Camp News
Dragoons Venerate General Lee.
The month of January saw Dragoons pay homage to General Robert E. Lee in
several ways. We placed an ad, complete
with a photograph, praising General Lee in several local newspapers, as we do
every year. We enjoyed an evening of
fellowship with the Henry C. Semple Camp 2002 at their Lee-Jackson Dinner on
Friday 17 January. We attended
ceremonies in honor of General Lee on Monday 20 January at the First White
House and on Saturday 25 January at the Capitol.
Dragoons Sponsor JROTC Hunley Award. Commander Stuart
Waldo has met with representatives at Prattville
and Stanhope Elmore High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) detachments
so that our Camp can sponsor H.L. Hunley Awards at their April awards
presentations. This award goes to a second-year cadet who exemplifies
honor, courage and most importantly commitment to the JROTC unit. Of
course the award was named in honor of the crew of the H.L. Hunley who gave
their lives in defense of their country and demonstrated these same qualities
in performing their duties.
Commander Waldo Visits Famous Confederate Cemetery. Commander Stuart Waldo recently
visited the renowned Marietta Confederate Cemetery. You can read about it in a five-part blog
posting on the camp website, theprattvilledragoons.blogspot.com. Our Quartermaster
David Brantley came to us from that area and attended numerous events
including Confederate Memorial Day programs there.
Mt. Zion Tree Removal Project. Director Bill Rambo of Confederate Memorial
Park has warned that three large dead trees need
to be removed at the old Mt. Zion Cemetery, two miles north of Deatsville off
Highway 143, to prevent damage to graves of Confederate veterans who are buried
there. This project is being funded in
part by the Dragoons, who are also coordinating the effort in collaboration
with Carl French of Camp 692 in
Montgomery and Butch Godwin of Camp
62 in Selma.
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