On Thursday, the Virginia House voted 55-42 to pass HB 108, a bill that would remove Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday. The legislation would make Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, a state holiday instead.
A similar bill passed in the Senate in late January. Both chambers are majority Democratic.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va) has said he supports the legislation. "I don't think there's any secret that it's in honor of two individuals who fought to prolong slavery which is not a proud aspect of Virginia's history," he said in early January.
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