Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Dragoons Participate in the Prattville Christmas Parade

After a mid-afternoon rain shower, the weather cleared and cooled for the annual Prattville Christmas parade on Friday evening December 6th.  The Dragoons placed an entry in the parade again which included a trailer float decorated with lighted garland and a Christmas tree with Confederate period flags standing at the front including the SCV banner, the Alabama state flag, the Bonnie Blue, the Alabama State Secession flag and the First National.  The float was decorated Friday morning by Commander Waldo, 1st Lt Grooms, and Quartermaster Myrick and then tarped to protect it from the weather.  For the parade, Commander Waldo with his family pulled the trailer in his truck while Color Sgt Dennis and Quartermaster Myrick walked alongside the float to keep children from running out and back away from the wheels as the trailer moved down the parade route.  Adjutant Sutherland and 1st Lt Grooms carried the camp banner with the Christmas greeting displayed in front of the truck.  Dragoons compatriot Bill Hamner joined Mechanized Cavalry member Don Owens on their Harley Davidsons to bring up the rear.  Don trailered his trike over from his new home in the east-central part of the state just to participate and represent the Mechanized Cavalry.  The crowds were huge with children and spectators five and six deep all the way down Church Street and Main Street pushing into the street to catch candy.  The Dragoons waved greeted everyone with a "Merry Christmas" and tossed candy to the children and some special SCV Christmas themed coins/ornaments to some lucky spectators along the parade route.  A wonderful holiday event to ring in the Christmas season.