Confederate Heritage Month! 
provided by the:
Georgia Division of The Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee

Proclamation

WHEREAS, over Nine Hundred and sixty men from St. Clair County answered the call during the War For Southern Independence and many did not return alive; and

WHEREAS, we the citizens of St. Clair County, Alabama recognize their service and sacrifice for the cause of freedom, many giving of themselves that last full measure of devotion and many returning fearfully wounded in body and spirit; and

WHEREAS, their collective and individual deeds of valor shall be forever remembered and honored by their descendants living in St. Clair County and Alabama; and

WHEREAS, those soldiers who returned after the war suffered the indignities of reconstruction but never lost their courage and devotion to the cause of liberty, many gaining respectable positions in government and as loyal citizens; and

WHEREAS, the St. Clair County Commission has declared that the year 2008 be declared as the Year of Jefferson Davis, 1^st president of the Confederate States of America. While in prison at Fort Monroe Jefferson Davis received a Crown of Thorns from Blessed Pope Pius IX for his unjust imprisonment.

WHEREAS, we, the citizens of St. Clair County, Alabama, wish to recognize the Confederate soldier by proclaiming the month of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month in honor of the Confederate soldier and affirm to the citizens of St. Clair County that proper recognition be made to this effect.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Stanley Batemon, Chairman, the St. Clair County Commission, Alabama do hereby acknowledge and proclaim the month of April 2008, in the Year of Davis, as Confederate history and Heritage Month and shall cause this proclamation to be published to effect its declaration.

Given under my hand and seal of the St. Clair County Commission, State of Alabama on the ________day of ________ in the Year of our Lord 2008

Stanley Batemon, Chairman, St. Clair County Commission, Alabama