NEWS FROM AROUND THE CONFEDERACY
01/30/12
SCV Telegraph - Another Real Son Passes
01/29/12
SCV Telegraph - 2012 Stephen D Lee Institute
01/27/12
SCV Telegraph - Passing SCV Member/Real Son Passes
01/27/12
SCV Telegraph - Passing Of Former SCV Secretary
Lori McKee Jones, who served as the secretary for the Army of Trans-Mississippi and the Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi Divisions from January 2009 until May of 2011, passed away suddenly on January 25, 2012 at her residence. A funeral service for Ms. Jones will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Home on Bear Creek Pike in Columbia TN. Interment will follow in the Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends on Friday January 27, 2012 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM and then again on Saturday for one hour prior to the funeral service. Ms. Jones leaves behind three sons: Zachary Ryan LeBlanc of Lafayette LA, Johnathan Nathaniel Elkins and James Thomas Elkins both of Columbia.
The SCV GHQ will accept donations from camps and members which will be acknowledged by the SCV. One check and a list of donor names will be given to her family for an educational trust fund for the two youngest sons who are 11 and 12 years old.
Condolences can be sent to the family at the Heritage Funeral Home website Lori McKee Jones
01/19/12
SCV Telegraph - SCV Leadership Workshop
http://sonsofconfederateveterans.blogspot.com/2011/01/scv-leadership-workshop.html
01/19/12
Mitt Romney & the Confederate Battle Flag
Compatriots,
Take 1 minute and 17 seconds to watch what Mitt Romney has to say about the Confederate Battle Flag.
It will be one of the best spent minutes of this campaign year.
01/14/12
SCV Telegraph - Heritage Rally 2012 Update
Compatriots,
The Confederate Heritage Rally 2012 in now fast approaching. Hopefully all are making their plans to be in Richmond on February 25th. The webpage is updated with schedules, events and hotel information.
When passing this information along please be sure to send the entire link
http://confederate150.com/2012.html
If you are Southern-you will be there!
01/12/12
SCV Telegraph - Awards Nomination Deadline
2012 Award Nomination Deadline and Forms
2012 Award Nomination Form for awards to be presented at the 2012 National Convention in Murfreesboro, TN can be found on the SCV web site at the addresses below.
The Awards Manual can be found at the following address:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/AwardsHandbook2012.pdf
Please consult the manual when considering what award would be most appropriate to nominate a compatriot for.
Send one copy of the completed nomination form to SCV Chief of Staff Spike Speicher at colspike@hotmail.com and one copy to Membership Coordinator Bryan Sharp at membership@scv.org.
Deadline for submission of forms is Thursday May 17, 2012
Form address:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/AwardsHandbook2012.pdf
01/12/12
SCV Telegraph - Funding Request Deadline
Compatriots,
The Budget and Finance Committee will review request for grants from General Headquarters before the Fall and Spring GEC meetings. The deadline to submit a request for consideration at the Spring 2012 GEC meeting is January 15, 2012.
Those requesting funds should read the Funding Proposal Guidelines found on the Forms and Documents page of scv.org at: http://www.scv.org/pdf/FundingProposalGuidelines.pdf
The form to be used to make a request for a grant is also on the Forms and Documents page at:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/SCVFundRequests.pdf
Submission of the form is the minimum level of information that must be provided to make a funding request. Those making requests are encouraged to provide supplemental information describing their project.
If you have any questions regarding the guidelines, form or process please contact me.
Chuck Rand
Adjutant In Chief
chuckrand3@gmail.com
318-387-3791
01/09/12
SCV Telegraph - Ancestry.com
Compatriots,
Here is a special offer from Ancestry.com that generates money for National SCV. This source of records is an asset for every camp to have access to in order to help potential members with their genealogy.
SCV Member Offer From Ancestry.com
We are pleased to announce a special opportunity to SCV members. The SCV would like to introduce you to Ancestry.com, a great online resource for researching your family tree.
Ancestry.com currently offers access to numerous of genealogy records. SCV members can now get membership to Ancestry.com by going to SCV.org and scroll down to the Ancestry.com link or go to
http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-5451196-10467607
In addition, for every purchase of a Ancestry.com membership the SCV will also earn a commission.
Deo Vindice!
Charles Kelly Barrow
Lt.Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
1800mysouth.com
01/04/12
SCV Telegraph - Reunion Bids
Reunion Bid Deadlines for Hosting 2015 Reunion:
Bid packages for those wishing to host the 2015 reunion are due by January 15, 2012. They should be sent to Chairman Joe Ringhoffer at 1211 Government St. Mobile, AL 36604 or emailed to ringhje@aol.com
Bidders should include in their proposals information such as the cost of guest rooms at the hotel(s), any parking fees, host hotel flag display policy, meeting facility layout, and projected registration cost. This information is needed in addition to the bidders plans for tours and events and information about attractions in the area.
The Guidelines for hosting a convention can be obtained from Joe Ringhoffer at the email address above.
The place and date of the meeting of the Time and Place Committee where bidders will make their formal presentations will be announced after receipt of the bids. For more information contact Chairman Ringhoffer at -251-402-7593
01/03/12
SCV Telegraph - Amendments
Compatriots,
The Deadline for those wishing to submit proposed amendments to the SCV Constitution or the Standing Orders to be considered at the Reunion in Murfreesboro, TN in July 2012 is February 8, 2012.
Amendments should be submitted to Executive Director Ben Sewell at General Headquarters. They can be sent either by email to exedir@scv.org or by US Mail to: Sons of Confederate Veterans, P.O. Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402. Email submissions must be sent on or before February 8, 2012 and those send by US Mail must be postmarked by February 8, 2012.
Those submitting proposed amendments should include their name, camp number and contact information - phone number and email address is available. Please also send a brief statement as to the purpose of the amendment and the reasons it should be adopted. This will better help camps understand the purpose and advantages of the proposed amendment.
Executive Director Sewell will acknowledge receipt of the amendments. However, it is the responsibility of the sender to confirm with Director Sewell that any amendment submitted was received at General Headquarters.
Please contact me or Executive Director Sewell if you have any questions.
Chuck Rand
Adjutant In Chief
chuckrand3@gmail.com
12/18/11
SCV Telegraph - 2012 Stephen D Lee Institute
THE COSTS OF LINCOLN'S WAR
The Sons of Confederate Veterans bring Christmas greetings and ask you to make plans to attend our 2012 Stephen Dill Lee Institute in beautiful and historic Savannah, Georgia, on February 3-4 at the spectacular DeSoto Hilton Hotel. Registration to the Institute for SCV members and family is $125 per person. Non-SCV members are $150. Registration includes 3 meals on Saturday February 4 including breakfast, lunch and a banquet. Friday festivities include a Meet the Speakers evening to discuss history with our scholars beginning at 7pm. Saturday morning the Institute will begin at 8:30am. Exact times for each speaker will be announced.. Please visit our website at www.StephenDLeeInstitute.com for registration and hotel details.
We are pleased to announce our speakers for the Institute.
Jonathan White "Calculating the Value of the Union: Physical costs of the War to Prevent Southern Independence"
Ronald Kennedy "Liberty: The Price of Federal Supremacy"
David Aiken Lincoln's Blood Money and the financial impact of the war
Donald Livingston "How Lincoln's War derailed Constitutional Liberty"
Douglas Bostick "Colored Troops for Work": The Union Army's Assessment and Use of Black Troops
Michael Scruggs " Advent of the Federal financial system"
Anyone who has ever attended a Stephen Dill Lee Institute meeting has come away with a new found understanding of American history. Please mark your calendar for February 3-4. 2012, and join us in Savannah.
If you have a question please contact Brag Bowling at 804-389-3620.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE
12/15/11
SCV Telegraph - October GEC Meeting
GEC Meeting Condensed Account
Condensed Account of the October 15, 2011 Fall GEC Meeting
Held at Columbia, Tennessee
1. Meeting called to order at 8:30 am and opened with prayer, pledge of allegiance, salute to the Confederate flag and reading of The Charge.
2. Quorum was present with 15 of 16 members present.
3. Minutes of the pre and post Montgomery Convention were approved as well as were the minutes of the GEC teleconference of October 11, 2011.
4. Executive Director Sewell gave his report covering membership, status of SCV endowment funds and the mailing of the Christmas merchandise catalog.
5. Past CIC McMichael gave an update on the February 25, 2012 Sesquicentennial Event to be held in Richmond, VA and stated that the 2013 event will be held at Beauvoir.
6. Indiana Division Commander Gordon Flick presented Executive Director Sewell the Dr. Pits Meritorious Service Award.
7. Lt. Commander In Chief Barrow reported on the recent Leadership Conference held in Burlington, North Carolina and the upcoming conference to be held on February 11, 2012 in Monroe, Louisiana. He also noted the SCV ad to appear in American History Magazine.
8. Heritage Defense Chief Hiter addressed several recent incidents including misstatements by Glen Beck concerning the South's reason for fighting for independence and the situation in Reidsville, North Carolina regarding the Confederate monument there.
9. The GEC approved a new bumper sticker design with a sticker to be inserted in an upcoming issue of the Confederate Veteran.
10. CIC Givens made comments regarding several of the many meetings and events he has recently attended. He highlighted the Leadership Conference held in Burlington, North Carolina and the "Sunny South Guards" flag presentation reenactment held by the SCV and UDC in Tampa, Florida.
11. GEC reviewed a draft of the proposed Sam Davis Youth Camps Operating Agreement and voted to approve a board of directors for the camps.
12. GEC approved a submission by the Disciplinary Committee of a guide to "Understanding the SCV Disciplinary Procedure". The guide addresses the process and information that those contemplating filing charges need to understand as well as the rights of those against whom charges are filed. The GEC suggested more information be included on some specific topics. This information will be added to the guide.
13. The GEC heard a report on the upcoming reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh to be held in the spring of 2012 and presented by the Armies of Tennessee. The GEC voted a resolution of endorsement for the reenactment.
14. Past Virginia Division Commander Dorsey updated the GEC on the situation in Lexington, Virginia regarding the city's restrictions on display of Confederate flags and plans for dealing with the situation.
15. The Budget and Finance Committee reported on three grant requests. The only grant approved by the GEC was for renovations to the S.D. Lee home in Columbus, Mississippi. The grant will qualify the home for extensive matching funds.
The other requests for grant funds were not approved due to the amount of funds already approved at previous meetings being very close to the total amount of funding currently budgeted.
Chuck Rand
AIC
12/16/11
SCV Telegraph - 2012 CFC
Information for 2012 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Application
SCV General Headquarters is preparing the 2012 CFC application, and a major requirement of this effort is to document that human health/welfare services have been provided in 15 or more states during calendar year 2011. GHQ would like to request that camps and divisions send information to Ben Sewell at exedir@scv.org to assist him in preparing the narrative of the SCV's good deeds during 2011.
The documentation should include the following elements:
WHO received the service, benefit, or assistance
WHAT the service, benefit, or assistance is
WHEN it was delivered
WHERE it was delivered
A couple of examples of qualifying service would be the following:
Illinois - Calendar Year 2011 Scholarship
The Illinois Division Sons of Confederate Veterans in May 2011 presented a $1000 college scholarship to high school senior Pierce W. Mackie of Glenview IL.
Alabama - Calendar Year 2011 Donation
Thomas Goode Jones Camp 259 in Montgomery Alabama made a $750 donation in August 2011 to the Alabama State Archives flag restoration fund in Montgomery AL. Camp 259 also made a $250 donation in June 2011 to Anne Tidmore, Regent, to benefit the First White House of the Confederacy which was established in the spring of 1861 and is currently is on the National Historic Registry.
12/10/11
2012 California Division Convention Time & Place Notice
Dear Compatriots:
The planning for our 2012 California Division Convention is underway. I will post below the information that I have available at this time. More will follow as I receive more information.
Dates: March 23 - March 25 Friday, Saturday & Sunday checkout
Place: Holiday Inn 2100 N. Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93454 Phone: 1.805.928.6000 Fax: 1.805.928.9230
Cost: $89 per night / Single King Suite (20 rooms reserved at this time) Credit Card Hold Required
Release Date: February 23rd, 2012 (member's should make reservations prior to this date)
Information will be posted in the next issue of "The California Republic." Our California Division Newsletter.
12/06/11
SCV Telegraph - Abbeville Conference
TENTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SCHOLARS' CONFERENCE
"THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: OTHER VOICES, OTHER VIEWS"
Stone Mountain, Georgia
February, 23-26, 2012
TOPIC: Nationalist historians for 150 years have protected Americans from confronting the stark immorality of prosecuting what French philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel called, "a war such as Europe had never yet seen" to force eleven States into a federation from which their people had voted to secede. Should eleven American States secede today and form a federation of their own, such a war would be judged criminal.
Northern opposition to the war was more extensive, complex and had more respectable adherents than the mainline account allows, e.g., Governor Seymour of New York, 1861: "Indeed, Can we so entirely forget the past history of our country, that we can stand upon the point of pride against states whose citizens battled with our fathers and poured out their blood upon the soil of our state. Upon whom are we to wage war? Our own countrymen...."
Lincoln and his party often acted as an embattled minority in the North. The Sesquicentennial offers an opportunity to explore the view point of the most neglected and misrepresented segment of American opinion on the great conflict at the center of our history.
Learn about the resistance of President Franklin Pierce and New York Governor Horatio Seymour. Midwestern "Copperheads." Christian reaction to the bloodthirsty rhetoric of pro-war Republican preachers. Pro-Union opposition to the Republican Party. Resistance in the border States. Gradations and conflicts in Northern opinion, especially among ethnic groups. Treatment of black soldiers by the Union army during and after the war. And much more.
SPEAKERS. Douglas Bostick, Kent Masterson Brown , Richard Gamble, Marshall Derosa, Donald Livingston, Brion McClanahan, Allen Mendenhall, Joseph Stromberg, Richard Valentine, Jonathan White, Clyde Wilson
PLACE. Beautiful Stone Mountain Park, built to commemorate the Confederacy. Visit the memorial to Lee, Jackson, and Davis which is the largest stone carving in the world. Much to see and do, so bring the family.
COST. Rooms: very special rate of $106 a day, single or double (rate ends February 1). Conference fee is $225 for Abbeville members and $275 for others. Make checks payable to Abbeville Institute, P.O.Box 10, McClellanville, S.C. 2945 (fee includes tuition, park entrance fee, reception, breakfast, continuous snacks and refreshments). Make room reservations at Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort 770-879-9900.
SCHOLARSHIPS. A few scholarships are available for college and graduate students who are encouraged to apply.
INQUIRIES: contactus@abbevilleinstitute.org or 843-323-0690.
For lecture titles and schedule see abbevilleinstitute.org
11/22/11
Georgia Power Backs Down Over Confederate Flag
Earlier this year, Georgia Power twice removed Confederate flags from the graves of veterans buried in the Yellow Dirt Baptist Cemetery located within the grounds of Plant Wansley. When Georgia Power failed to respond to concerns of family members of the veterans buried in the cemetery, the families decided to contact the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for help. Following several weeks of activity by members of the local SCV camp, the Haralson Invincibles Camp #673, as well as support from the entire Georgia Division, Georgia Power spokesman Mark Williams finally acknowledged the families' concerns and admitted that Georgia Power and it's parent company, the Southern Company, do not have authority to control the cemetery where veterans are buried.
Family members have expressed their appreciation to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the largest heritage preservation organization in the state and across America. Georgia Division Commander Jack Bridwell spoke on behalf of the SCV, "We are happy to see that Georgia Power has finally acknowledged that it has no authority to remove flags from the graves of these veterans, and we are happy to have been able to provide help to these families who wished to honor their ancestors. It is unfortunate that Georgia Power refused to honor the requests of the family members until our organization became involved. We will continue to fight for the preservation of Southern heritage and the respect of veterans across Georgia whenever such violations as these by Georgia Power occur; and we appreciate the outpouring of appreciation shown to the SCV by local residents and elected officials of Heard County.
Despite acknowledging their errors, however, neither Georgia Power nor the Southern Company have issued an apology to the families for removing the flags; nor have they restored the flags that were originally taken by Georgia Power employees. Georgia Power spokesman Konswello Monroe previously admitted that the company took the flags in a statement to the media: "Yes, we did remove those flags that were put up October 8, and we will be monitoring. If they are put back up we will remove them once again." The families of the veterans buried in the cemetery have not yet decided whether or not to press charges for the theft of the flags or the violation of the state and federal laws which protect the graves and flags of veterans. Family members and SCV leaders will be meeting within the next several days to discuss whether or not to have warrants issued for the arrest of Georgia Power officials.
For more information about Georgia Power's decision to restore the Confederate flags at the Yellow Dirt Baptist Cemetery, please contact Jack Bridwell, Division Commander of the Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans at 1-866-SCV-in-GA or online at www.GeorgiaSCV.org.
11/14/11
The Last Roll
This is the obituary for one of our SCV Members Tom Wash. We have some amazing people in the SCV. I just met this man this past summer at a luncheon we did in Fresno. We lost a good man! His family was proud of their membership in the SCV, please check out the article. Thank You Bill Lee for finding this obit.
God Bless the Wash Family!!!
Farrell D. Cooley SCV Calf. Division Cmdr.
11/09/11
SCV Telegraph - Member Offer From Fold3
Compatriots,
Here is a money saving offer from Fold3(formally Footnote.com) that will help generate money for the National SCV or Oakwood Cemetery Project. This is an asset for every camp to have access to in order to help potential members with their genealogy.
SCV Member Discount Offer to Fold3
Subject: Millions of Confederate Records Now Available Online
We are pleased to announce a special opportunity to SCV Members. The SCV would like to introduce you to Fold3, a great online resource for researching your Confederate ancestors. Fold3 currently offers access to millions of Confederate records. SCV Members can now get an All-Access Annual Membership to Fold3 for only $49.95 (that is $30 off the regular price).
In addition, for every purchase of a Fold3 membership the SCV will also earn up to $19 in commissions.
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Commission will go to GHQ
OR
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Commission will go to Oakwood Cemetery Project
Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Fold3 has:
• Over 78 million images and adding more every month
• Confederate Records: Service Records, Casualty Reports, Citizens Files Amnesty Papers & Navy Subject Files
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• Nearly 2 million registered Fold3 members
Deo Vindice!
Charles Kelly Barrow
Lt.Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
1800mysouth.com
11/05/11
SCV Telegraph - A Good Payroll Deduction with The Combined Federal Campaign
SCV has been found eligible for the ninth consecutive year to be included on the National/International Part of the United States Government's 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity List.
SCV members, their family members, and other nonmember supporters should be made aware of this opportunity to support our efforts through their tax deductible gifts by cash, check or payroll deduction. The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. is CFC charity number 10116.
11/02/11
SCV Givens Announcement And Questionaire
2 November 2011
Beaufort, South Carolina
Re: SCV Future
Dear Compatriot,
Today is the 466th day since I have been blessed with the mission of leading this venerable league of men. I have been humbled by the task and have thus far done my mortal best. It is my sincerest hope that my involvement will not hamper but rather improve and strengthen the ranks and influence of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
With the able assistance of my vital staff we have begun a process to build the SCV to its rightful place in society as the pre-eminent authority on all things Confederate and American Liberty. The first phase of this effort was the transformation of the Confederate Veteran into more of a scholarly journal with the inclusion of thought-provoking and hard-hitting essays. The second was the development of the VISION2016 program, which will help us determine what has been hindering our growth and how best to drive our membership numbers to 50,000 by the time of our reunion in 2016.
I wish to see to it that this process has a strong foundation to help ensure a dynamic SCV for many years to come. Several of our fellow Compatriots have spoken with me concerning the importance of continuity during this crucial time of structuring the SCV for the future. It is for this reason that I ask for your support for my re-election as your commander-in-chief at the 2012 reunion.
My predecessors to this office made great strides in strengthening the SCV for growth and defense of the Cause of the South. During this time of the Sesquicentennial we have our best opportunity to fulfill our Charge. We must come together during this critical time and rise above the baseless and uneducated accusations of our enemies and win our victories with the finely honed weapons of truth. Who but us, the men of the SCV will stand against the calumny and slander of our people? We are the sons of the very men who wrote the definition of Southern Manhood with their own blood sacrifice. We have been bequeathed a heritage of honour that must not be forsaken. If we are to be successful, then we must work together. If you are interested in helping to secure the future of the SCV, then take a few moments and answer the questions on the attached document and return it to the email address provided.
Please answer this questionnaire today and let's get to the work of vindicating the Cause of our ancestors.
I am,
Respectfully yours,
Michael Givens
Commander-in-Chief
In February of 2011, the national leadership developed and in July the general membership of the SCV adopted the following vision: Our Vision
Our vision is of an organization of southern men, 50,000 strong by the time of our 2016 reunion, that knows itself to be, and is widely seen by others as the pre-eminent authority on Southern heritage and American liberty.
Please note that this is not our "goal" or our "mission", or even our "dream". This is the fact of where we'll be in 2016. What I need now is your help in actually getting there. I need much, in terms of time, effort and ideas, but at the moment, what I need most are your ideas. I need you to answer the following questions and provide them to the leaders of this organization by emailing them to me at SCVVISION2016@GMAIL.COM :
1. Do you believe in and support the above vision?
If not, why not?
If your answer is "yes", then please give me two or three ideas that you have to get us there.
What will you personally commit to do?
2. Only about a third of our Camps and Divisions offer any officer training, and none of what there is, is standardized or organized. Would you support an effort to standardize officer training?
3. We know more truth about the War for Southern Independence than almost anybody else, but nobody seems to know that we know it. What can we do, and what will you personally do to get our name "out there"?
4. We have, at best, a disjointed National, Army, Division or Camp plan for public relations. What are your ideas for correcting this? What can you do to help?
5. We know that personal contact is the most effective recruiting and retention tool we have, but we lose close to 1/3rd of our new members every year. What can we do to correct this? We could double in size in a week if every member brought in one new man. Why can we not seem to do this?
Please send your answers to: SCVVISION2016@GMAIL.COM
Thank you,
Michael Givens
Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
10/31/11
10/28/11
The November December 2011 edition of the Confederate Veteran magazine is now in the nonprofit bulk mail system and should be arriving at each member's mailboxes in the next week to ten days. This is the last copy of this fine periodical current members will receive if they do not pay their national dues for the period August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012.
The cutoff date for timely submission of dues is a postmark of Tuesday November 1, 2011 or earlier. It is not necessary for camps to waste their time and money to use overnight delivery, registered/certified, or even priority mail. First class mail postmarked November 1, 2011 will preclude SCV camps having to pay a $5.00 late fee for reinstating a current member.
The SCV has a goal of reaching active membership of 50,000 men by the time of the 2016 annual General Reunion. Now is the time to begin to make this goal a reality. The SCV needs to renew at least 90 % of its total membership this year by renewing every man who can possibly continue.
To All,
Just wanted you to know that Robyn and I attended the VUMM board meeting yesterday and made our respective SCV Camp 302 and UDC Stonewall Jackson Chapter donations to their flag replacement fund. The flags at this monument are flown 24 hours a day, all year long and they must be replaced every nine months or so. They very gratefully gave us the retired Southern State flags each of which is now available to you, on a first-come-first-served basis, for an $18 contribution.
The funds raised in this manner will be applied to our future annual donations to this monument. Pictured below, with Robyn and me, is Paul Murphy, president of the VUMM Board of Directors. He asked us to thank all of you for your continued support of the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument, and I would like to extend my most sincere appreciation as well. The monument is located aboard the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado. If you have not yet seen this monument but would like to, please let me know and I would be happy to escort you aboard the base. For more information about the monument, please click on the following link: http://www.vummf.org/default.aspx
Warmest Regards,
Roy
01/30/12
SCV Telegraph - Another Real Son Passes
01/29/12
SCV Telegraph - 2012 Stephen D Lee Institute
01/27/12
SCV Telegraph - Passing SCV Member/Real Son Passes
01/27/12
SCV Telegraph - Passing Of Former SCV Secretary
Lori McKee Jones, who served as the secretary for the Army of Trans-Mississippi and the Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi Divisions from January 2009 until May of 2011, passed away suddenly on January 25, 2012 at her residence. A funeral service for Ms. Jones will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Home on Bear Creek Pike in Columbia TN. Interment will follow in the Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends on Friday January 27, 2012 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM and then again on Saturday for one hour prior to the funeral service. Ms. Jones leaves behind three sons: Zachary Ryan LeBlanc of Lafayette LA, Johnathan Nathaniel Elkins and James Thomas Elkins both of Columbia.
The SCV GHQ will accept donations from camps and members which will be acknowledged by the SCV. One check and a list of donor names will be given to her family for an educational trust fund for the two youngest sons who are 11 and 12 years old.
Condolences can be sent to the family at the Heritage Funeral Home website Lori McKee Jones
01/19/12
SCV Telegraph - SCV Leadership Workshop
http://sonsofconfederateveterans.blogspot.com/2011/01/scv-leadership-workshop.html
01/19/12
Mitt Romney & the Confederate Battle Flag
Compatriots,
Take 1 minute and 17 seconds to watch what Mitt Romney has to say about the Confederate Battle Flag.
It will be one of the best spent minutes of this campaign year.
01/14/12
SCV Telegraph - Heritage Rally 2012 Update
Compatriots,
The Confederate Heritage Rally 2012 in now fast approaching. Hopefully all are making their plans to be in Richmond on February 25th. The webpage is updated with schedules, events and hotel information.
When passing this information along please be sure to send the entire link
http://confederate150.com/2012.html
If you are Southern-you will be there!
01/12/12
SCV Telegraph - Awards Nomination Deadline
2012 Award Nomination Deadline and Forms
2012 Award Nomination Form for awards to be presented at the 2012 National Convention in Murfreesboro, TN can be found on the SCV web site at the addresses below.
The Awards Manual can be found at the following address:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/AwardsHandbook2012.pdf
Please consult the manual when considering what award would be most appropriate to nominate a compatriot for.
Send one copy of the completed nomination form to SCV Chief of Staff Spike Speicher at colspike@hotmail.com and one copy to Membership Coordinator Bryan Sharp at membership@scv.org.
Deadline for submission of forms is Thursday May 17, 2012
Form address:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/AwardsHandbook2012.pdf
01/12/12
SCV Telegraph - Funding Request Deadline
Compatriots,
The Budget and Finance Committee will review request for grants from General Headquarters before the Fall and Spring GEC meetings. The deadline to submit a request for consideration at the Spring 2012 GEC meeting is January 15, 2012.
Those requesting funds should read the Funding Proposal Guidelines found on the Forms and Documents page of scv.org at: http://www.scv.org/pdf/FundingProposalGuidelines.pdf
The form to be used to make a request for a grant is also on the Forms and Documents page at:
http://www.scv.org/pdf/SCVFundRequests.pdf
Submission of the form is the minimum level of information that must be provided to make a funding request. Those making requests are encouraged to provide supplemental information describing their project.
If you have any questions regarding the guidelines, form or process please contact me.
Chuck Rand
Adjutant In Chief
chuckrand3@gmail.com
318-387-3791
01/09/12
SCV Telegraph - Ancestry.com
Compatriots,
Here is a special offer from Ancestry.com that generates money for National SCV. This source of records is an asset for every camp to have access to in order to help potential members with their genealogy.
SCV Member Offer From Ancestry.com
We are pleased to announce a special opportunity to SCV members. The SCV would like to introduce you to Ancestry.com, a great online resource for researching your family tree.
Ancestry.com currently offers access to numerous of genealogy records. SCV members can now get membership to Ancestry.com by going to SCV.org and scroll down to the Ancestry.com link or go to
http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-5451196-10467607
In addition, for every purchase of a Ancestry.com membership the SCV will also earn a commission.
Deo Vindice!
Charles Kelly Barrow
Lt.Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
1800mysouth.com
01/04/12
SCV Telegraph - Reunion Bids
Reunion Bid Deadlines for Hosting 2015 Reunion:
Bid packages for those wishing to host the 2015 reunion are due by January 15, 2012. They should be sent to Chairman Joe Ringhoffer at 1211 Government St. Mobile, AL 36604 or emailed to ringhje@aol.com
Bidders should include in their proposals information such as the cost of guest rooms at the hotel(s), any parking fees, host hotel flag display policy, meeting facility layout, and projected registration cost. This information is needed in addition to the bidders plans for tours and events and information about attractions in the area.
The Guidelines for hosting a convention can be obtained from Joe Ringhoffer at the email address above.
The place and date of the meeting of the Time and Place Committee where bidders will make their formal presentations will be announced after receipt of the bids. For more information contact Chairman Ringhoffer at -251-402-7593
01/03/12
SCV Telegraph - Amendments
Compatriots,
The Deadline for those wishing to submit proposed amendments to the SCV Constitution or the Standing Orders to be considered at the Reunion in Murfreesboro, TN in July 2012 is February 8, 2012.
Amendments should be submitted to Executive Director Ben Sewell at General Headquarters. They can be sent either by email to exedir@scv.org or by US Mail to: Sons of Confederate Veterans, P.O. Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402. Email submissions must be sent on or before February 8, 2012 and those send by US Mail must be postmarked by February 8, 2012.
Those submitting proposed amendments should include their name, camp number and contact information - phone number and email address is available. Please also send a brief statement as to the purpose of the amendment and the reasons it should be adopted. This will better help camps understand the purpose and advantages of the proposed amendment.
Executive Director Sewell will acknowledge receipt of the amendments. However, it is the responsibility of the sender to confirm with Director Sewell that any amendment submitted was received at General Headquarters.
Please contact me or Executive Director Sewell if you have any questions.
Chuck Rand
Adjutant In Chief
chuckrand3@gmail.com
12/18/11
SCV Telegraph - 2012 Stephen D Lee Institute
THE COSTS OF LINCOLN'S WAR
The Sons of Confederate Veterans bring Christmas greetings and ask you to make plans to attend our 2012 Stephen Dill Lee Institute in beautiful and historic Savannah, Georgia, on February 3-4 at the spectacular DeSoto Hilton Hotel. Registration to the Institute for SCV members and family is $125 per person. Non-SCV members are $150. Registration includes 3 meals on Saturday February 4 including breakfast, lunch and a banquet. Friday festivities include a Meet the Speakers evening to discuss history with our scholars beginning at 7pm. Saturday morning the Institute will begin at 8:30am. Exact times for each speaker will be announced.. Please visit our website at www.StephenDLeeInstitute.com for registration and hotel details.
We are pleased to announce our speakers for the Institute.
Jonathan White "Calculating the Value of the Union: Physical costs of the War to Prevent Southern Independence"
Ronald Kennedy "Liberty: The Price of Federal Supremacy"
David Aiken Lincoln's Blood Money and the financial impact of the war
Donald Livingston "How Lincoln's War derailed Constitutional Liberty"
Douglas Bostick "Colored Troops for Work": The Union Army's Assessment and Use of Black Troops
Michael Scruggs " Advent of the Federal financial system"
Anyone who has ever attended a Stephen Dill Lee Institute meeting has come away with a new found understanding of American history. Please mark your calendar for February 3-4. 2012, and join us in Savannah.
If you have a question please contact Brag Bowling at 804-389-3620.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE
12/15/11
SCV Telegraph - October GEC Meeting
GEC Meeting Condensed Account
Condensed Account of the October 15, 2011 Fall GEC Meeting
Held at Columbia, Tennessee
1. Meeting called to order at 8:30 am and opened with prayer, pledge of allegiance, salute to the Confederate flag and reading of The Charge.
2. Quorum was present with 15 of 16 members present.
3. Minutes of the pre and post Montgomery Convention were approved as well as were the minutes of the GEC teleconference of October 11, 2011.
4. Executive Director Sewell gave his report covering membership, status of SCV endowment funds and the mailing of the Christmas merchandise catalog.
5. Past CIC McMichael gave an update on the February 25, 2012 Sesquicentennial Event to be held in Richmond, VA and stated that the 2013 event will be held at Beauvoir.
6. Indiana Division Commander Gordon Flick presented Executive Director Sewell the Dr. Pits Meritorious Service Award.
7. Lt. Commander In Chief Barrow reported on the recent Leadership Conference held in Burlington, North Carolina and the upcoming conference to be held on February 11, 2012 in Monroe, Louisiana. He also noted the SCV ad to appear in American History Magazine.
8. Heritage Defense Chief Hiter addressed several recent incidents including misstatements by Glen Beck concerning the South's reason for fighting for independence and the situation in Reidsville, North Carolina regarding the Confederate monument there.
9. The GEC approved a new bumper sticker design with a sticker to be inserted in an upcoming issue of the Confederate Veteran.
10. CIC Givens made comments regarding several of the many meetings and events he has recently attended. He highlighted the Leadership Conference held in Burlington, North Carolina and the "Sunny South Guards" flag presentation reenactment held by the SCV and UDC in Tampa, Florida.
11. GEC reviewed a draft of the proposed Sam Davis Youth Camps Operating Agreement and voted to approve a board of directors for the camps.
12. GEC approved a submission by the Disciplinary Committee of a guide to "Understanding the SCV Disciplinary Procedure". The guide addresses the process and information that those contemplating filing charges need to understand as well as the rights of those against whom charges are filed. The GEC suggested more information be included on some specific topics. This information will be added to the guide.
13. The GEC heard a report on the upcoming reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh to be held in the spring of 2012 and presented by the Armies of Tennessee. The GEC voted a resolution of endorsement for the reenactment.
14. Past Virginia Division Commander Dorsey updated the GEC on the situation in Lexington, Virginia regarding the city's restrictions on display of Confederate flags and plans for dealing with the situation.
15. The Budget and Finance Committee reported on three grant requests. The only grant approved by the GEC was for renovations to the S.D. Lee home in Columbus, Mississippi. The grant will qualify the home for extensive matching funds.
The other requests for grant funds were not approved due to the amount of funds already approved at previous meetings being very close to the total amount of funding currently budgeted.
Chuck Rand
AIC
12/16/11
SCV Telegraph - 2012 CFC
Information for 2012 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Application
SCV General Headquarters is preparing the 2012 CFC application, and a major requirement of this effort is to document that human health/welfare services have been provided in 15 or more states during calendar year 2011. GHQ would like to request that camps and divisions send information to Ben Sewell at exedir@scv.org to assist him in preparing the narrative of the SCV's good deeds during 2011.
The documentation should include the following elements:
WHO received the service, benefit, or assistance
WHAT the service, benefit, or assistance is
WHEN it was delivered
WHERE it was delivered
A couple of examples of qualifying service would be the following:
Illinois - Calendar Year 2011 Scholarship
The Illinois Division Sons of Confederate Veterans in May 2011 presented a $1000 college scholarship to high school senior Pierce W. Mackie of Glenview IL.
Alabama - Calendar Year 2011 Donation
Thomas Goode Jones Camp 259 in Montgomery Alabama made a $750 donation in August 2011 to the Alabama State Archives flag restoration fund in Montgomery AL. Camp 259 also made a $250 donation in June 2011 to Anne Tidmore, Regent, to benefit the First White House of the Confederacy which was established in the spring of 1861 and is currently is on the National Historic Registry.
12/10/11
2012 California Division Convention Time & Place Notice
Dear Compatriots:
The planning for our 2012 California Division Convention is underway. I will post below the information that I have available at this time. More will follow as I receive more information.
Dates: March 23 - March 25 Friday, Saturday & Sunday checkout
Place: Holiday Inn 2100 N. Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93454 Phone: 1.805.928.6000 Fax: 1.805.928.9230
Cost: $89 per night / Single King Suite (20 rooms reserved at this time) Credit Card Hold Required
Release Date: February 23rd, 2012 (member's should make reservations prior to this date)
Information will be posted in the next issue of "The California Republic." Our California Division Newsletter.
12/06/11
SCV Telegraph - Abbeville Conference
TENTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SCHOLARS' CONFERENCE
"THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: OTHER VOICES, OTHER VIEWS"
Stone Mountain, Georgia
February, 23-26, 2012
TOPIC: Nationalist historians for 150 years have protected Americans from confronting the stark immorality of prosecuting what French philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel called, "a war such as Europe had never yet seen" to force eleven States into a federation from which their people had voted to secede. Should eleven American States secede today and form a federation of their own, such a war would be judged criminal.
Northern opposition to the war was more extensive, complex and had more respectable adherents than the mainline account allows, e.g., Governor Seymour of New York, 1861: "Indeed, Can we so entirely forget the past history of our country, that we can stand upon the point of pride against states whose citizens battled with our fathers and poured out their blood upon the soil of our state. Upon whom are we to wage war? Our own countrymen...."
Lincoln and his party often acted as an embattled minority in the North. The Sesquicentennial offers an opportunity to explore the view point of the most neglected and misrepresented segment of American opinion on the great conflict at the center of our history.
Learn about the resistance of President Franklin Pierce and New York Governor Horatio Seymour. Midwestern "Copperheads." Christian reaction to the bloodthirsty rhetoric of pro-war Republican preachers. Pro-Union opposition to the Republican Party. Resistance in the border States. Gradations and conflicts in Northern opinion, especially among ethnic groups. Treatment of black soldiers by the Union army during and after the war. And much more.
SPEAKERS. Douglas Bostick, Kent Masterson Brown , Richard Gamble, Marshall Derosa, Donald Livingston, Brion McClanahan, Allen Mendenhall, Joseph Stromberg, Richard Valentine, Jonathan White, Clyde Wilson
PLACE. Beautiful Stone Mountain Park, built to commemorate the Confederacy. Visit the memorial to Lee, Jackson, and Davis which is the largest stone carving in the world. Much to see and do, so bring the family.
COST. Rooms: very special rate of $106 a day, single or double (rate ends February 1). Conference fee is $225 for Abbeville members and $275 for others. Make checks payable to Abbeville Institute, P.O.Box 10, McClellanville, S.C. 2945 (fee includes tuition, park entrance fee, reception, breakfast, continuous snacks and refreshments). Make room reservations at Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort 770-879-9900.
SCHOLARSHIPS. A few scholarships are available for college and graduate students who are encouraged to apply.
INQUIRIES: contactus@abbevilleinstitute.org or 843-323-0690.
For lecture titles and schedule see abbevilleinstitute.org
11/22/11
Georgia Power Backs Down Over Confederate Flag
Earlier this year, Georgia Power twice removed Confederate flags from the graves of veterans buried in the Yellow Dirt Baptist Cemetery located within the grounds of Plant Wansley. When Georgia Power failed to respond to concerns of family members of the veterans buried in the cemetery, the families decided to contact the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for help. Following several weeks of activity by members of the local SCV camp, the Haralson Invincibles Camp #673, as well as support from the entire Georgia Division, Georgia Power spokesman Mark Williams finally acknowledged the families' concerns and admitted that Georgia Power and it's parent company, the Southern Company, do not have authority to control the cemetery where veterans are buried.
Family members have expressed their appreciation to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the largest heritage preservation organization in the state and across America. Georgia Division Commander Jack Bridwell spoke on behalf of the SCV, "We are happy to see that Georgia Power has finally acknowledged that it has no authority to remove flags from the graves of these veterans, and we are happy to have been able to provide help to these families who wished to honor their ancestors. It is unfortunate that Georgia Power refused to honor the requests of the family members until our organization became involved. We will continue to fight for the preservation of Southern heritage and the respect of veterans across Georgia whenever such violations as these by Georgia Power occur; and we appreciate the outpouring of appreciation shown to the SCV by local residents and elected officials of Heard County.
Despite acknowledging their errors, however, neither Georgia Power nor the Southern Company have issued an apology to the families for removing the flags; nor have they restored the flags that were originally taken by Georgia Power employees. Georgia Power spokesman Konswello Monroe previously admitted that the company took the flags in a statement to the media: "Yes, we did remove those flags that were put up October 8, and we will be monitoring. If they are put back up we will remove them once again." The families of the veterans buried in the cemetery have not yet decided whether or not to press charges for the theft of the flags or the violation of the state and federal laws which protect the graves and flags of veterans. Family members and SCV leaders will be meeting within the next several days to discuss whether or not to have warrants issued for the arrest of Georgia Power officials.
For more information about Georgia Power's decision to restore the Confederate flags at the Yellow Dirt Baptist Cemetery, please contact Jack Bridwell, Division Commander of the Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans at 1-866-SCV-in-GA or online at www.GeorgiaSCV.org.
11/14/11
The Last Roll
This is the obituary for one of our SCV Members Tom Wash. We have some amazing people in the SCV. I just met this man this past summer at a luncheon we did in Fresno. We lost a good man! His family was proud of their membership in the SCV, please check out the article. Thank You Bill Lee for finding this obit.
God Bless the Wash Family!!!
Farrell D. Cooley SCV Calf. Division Cmdr.
11/09/11
SCV Telegraph - Member Offer From Fold3
Compatriots,
Here is a money saving offer from Fold3(formally Footnote.com) that will help generate money for the National SCV or Oakwood Cemetery Project. This is an asset for every camp to have access to in order to help potential members with their genealogy.
SCV Member Discount Offer to Fold3
Subject: Millions of Confederate Records Now Available Online
We are pleased to announce a special opportunity to SCV Members. The SCV would like to introduce you to Fold3, a great online resource for researching your Confederate ancestors. Fold3 currently offers access to millions of Confederate records. SCV Members can now get an All-Access Annual Membership to Fold3 for only $49.95 (that is $30 off the regular price).
In addition, for every purchase of a Fold3 membership the SCV will also earn up to $19 in commissions.
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Commission will go to GHQ
OR
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Commission will go to Oakwood Cemetery Project
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Deo Vindice!
Charles Kelly Barrow
Lt.Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
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11/05/11
SCV Telegraph - A Good Payroll Deduction with The Combined Federal Campaign
SCV has been found eligible for the ninth consecutive year to be included on the National/International Part of the United States Government's 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Charity List.
SCV members, their family members, and other nonmember supporters should be made aware of this opportunity to support our efforts through their tax deductible gifts by cash, check or payroll deduction. The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. is CFC charity number 10116.
11/02/11
SCV Givens Announcement And Questionaire
2 November 2011
Beaufort, South Carolina
Re: SCV Future
Dear Compatriot,
Today is the 466th day since I have been blessed with the mission of leading this venerable league of men. I have been humbled by the task and have thus far done my mortal best. It is my sincerest hope that my involvement will not hamper but rather improve and strengthen the ranks and influence of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
With the able assistance of my vital staff we have begun a process to build the SCV to its rightful place in society as the pre-eminent authority on all things Confederate and American Liberty. The first phase of this effort was the transformation of the Confederate Veteran into more of a scholarly journal with the inclusion of thought-provoking and hard-hitting essays. The second was the development of the VISION2016 program, which will help us determine what has been hindering our growth and how best to drive our membership numbers to 50,000 by the time of our reunion in 2016.
I wish to see to it that this process has a strong foundation to help ensure a dynamic SCV for many years to come. Several of our fellow Compatriots have spoken with me concerning the importance of continuity during this crucial time of structuring the SCV for the future. It is for this reason that I ask for your support for my re-election as your commander-in-chief at the 2012 reunion.
My predecessors to this office made great strides in strengthening the SCV for growth and defense of the Cause of the South. During this time of the Sesquicentennial we have our best opportunity to fulfill our Charge. We must come together during this critical time and rise above the baseless and uneducated accusations of our enemies and win our victories with the finely honed weapons of truth. Who but us, the men of the SCV will stand against the calumny and slander of our people? We are the sons of the very men who wrote the definition of Southern Manhood with their own blood sacrifice. We have been bequeathed a heritage of honour that must not be forsaken. If we are to be successful, then we must work together. If you are interested in helping to secure the future of the SCV, then take a few moments and answer the questions on the attached document and return it to the email address provided.
Please answer this questionnaire today and let's get to the work of vindicating the Cause of our ancestors.
I am,
Respectfully yours,
Michael Givens
Commander-in-Chief
In February of 2011, the national leadership developed and in July the general membership of the SCV adopted the following vision: Our Vision
Our vision is of an organization of southern men, 50,000 strong by the time of our 2016 reunion, that knows itself to be, and is widely seen by others as the pre-eminent authority on Southern heritage and American liberty.
Please note that this is not our "goal" or our "mission", or even our "dream". This is the fact of where we'll be in 2016. What I need now is your help in actually getting there. I need much, in terms of time, effort and ideas, but at the moment, what I need most are your ideas. I need you to answer the following questions and provide them to the leaders of this organization by emailing them to me at SCVVISION2016@GMAIL.COM :
1. Do you believe in and support the above vision?
If not, why not?
If your answer is "yes", then please give me two or three ideas that you have to get us there.
What will you personally commit to do?
2. Only about a third of our Camps and Divisions offer any officer training, and none of what there is, is standardized or organized. Would you support an effort to standardize officer training?
3. We know more truth about the War for Southern Independence than almost anybody else, but nobody seems to know that we know it. What can we do, and what will you personally do to get our name "out there"?
4. We have, at best, a disjointed National, Army, Division or Camp plan for public relations. What are your ideas for correcting this? What can you do to help?
5. We know that personal contact is the most effective recruiting and retention tool we have, but we lose close to 1/3rd of our new members every year. What can we do to correct this? We could double in size in a week if every member brought in one new man. Why can we not seem to do this?
Please send your answers to: SCVVISION2016@GMAIL.COM
Thank you,
Michael Givens
Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
10/31/11
SCV Telegraph - Lexington/ Heritage Defense
LET THE BRAVE RALLY TO THE STANDARD IN LEXINGTON!
LEXINGTON LEE/JACKSON VIGIL
WHEN: FRIDAY JANUARY 13, 2012 & SATURDAY JANUARY 14, 2012
WHERE: DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA
The Heritage Defense Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is sponsoring a confederation-wide vigil and protest in Lexington, Virginia for the city's passage of an insulting, discriminatory ry and illegal ordinance that bans Confederate flags from flag holders on city owned light poles.
Off and on since the early 1900's, the Sons of Confederate Veterans have sponsored a Lee/Jackson birthday events in Lexington. Since 2000 the Stonewall Brigade Camp has sponsored a Lee/Jackson Birthday celebration complete with seminars, memorials and a downtown parade festooned with Confederate flags on city light poles.
In 1991 the SCV was forced to sue the city of Lexington to have their Lee Jackson parade go forward, the city signed a court enforceable consent decree promising not to interfere with Confederate symbols again. Now, in an insulting move deliberately aimed at the SCV, the City has passed an ordinance permitting only government flags (US, VA & city of Lexington) to fly from the city light poles.
Unfortunately for the city, legal research has shown that if sued over the unconstitutional ordinance, the City of Lexington will most likely lose. The lawsuit is being drafted as I write.
Until the filing date, we must put maximum pressure on the city of Lexington to peacefully redress this ongoing insult to our heroes Lee & Jackson, in the town where their hallowed remains lie.
In response to this ongoing outrage, the Sons of Confederate Veterans urges all available compatriots to attend the Lee/Jackson celebration in Lexington http://leejacksonday.webs.com and to participate in a weekend Flag vigil/protest in downtown Lexington. A resolution by the Commander-in-Chief encouraging your participation will soon follow this notice. Remember the excitement generated in 2000 at the Columbia SC Statehouse Rally let's rekindle that excitement! And we will hold ld this event annually until this insult to our heroes is lifted.
WILL YOU HELP?
WILL YOUR CAMP HELP?
IF YES, HERE'S HOW:
1. Plan to come to Lexington, VA the weekend of January 13-14, 2012. If necessary, plan your own Camp's Lee-Jackson celebration for the following weekend. If your camp's celebration is the same weekend as the he Lexington event, consider sending a representative delegation to Lexington. Info at: http://leejacksonday.webs.com
2. Have your Camp sign up to man one of the 60+ light poles in downtown Lexington. From Friday 13 January 2PM til dark and Saturday 14 January 10AM until dark your Camp will be responsible for having a 2-member team holding a Confederate flag at the Camp's designated light pole. Your Camp may name me the pole to honor a Confederate hero (and will be so listed in the event program). Registration is $100 (which will be used to fund the Lexington Litigation). We suggest no more than 2 hour tours per team. so the Camp needs to make sure they have sufficient man power to cover their pole. If necessary 2 camps can register for the same pole. Children may participate accompanied by a responsible adult. Each team should have a cell-phone with them.
3. Register at: LexingtonLeeJacksonVigil@gmail.com or call 828-669-0097. Checks made payable to SCV Heritage Defense (note on check for Lexington) and mailed to P.O. Box 59 Columbia, TN 38402. Follow this event on Facebook at: Lexington Lee Jackson Vigil/Protest and Save Our Flags / Boycott Lexington, Virginia
COMPATRIOTS WE CAN WIN THIS! REGISTER NOW!
Yours in the cause of Southern justice & liberty,
Thomas Y. Hiter, Phd
Chief of Heritage Defense
Sons of Confederate Veterans
LET THE BRAVE RALLY TO THE STANDARD IN LEXINGTON!
LEXINGTON LEE/JACKSON VIGIL
WHEN: FRIDAY JANUARY 13, 2012 & SATURDAY JANUARY 14, 2012
WHERE: DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA
The Heritage Defense Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is sponsoring a confederation-wide vigil and protest in Lexington, Virginia for the city's passage of an insulting, discriminatory ry and illegal ordinance that bans Confederate flags from flag holders on city owned light poles.
Off and on since the early 1900's, the Sons of Confederate Veterans have sponsored a Lee/Jackson birthday events in Lexington. Since 2000 the Stonewall Brigade Camp has sponsored a Lee/Jackson Birthday celebration complete with seminars, memorials and a downtown parade festooned with Confederate flags on city light poles.
In 1991 the SCV was forced to sue the city of Lexington to have their Lee Jackson parade go forward, the city signed a court enforceable consent decree promising not to interfere with Confederate symbols again. Now, in an insulting move deliberately aimed at the SCV, the City has passed an ordinance permitting only government flags (US, VA & city of Lexington) to fly from the city light poles.
Unfortunately for the city, legal research has shown that if sued over the unconstitutional ordinance, the City of Lexington will most likely lose. The lawsuit is being drafted as I write.
Until the filing date, we must put maximum pressure on the city of Lexington to peacefully redress this ongoing insult to our heroes Lee & Jackson, in the town where their hallowed remains lie.
In response to this ongoing outrage, the Sons of Confederate Veterans urges all available compatriots to attend the Lee/Jackson celebration in Lexington http://leejacksonday.webs.com and to participate in a weekend Flag vigil/protest in downtown Lexington. A resolution by the Commander-in-Chief encouraging your participation will soon follow this notice. Remember the excitement generated in 2000 at the Columbia SC Statehouse Rally let's rekindle that excitement! And we will hold ld this event annually until this insult to our heroes is lifted.
WILL YOU HELP?
WILL YOUR CAMP HELP?
IF YES, HERE'S HOW:
1. Plan to come to Lexington, VA the weekend of January 13-14, 2012. If necessary, plan your own Camp's Lee-Jackson celebration for the following weekend. If your camp's celebration is the same weekend as the he Lexington event, consider sending a representative delegation to Lexington. Info at: http://leejacksonday.webs.com
2. Have your Camp sign up to man one of the 60+ light poles in downtown Lexington. From Friday 13 January 2PM til dark and Saturday 14 January 10AM until dark your Camp will be responsible for having a 2-member team holding a Confederate flag at the Camp's designated light pole. Your Camp may name me the pole to honor a Confederate hero (and will be so listed in the event program). Registration is $100 (which will be used to fund the Lexington Litigation). We suggest no more than 2 hour tours per team. so the Camp needs to make sure they have sufficient man power to cover their pole. If necessary 2 camps can register for the same pole. Children may participate accompanied by a responsible adult. Each team should have a cell-phone with them.
3. Register at: LexingtonLeeJacksonVigil@gmail.com or call 828-669-0097. Checks made payable to SCV Heritage Defense (note on check for Lexington) and mailed to P.O. Box 59 Columbia, TN 38402. Follow this event on Facebook at: Lexington Lee Jackson Vigil/Protest and Save Our Flags / Boycott Lexington, Virginia
COMPATRIOTS WE CAN WIN THIS! REGISTER NOW!
Yours in the cause of Southern justice & liberty,
Thomas Y. Hiter, Phd
Chief of Heritage Defense
Sons of Confederate Veterans
10/28/11
SCV Telegraph - Dues Renewal
The November December 2011 edition of the Confederate Veteran magazine is now in the nonprofit bulk mail system and should be arriving at each member's mailboxes in the next week to ten days. This is the last copy of this fine periodical current members will receive if they do not pay their national dues for the period August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012.
The cutoff date for timely submission of dues is a postmark of Tuesday November 1, 2011 or earlier. It is not necessary for camps to waste their time and money to use overnight delivery, registered/certified, or even priority mail. First class mail postmarked November 1, 2011 will preclude SCV camps having to pay a $5.00 late fee for reinstating a current member.
The SCV has a goal of reaching active membership of 50,000 men by the time of the 2016 annual General Reunion. Now is the time to begin to make this goal a reality. The SCV needs to renew at least 90 % of its total membership this year by renewing every man who can possibly continue.
10/23/11
SCV Telegraph - Announcement McCluney
Gentlemen of the Army of Tennessee,
SCV Telegraph - Announcement McCluney
Gentlemen of the Army of Tennessee,
First, I would like to thank you for your faith and confidence in me to perform the duties you have elected me to carry out as your Councilman. The past year and a half has come and gone so quickly and I often ask where the time has gone, and yet I feel I have not accomplished the goals I had originally set. When I first took office so much was happening preparing for the beginning of the Sesquicentennial for the War of Southern Independence. Now we are in the thick of it and it has started off with a bang. All around our Confederation events were carried out to commemorate the TRUE CAUSE our ancestors seceded and created a new nation. These events placed the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the limelight of the Sesquicentennial and the world press revealed that our organization is in the forefront of this great commemoration. We must seize this opportunity to promote our new VISION 2016. and recruit members in our organization, educate the general public about the true Cause our ancestors fought for, and promote our organization in our communities. To accomplish this, we need the proper leadership to see this carried out in a gentlemanly and orderly fashion.
To meet this challenge we need men who new innovative ideas to the table, and who willing to work hard at bringing our membership together under a common Cause, and to meet the demands that the "Charge of Gen. Stephen D. Lee" has laid before us. Our enemies have been reeling after the start of the Sesquicentennial but as we approach the mid-war years they will fight back as they paint a picture that the Cause our ancestors fought for was immoral, illegal, and unjust. The SCV is the largest and most recognizable organization for the promotion of Confederate Heritage and it is time we capitalize on that fact. We must hold true to Stephen D. Lee's Charge to us and make our organization something that will be perpetuated for future generations so that they too may take pride and celebrate a rich Confederate heritage that we have inherited.
But, there is serious work before us that needs to be done in an aggressive and imaginative manner, emulating the principles that our ancestors fought so hard for. It is time to look at our problems with new eyes, keeping in place the wisdom gleaned from the lessons of the past.
As a high school and college teacher for eighteen years, it has been my job to teach students our nation's history. I have seen political correctness infiltrating our history books. It has been a struggle to teach the truth in our classrooms. Yet, the youth of today are eager to know the truth when it is presented. As a Southerner and a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, it is my duty to teach the truth about the Cause our ancestors fought for and to uphold the "Charge" they have left for us. This, I am faithfully carrying out. As your current Councilman on the GEC, I have proven that I have the energy, the experience, and the right attitude to lead and represent the interests of this Army. Thus, I would like to ask you once again for your support and Re-Elect me as YOUR Army of Tennessee Councilman in 2012 at Murfreesboro, TN so that I may continue being YOUR voice on the GEC . Lets keep moving forward in carrying out Stephen D. Lee's Charge together, and make our Army and Organization the best it can be. To learn more about me please feel free to visit my website at http://mccluney2012.homestead.com/McCluney2012.html
Larry A. McCluney, Jr.
Army of Tennessee Councilman,
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Contact information:
Phone - 662-453-7212 or confederate@suddenlink.net
or write
Larry McCluney 1412 North Park Dr Greenwood, MS 38930
To meet this challenge we need men who new innovative ideas to the table, and who willing to work hard at bringing our membership together under a common Cause, and to meet the demands that the "Charge of Gen. Stephen D. Lee" has laid before us. Our enemies have been reeling after the start of the Sesquicentennial but as we approach the mid-war years they will fight back as they paint a picture that the Cause our ancestors fought for was immoral, illegal, and unjust. The SCV is the largest and most recognizable organization for the promotion of Confederate Heritage and it is time we capitalize on that fact. We must hold true to Stephen D. Lee's Charge to us and make our organization something that will be perpetuated for future generations so that they too may take pride and celebrate a rich Confederate heritage that we have inherited.
But, there is serious work before us that needs to be done in an aggressive and imaginative manner, emulating the principles that our ancestors fought so hard for. It is time to look at our problems with new eyes, keeping in place the wisdom gleaned from the lessons of the past.
As a high school and college teacher for eighteen years, it has been my job to teach students our nation's history. I have seen political correctness infiltrating our history books. It has been a struggle to teach the truth in our classrooms. Yet, the youth of today are eager to know the truth when it is presented. As a Southerner and a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, it is my duty to teach the truth about the Cause our ancestors fought for and to uphold the "Charge" they have left for us. This, I am faithfully carrying out. As your current Councilman on the GEC, I have proven that I have the energy, the experience, and the right attitude to lead and represent the interests of this Army. Thus, I would like to ask you once again for your support and Re-Elect me as YOUR Army of Tennessee Councilman in 2012 at Murfreesboro, TN so that I may continue being YOUR voice on the GEC . Lets keep moving forward in carrying out Stephen D. Lee's Charge together, and make our Army and Organization the best it can be. To learn more about me please feel free to visit my website at http://mccluney2012.homestead.com/McCluney2012.html
Larry A. McCluney, Jr.
Army of Tennessee Councilman,
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Contact information:
Phone - 662-453-7212 or confederate@suddenlink.net
or write
Larry McCluney 1412 North Park Dr Greenwood, MS 38930
10/20/11
SCV Telegraph - Lexington, Virginia Lee-Jackson Day
10/16/11
Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument Flags
To All,
Just wanted you to know that Robyn and I attended the VUMM board meeting yesterday and made our respective SCV Camp 302 and UDC Stonewall Jackson Chapter donations to their flag replacement fund. The flags at this monument are flown 24 hours a day, all year long and they must be replaced every nine months or so. They very gratefully gave us the retired Southern State flags each of which is now available to you, on a first-come-first-served basis, for an $18 contribution.
The funds raised in this manner will be applied to our future annual donations to this monument. Pictured below, with Robyn and me, is Paul Murphy, president of the VUMM Board of Directors. He asked us to thank all of you for your continued support of the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument, and I would like to extend my most sincere appreciation as well. The monument is located aboard the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado. If you have not yet seen this monument but would like to, please let me know and I would be happy to escort you aboard the base. For more information about the monument, please click on the following link: http://www.vummf.org/default.aspx
Warmest Regards,
Roy