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

Terrell County, Georgia issues Confederate History and Heritage Month Proclamation

 

The following proclamation was passed today in Terrell County.  It passed unanimously.  There is a man among the Terrell County Commissioners that raised his hand to begin speaking before Commander Garner addressed the panel.  In the past he always voted against the proclamation and he is a member of the NAACP.  This year he said that he had voted against it because he didn’t really understand it.  This year he has had time to do a little research on his own and he is voting in favor of our proclamation!  This is the first time that it passed unanimously!

 

For the cause,
William Waller
B/G Phil Cook 704
Sasser, GA

 

PROCLAMATION

 

WHEREAS:  Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808 and this year marks the bicentennial of his birth; and

 

WHEREAS:  Jefferson Davis was elected the first and only president of the Confederate States of America; and

 

WHEREAS:  President Davis held his last cabinet meeting for the Confederacy in Georgia and was captured by Union forces in Southwest Georgia; and

 

WHEREAS:  Our country is a nation of people united by a common history of individual heritage and diverse cultures and Terrell County is rich in history of the War Between the States; and

 

WHEREAS:  The State of Georgia has long cherished her Confederate history and the great leaders who made sacrifices on behalf of the Confederate cause; and

 

WHEREAS:  Terrell County was the home to the Dickson-Nelson Rifle Company which supplied arms to the Confederacy; and

 

WHEREAS:  Terrell County supplied men in the 5^th Georgia Regiment Company E, 13^th Georgia Regiment Companies E and H, 17^th Georgia Regiment Company K, 31^st Georgia Regiment Company K, 51^st Georgia Regiment Company F, and the 64^th Georgia Regiment Companies H and G; and

 

WHEREAS:  Terrell County was the home of an exile camp for citizens escaping the terrible wrath of the Battle of Atlanta during Sherman’s March to the Sea; and

 

WHEREAS:  Nearly 200 Confederate soldiers now rest in the soil of Terrell County and their sacrifices should never be forgotten; now

 

THEREFORE:  We, the Terrell County Board of Commissioners do hereby proclaim April 2008 as “The Year of Davis” and “Confederate History and Heritage Month” in Terrell County and encourage all residents to increase their knowledge of the role played by the Confederate States of America in our country’s history.