Confederate Heritage Month!
provided by the:
Georgia Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate History and Heritage Month
Committee
It is my pleasure to serve Commander Lott as Chairman of the 2008, Confederate History and Heritage Month committee for the Georgia Division SCV. I have asked the following men to serve on this important committee: Past Commander Jack Bridwell as advisor, Billy Bearden, Mike Crane, Jeff Davis, John Black, Charlie Lott and James King. I, Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., serve as Chairman and your committee would like to hear from you.
You can contact me at: cjohnson1861@bellsouth.net or the Georgia Division Confederate Heritage Month Committee at Proclamations@confederateheritagemonth.com. All Divisions are welcome and invited to participate.
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Calvin Johnson.
| The Jefferson Davis Memorial Day Funeral Train Jefferson Davis died in 1889 and over
200,000 people witnessed his temporary burial at Metairie Cemetery in New
Orleans. Four years later on a rainy Saturday, on May 27, 1893, the
remains of Jefferson Davis was removed and taken to Confederate Memorial
Hall where many people paid their last respects. Click here for more information | |
| Groveland, Florida - Daughters of Confederacy service The
ceremony began with Colors Posted by the Sons of the Confederate
Veterans, Gen. Jubal A. Early Camp 556 of
Tampa -- all dressed in period attire. Click here for more information | |
| Clarkesville, Tennessee - Confederate war dead honored in moving ceremonies In the afternoon,
over 75 people from a number of states gathered in Fort Donelson for a
Confederate Memorial Day Service and to celebrate the 75th anniversary
of the dedication of the Confederate monument.
Source:
The Leaf-Chronicle Click here for more information | |
| Savannah, Georgia - A fort looks at 200. Coastal Heritage Society celebrates two centuries of history at Fort Jackson The groups are Chapter
2 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Francis S. Bartow Camp
93 Songs of Confederate Veterans and the LaFayette McClaws Camp 97
Military Order of the Stars and Bars. Also called the First Confederate
National Banner, the flag flew over Fort Jackson during the Civil War. Click here for more information | |
| Richmond, Kentucky - Confederate president portrayed at battlefield June is the birth month
of that “other” native-Kentuckian who headed a national government,
Jefferson Davis, first and only president of the Confederate States of
America. Click here for more information | |
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