NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert McDonnell, do hereby recognize April 2010 as CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.

Proclamation issued by McDonnell in April 2010 reinstating April as Confederate History Month in Virginia; this designation had been previously recognized by the Virginia state government in 1992-2002. The original proclamation was modified, then rescinded by McDonnell later in 2010 due to heavy criticism, and has not been re-designated since. As quoted in The Washington Post, "Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's original Confederate History Month Proclamation", April 7, 2010.