Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has been taking a ton of heat over the past 24 hours (including from DCist) for bringing Confederate History Month back to the commonwealth but trying to pretend like that history didn’t prominently include slavery. And now it looks like all the criticism has made an impact: McDonnell issued a lengthy apology at the end of the day Wednesday, and added new language to his proclamation, so that it now…

Virginia hasn’t celebrated its controversial Confederate History Month since about 2002, when Mark Warner took over the governorship and refused to make such a proclamation. Tim Kaine did the same. But now that Republican Bob McDonnell is running the commonwealth, it’s time to party like it’s 1862!WHEREAS, this defining chapter in Virginia’s history should not be forgotten, but instead should be studied, understood and remembered by all Virginians, both in the context of the…