Groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy are losing their tax exemptions.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Monday signed into law legislation to get rid of tax exemptions for Confederate groups.
The bill was carried in the Virginia House of Delegates by state Del. Alex Askew (D-Virginia Beach).
Askew has fought along with other Democrats to get rid of the tax exemptions for groups like United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) for years, but former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin twice vetoed their efforts.
The UDC was founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1894 and has played a central role in promoting the Lost Cause narrative about the Civil War.
The Daughters of the Confederacy owns its marble headquarters in Richmond that the state deeded to the group in 1950.
“The total property is valued at about $4.7 million, which according to the city’s rate would make the annual property tax over $57,000,” The New York Times reported.
Other groups losing their tax breaks because of the bill are the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust.
