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THE DIVISION IN ACTION!Elijah Gates Camp #570This July 19th, Elijah Gates Camp had their summer BBQ. Aside from the A/C not working, it was success. It was a great time for compatriots and their families to catch up with each other and take some time to unwind.
Moses J Bradford Camp #2344On May 31st, we installed a Confederate Cross of Honor for Colonel John Rowlett Woodside in Woodside Cemetery, Thomasville, MO.
Compatriot Rob Connery also had the honor of placing a Confederate Cross of Honor on his 3rd Great-grandfather, Jesse G Lewis, grave at Union Hill Cemetery in Thomasville Mo. Thank you to Dalton Bilderback and Brentley for joining us.
While at Woodside Cemetery we marked the graves of 3 more Confederate heroes.
Moses J Bradford Camp #2344May 22, we spent the better part of the day cleaning the headstones of 11 confederate veterans buried at Pine Lawn Cemetery in Houston, MO. Both Liam Cowell and Stacie Cowell completed their cert hours today giving us two more. The American Legion asked us to mark the graves of the Confederates, we chose to do more.
Moses J Bradford Camp #2344Cross of honor ceremony for Sgt. Calvin Wheeler Co. F. 8th Georgia Infantry, buried in Ozark Cemetery, Houston, MO. Calvin is the 2nd Great Grandfather of camp member Ron Ice.
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THE CHARGE“To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish.”
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906 The Sons of Confederate Veterans, in furtherance of the Charge of Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, shall be strictly patriotic, historical, educational, fraternal, benevolent, non-political, non-racial and non-sectarian. The Sons of Confederate Veterans neither embraces, nor espouses acts or ideologies of racial and religious bigotry, and further, condemns the misuse of its sacred symbols and flags in the conduct of same. Each member is expected to perform his full duty as a citizen according to his own conscience and understanding. |





































