Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 at the Prattville Cityfest

There was a great turnout of Dragoons for the Campo 1524 booth at the Prattville Cityfest on Saturday May 11th.  Quartermaster Bill Myrick, Comms Ofc Doug Butler, Adjutant Wayne Sutherland and compatriot Stuart Waldo rallied at 7:30 that morning to set up the canopy and tables for the booth.  Myrick brought all the camp stores including flags, tags and ball caps to sell and posters, mini-Battle flags and SCV coins to hand out to festival-goers.  The turnout for manning the booth was phenomenal.  In addition to those who came early to set up before the festival started at 9am, members manned the booth throughout the day til the 4pm closing and both disassembly.  Volunteers included camp Commander Harold Grooms, Color Sgt John Dennis and compatriots Louis Turner, Darrel Haywood, Rob Schwartz, Thomas Griffith, Mike Thomas, Paul Whaley and Treasurer Billy Leverette as well as new/prospective members Scott Roberson and Stuart Knight. Many friends and neighbors and passers-by were greeted.  This is an important event for the Dragoons to positively showcase the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Confederate Cause front and center at a prominent citywide event.  

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Meeting for May 2024

Members of the Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp 1524 met for their monthly meeting on Thursday evening May 9th at the Masonic Lodge downtown.  New camp Commander Harold Grooms led the meeting and about two dozen members, friends and prospective new members attended. Harold highlighted upcoming events and introduced the speaker for the evening, Camp 1524 1st Lt Tyler Suttle.  Tyler spoke on Horses of the Confederacy including the different breeds of horses used in the War for Southern Independence for cavalry as well as pulling artillery and wagons.  He also spoke of some of the famous horses of Confederate leaders such as General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveller.  

Prattville Dragoons Assist with Moving Confederate Grave Markers

A group of Dragoons from the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 assisted with moving a number of Confederate grave markers which had been procured for placement at Confederate Circle in Selma's Old Live Oak Cemetery.  The pallet full of granite markers was loaded at a business in Valley Grande and hauled by trailer to Pat Godwin's  Ft. Dixie in Selma where they were offloaded by hand and stacked for storage til spots are prepared and they can be placed at graves of Confederate soldiers in the cemetery in Selma. Camp Commander Harold Grooms, Comms Officer Doug Butler and his father-in-law and compatriots Philip Edwards and Stuart Waldo participated in the activity.  Doug's father-in-law provided the truck and trailer which made the move from Valley Grande to Selma much easier.  Pat was appreciative of the work and after the work was complete, everyone relaxed under the shade of the tree and shared recollections and stories.  

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Chaplain's Column for May 2024 - Reflecting on Confederate Memorial Day

 

Greetings to all of you. What a wonderful April we had as a camp and organization celebrating Confederate History Month.

While I could not make many services due to work conflict and an ailing mother in Georgia, I did make the service of the Ladie's Memorial Service Association of Montgomery in historic Oakwood Cemetery. It was a wonderful event and Leslie Kirk is to be commended on her hard work. I know many went to services at the capitol and throughout the great state of Alabama.

After our wonderful annual Dragoons picnic at the Confederate Memorial Park this past Saturday, I spent some time online reading commentary on Confederate Memorial Day.

The Reverend Bob Slimp is the Chaplain for the Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton Camp in Columbia, South Carolina. He posited these words on the subject and I felt they were worth passing on to you. I hope you find them as inspiring as I did.

Rev. Bob Slimp
"A Confederate Memorial Day Message"

If we are to survive as a Southern people we must remember our ancestors, preserve our culture and prevent future attacks from eroding our love and loyalty whose the landmarks of our heritage. We must take the offensive instead of remaining on the defensive. Two examples of this are: the Battle For Columbia" and the "Wade Hampton Memorial Service" both of which are becoming permanent events that are gaining in popularity.

We must educate our people as to why the War for Southern Independence was fought. General Robert E. Lee stated: "All that the South has ever desired was the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth." In other words, the South fought to preserve its say of life after it was invaded by the North. The Yankees were the aggressors and President Lincoln was determined to start the war and defeat the South so that he could change the Constitutional Republic into an irresponsible Democracy and take control of the Southern economy do he could build a much stronger Union than allowed by the Constitution.

Our ancestors were Celts from Scotland and Ireland, English and Germans and French Huguenots all settled in our Southland. They brought their Christian faith with them. Their Christianity produced a strong sense of regional loyalty and a tenacious devotion to family and friends. Coupled with the fact that the South was basically an agrarian society which made for a very pleasant and peaceful lifestyle. It is easy to understand why Southern people, both soldiers and civilian, fought so desperately to preserve their way of life. Without a doubt, when the Southern men left their homes to go to the battlefront, they went with a deep sense of personal pride, devotion and honor to defend their farms, homes and firesides, plus their families, cultural and religious values.

The Northerners at first came to America for the same reasons as the Southerners, but by the very beginning of the l800s they began to change from an agrarian to an industrial society. They depended on factories and ship building and commerce. Their Christianity lost its purity. Most of their churches became liberal and Unitarian, and so they began to replace the Biblical Gospel with the Social Gospel that called for among other things, the abolition of slavery. As their trade with Europe increased, they wanted to make money from high tariffs. Lincoln himself said that he had to invade the South, because he could not raise the tax money he needed to build a more industrial nation as long as Southern harbors remained free ports. When South Carolina seceded, he was determined to invade the South as soon as he could provoke the South Carolinians into firing on Fr. Sumter. In l850, Presbyterian Pastor and Theologian, James Henley Thornwell, said the following at the dedication of Zion Church in Charles, the largest Church in South Carolina which was exclusively for the purpose of educating black slaves and free blacks: "The parties in this conflict are not merely abolitions and slaveholders - they are atheists, socialists, communists, red republicans, Jacobins, on the one side, and the friends of order and regulated freedom on the other. In one word, the world is a battle-ground - Christianity and atheism are the combatants and the progress of humanity is at stake." He describes the cause of the war, which he knew was coming, perfectly.

After the invasion, Major General Patrick Cleburne knew what defeat would mean to the South when he stated: "Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war, and taught to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects of derision. After the Lincoln policy of "total war" against Southern civilians, and the utter destruction of States' Rights, Cleburne was proven right.

Reconstruction was imposed to utterly demoralize the Southern people. But even in defeat Southerners were not willing to give up their beloved homeland, and in part they recovered it, by the very late 70s. The North failed to destroy Southern pride, culture and Christianity.

Our duty today is to win the battle for the all out cultural war being waged against us by our enemies, including some traitors who have turned their backs on their native South. But win we must. We mube be on the offensive and counter every attack by those who would destroy us. Above our, we must honor our Confederate ancestors and continue to honor the God they worshiped.

We must continue to live up to the Charge given us by General Stephen Dill Lee. Let's truly observe Confederate Memorial Day.

The following is a poem by Gerald Johnson, Commander of the COL. Charles F. Fisher Camp #813 in Graham North Carolina in l999. Incidentally, it could be read at US Veterans Memorial Services as well.

"Never Forget the Confederate Vet"
Would the North reason? Must we fight?
The Constitution agreed -
the South was right!
But it was might over right -
if you'll but read - that broke the back of the "Confederacy."
Early victories gave us hope-
That in a year or two-the "Yanks" would choke!
After all we had "Stonewall" and Robert E. Lee -
But fate would determine our destiny.
Battle worn and numerically thin-
The war for "Southern Independence" as coming to an end.
As brave men fought and multitudes gave all-
Soon the Confederacy with their dreams would fall.
Our women were diligent, remaining true to the cause -
Whatever was needed - they did without pause.
The land was scorched - the fields were bare -
The stench of death filled the air.
Oh when before had so many suffered so much?
Battle flags now furled - midst a silent hush.
It wasn't for slavery that they freely gave their lives -
But for a noble stand called HONOR, or SOUTHERN PRIDE!
Once a mighty army marched - as they said their goodbyes- Now only tears filled the mourner's eyes.
And WHY? I ask? Did they die in vain?
Tell me why these souls were slain?
Conquered, but NOT defeated - we must NEVER FORGET -
our history - our heritage - THE CONFEDERATE VET!

 

Deo Vindice!

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Commander's Column for May 2024 - Priorities for New Camp Administration

As I sit here typing my first commander’s column I do so with a great humility and appreciation for the honor the Dragoons have given me by allowing me to serve as commander.  Sir Issac Newton spoke of having “stood on the shoulders of giants.”  Following Stuart Waldo as commander I know how Newton felt.  All of us have truly stood on the shoulders of that giant.  All of us owe him a debt of gratitude for his leadership. 

 

As I assume command I want to spell out my priorities for my tenure:

 

First and foremost will be recruiting!  If an organization doesn’t grow it’s bound to die.  President Richard Nixon spoke of the so called “silent majority.”  Despite what the media would have us believe I am convinced there are many people who believe as we all do.  They have been cowed by enemy propaganda.  I want to challenge everyone to make it a goal to recruit at least one new member this year.

 

Next will be visibility in the community.  City Fest is coming up.  Next will be the July 4th Celebration. Finally, the year will conclude with the annual Christmas extravaganza at Buena Vista. We need all Dragoons to attend these functions.

 

I feel I need to remind everyone of our on-going commitment to maintain Indian Hill and Robinson Springs Cemeteries.  John Dennis has done yeoman’s service at Indian Hill.  He shouldn’t be doing it alone  When cemetery work days are called we need as many men as possible to show.

 

Finally, we need maximum attendance at our monthly meetings.  It is embarrassing to invite speakers who often travel long distances to have only a small number of people present to hear them.  Let’s not let this happen!

 

I’ll close by saying it is an honor and a privilege to serve as your commander for the following year.  With God’s help, and yours we’ll make this the best year yet!

 

Deo Vindice

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Annual Picnic at Confederate Memorial Park

The Dragoons of SCV Cano 1524 enjoyed another annual picnic on Saturday April 27th at Confederate Memorial Park in Marbury.  One of the covered pavilions was reserved and over forty members and their families and friends gathered to enjoy this annual rite of spring for the camp.  Rob Schwartz provided music on his guitar for everyone's arrival.  Color Sgt John Dennis set up flags and banners.  A short program included salutes to the flags, the retirement of old weathered flags gathered from local cemeteries during the recent efforts to place flags as part of the Confederate History and Heritage observance.  The camp also swore in their officers for the coming year including Commander Grooms, 2nd Lt Wade, Treasurer Leverette, Adjutant Sutherland and Chaplain Brantley.  1st Lt Suttle was not able to make the event as were a couple other members but those who could, enjoyed a beautiful day and delicious food.  The camp provided BBQ pork from Smokin S which Quartermaster Myrick had picked up and chopped along with bringing his world famous baked beans.  Everyone brought a side or dessert to share.  

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 at the UDC Confederate Memorial Day Program at Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma

Members of the Prattville Dragoons' SCV Camp 1524 attended the Confederate Memorial Day Observance hosted by the UDC at Confederate Memorial Circle in Old Live Oak Cemetery on Friday evening April 2024.  Quartermaster Myrick, Comms Ofc and reenactor Doug Butler, and compatriots Waldo, Schwartz, Whaley and Altieri were in attendance.  Jason presented Pat Godwin with a copy of his recently published book "A Guest of Mr Lincoln".   Mrs. Godwin, President of the UDC chapter in Selma welcomed everyone and provided a summary of the work that went into the beautiful Confederate Circle in the cemetery led by her recently deceased husband Butch.  It was an emotional address for Pat but she did a wonderful job again in hosting this annual event.  Pastor Robert Griffin, Chaplain of the Alabama Division SCV provided an Invocation.  Mrs. LeCroy of the Selma UDC chapter read the Dallas County Confederate History and Heritage Month Proclamation.  Everyone then saluted the Confederate flag(s) and Daniel Emmett then sang a beautiful rendition of "Dixie".  Southeast Central Brigade Commander Douglas Barrett then gave a keynote address where he shared his history of service in the armed forces and recognition and appreciation of the sacrifices and deprivation our Confederate ancestors underwent in their fight for independence.  An honor guard of Confederate reenactors then rang the bell for everyone who wished to state the name of their Confederate veteran forebear they wished to honor this evening.  Mr David Friddle of Bugles Across America then played "Taps and Mr. Emmett led everyone in singing "Amazing Grace".  Pastor Griffin then closed the Confederate Memorial Day program with a prayer.  

Prattville Dragoons at the Ladies' Memorial Association Confederate Memorial Day Program

Five members of the Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans attended the 158th Annual Observance of Confederate Memorial Day hosted by the Ladies' Memorial Association of Montgomery on Friday April 26th at Oakwood Cemetery.  Quartermaster Myrick, Chaplain Brantley and compatriots Schwartz and Waldo were there representing the Dragoons.  Rev. Gary Johnson provided an Invocation to open the program and then the colors were posted including the US, Alabama, Confederate First National and Christian flags.  The pledges and salutes to the flags was then recited and everyone joined in singing "How Firm a Foundation" for the Christian flag, the National Anthem for the US flag, "Alabama" for the state flag and "Dixie" for the Confederate flag.  Ladies Memorial Association President Leslie Kirk hosted the event ad welcomed everyone and she introduced former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill as the keynote speaker.  Montgomery Councilman Charles Jinright brought greetings from the City Council.  Ms. Kirk then provided a history of the Ladies' Memorial Association which stretched back to 1866 when the ladies of Montgomery helped care for the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers at Oakwood and held their first memorial service then.  Mr, James Pickett then brought greetings from the SCV and spoke of the veterans of all wars.  Bob Wieland greeted everyone and invited all to visit the First White House of the Confederacy where he is chief curator.  John Merrill then gave a powerful speech about our responsibility and the importance to remember and honor all the history of Montgomery and the state of Alabama including that of the period of secession and the War Between the States.  The colors were retired and the color guard followed the bagpipes over to the Monument to the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of Alabama there in the cemetery where a wreath was placed.  A rifle salute was then made by the color guard and "Taps" played by Mr. Raymond Keep on trumpet.  Rev. Johnson then closed the program with a Benediction.  It was the continuation of an historically significant annual observance by a wonderful organization on a beautiful spring Confederate Memorial Day.  

Prattville Dragoons at the Alabama Division SCV Confederate Memorial Day Program

A great crowd assembled on the steps of the Alabama State capitol building to honor their Confederate forebears and enjoy a Celebration of Confederate Memorial Day hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans on Saturday April 20, 2024.  Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp 1524 members in attendance included Commander Waldo and his children, Quartermaster Myrick, Doug Butler who served in the reenactment color guard, and compatriots Larry Spears, Rob Schwartz and Tyrone Crowley; not shown are compatriots Mike Thomas and Thomas Griffith.  The program was called to order by AL Division Commander Mike McMurry who presented another check (annually donated) to the Alabama State Archives for their continued work for the preservation and conservation of artifacts from the War Between the States.  The reenactment color guard posted the colors and then the Division Chaplain provided an Invocation.  Greetings were offered by representatives from other heritage organizations including the UDC, Order of Confederate Rose, Mechanized Cavalry, Military Order of the Stars and Bars and the SCV Army of Tennessee.  Dragoons Commander Waldo's daughter who donned a beautiful period dress even gave an impromptu greetings from the Children of the Confederacy which she recently joined. The keynote speaker was former SCV Commander in Chief Kelly Barrow who gave a rousing speech imploring all to step up in the defense of the Cause especially in educating our youth and the next generations.   Everyone was then invited to state the name of one or more of their Confederate veteran ancestors and a bell was rung in their memory. The color guard as well as a barrage of cannons set up on Dexter Avenue then provided three rounds of a salute.  The boom and billowing smoke from the cannons was most impressive.  Taps was played by a bugler.  Everyone joined in singing Dixie and the chaplain then closed the program with a Benediction.  Following, a wreath was laid at the memorial monument on the side of the capitol building.  It was an impressive Confederate Memorial Day program enjoyed by all including a number of passers-by. 

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Chaplain’s Column- The Importance of Christ’s Resurrection in Our Lives

 

"The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here, for he has risen, just as he said. Come, see the place where he lay'  (Matthew 28:5-6).

 

Easter has come and gone once again. I hope you had a great Lenten and Easter season. If you are like many, you marked the day by attending a wonderful Easter service, with family pictures in front of the Cross and then on to a festive celebration and a large supper full of family, friends, and way too much food. One of my favorite foods, ironically, is deviled eggs.

You no doubt (I hope) heard a sermon about the Resurrection and sang many songs about our risen Lord. Easter is indeed a day of celebration, of victory! Our team won! Jesus defeated sin and death- for us.

It is proper to celebrate on Sunday after marking the solemn night of Good Friday, the betrayal before, the torture and the crucifixion. My wife and I visited a local Methodist church who has a room dedicated to the "stations of the Cross." It is a very somber and reflective experience. You leave in tears. You wonder (marvel) that God would send his only son to do this for us. Then we celebrate with gladness and thanks on Sunday.

Then what? What happens on Monday and the days after? The United Kingdom offers the Monday after as a national holiday. Given what I have seen of the UK of late I doubt it's because they went to church too much on Sunday.

Statistically, here in America, the Sunday after Easter is the least- attended service of the year in most churches!

Did we exhaust ourselves for one day? Do we mark the crucifixion and resurrection every day in our lives or just when it fits into our schedule? Do we thank God frequently or just at Christmas and/ or Easter?

One pastor noted that "the resurrection of Jesus Christ is more than an event to be celebrated, it's a power to be experienced daily" (Hodges). Another gave seven reasons why the resurrection is important to us.

The number one reason is that the resurrection is the basis of our spirituality, christianity. Without it, there would be no defeat of death. Other reasons include that the resurrection is the cure for our fear of death. The grave is not the end for believers!

Additionally, the resurrection helps us  suffer in a world of emptiness and deception. Look around and see the world where the devil runs wild. But we win in the end! The devil loses and is thrown into the lake of fire.

God sending his son, Jesus Christ means the veil has been torn and we will be with our loved ones one day in the New Jerusalem.

So don't mark the importance of the resurrection in your lives one day of the year. Do it every day! Go to the Lord in prayer with thanksgiving and praise!

 

Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Commander's Column – The Assault on the Institution of the Traditional American Family

 

“Our enemies are a traditionless, homeless race.  From the days of Cromwell to the present day they have been the disturbers of the peace of the world….After what has happened the last two years, my only wonder is that we consented to live for so long a time in association with such miscreants.  Were it ever proposed to enter again into a Union with such a people, I could no more consent to do it than to trust myself in a den of thieves.”  (Jefferson Davis, Dec 16, 1861)  One of the established reasons for the secession of the Southern states was the recognition that the Southern and Northern peoples, cultures, and way of life were so disparate  that they were incompatible.  The Southern economy was based on agriculture while the North was developing more industry; Northern industry used many raw goods produced in the South and sought to retain the Southern populace as a captured market for their finished goods.  Much of the South was still rural and wilderness and required settling and land development.  Religion and mostly Protestantism was embedded deeply in Southern culture.  Southern culture adhered to a patriarchal model with the family unit working together important to the success of their farms.  The North was the center of most immigration in the 19th century which created a mottled society diluted from a sense of shared tradition gained from the founding colonists and nation’s fathers. 

Today the striking cultural differences between the red states and blue states are as glaring as in the antebellum period.  Texit is gaining momentum with Texans not identifying with the rest of the country’s direction including allowing unrestricted illegal immigration across the border there.  Many on social media share the same feelings as this poster on Twitter (X), “I find it really hard to even refer to them as “fellow Americans”. Leftists are furiously doing their best to destroy the future for our children and grandchildren. I have absolutely NOTHING in common with these people.”  I ran across an article “The Death of the Nuclear Family” on Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/death-of-typical-american-nuclear-family-economic-crisis-marriage-divorce-2024-3) which stated,  “The 'typical American family' was always a blip. It's time to rethink it.  The nuclear family (is) officially over, the model is beginning to look more like a fringe lifestyle choice than the bedrock of American society.”  The family structure on which western civilization largely developed is fringe now.  “The demise has sparked no shortage of (often racist, sexist, and homophobic) political backlash.  Radical family-abolition scholars such as M.E. O'Brien, whose 2023 book "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" argues that the contained family structures "cannot carry the immense burden of work placed on them."  In an early 2020 cover story for The Atlantic, the conservative columnist David Brooks declared the nuclear family "a mistake."”  Family-abolitionist? 

Further along in this diatribe, “In white, middle-class families, men earned the wages that supported the family and their wives raised the children and ran the home. The nuclear family became a microcosm of capitalist self-sufficiency and the consumerism that came with it.”  Problem with this racist take is that it ignores the established fact that blacks in the 20th century embodied the nuclear family model and it was during this period that fewer black children were being raised by welfare mothers and destined for incarceration.  “The nuclear family became a microcosm of capitalist self-sufficiency and the consumerism that came with it.”  So, we’re beginning to see where this article is taking us, an embrace of LGBQT environmentalist socialism.  The author states that the nuclear family was unstable as evidenced by soaring divorce rates when no-fault divorce laws were implemented.  So now, was it the family unit that was the problem or liberal judges and legislators creating instability?  Further in this illustrative article, “The biggest fallout we see today is in the childcare crisis, where the self-reliance inherent to the nuclear-family model resulted in women bearing the burden of raising children. Although an overwhelming majority of women now work outside the home, they continue to shoulder the bulk of unpaid caregiving labor for children and aging relatives. They also end up doing more household chores — laundry, cleaning, and cooking are all primarily done by women.”  Oh the horror.  The burden of child rearing.  Of creating and nurturing a home. 

“The wealthiest "shareholders" in a capitalist economic system (can afford housekeepers and childcare), it isn't a particularly enticing deal for most Americans, Kristen Ghodsee, an ethnographer at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of "Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home,” told me.  The nuclear family's guise of self-sufficiency only barely conceals its toxic codependence with the market economy.”  A guise, not an inherent foundation.   The article goes on to state that children are a “bad investment” and in an apparent contradiction, conservatives want to limit “reproductive freedoms” (read that the killing of babies), when one would assume capitalist conservatives would want more consumers.  The author conjectures “something better” as “polyamorous families, platonic coparenting, and "mommunes" becoming the next big thing.”  Fellow Americans?  These lunatics are doing their best to destroy the future for our children and grandchildren. I have absolutely NOTHING in common with these people.  As Sons of Confederate Veterans, we honor our ancestors, their sacrifices in building their families, their homes, their states, their culture. They fought the Second war for Independence with a tenacity to defend their homes and families and preserve their way of life, their Constitutional liberties and freedoms.  As our SCV initiation ceremony states, “They left us traditions of faith in God, honor, chivalry, and respect for womanhood; they left us a passionate belief in freedom for the individual. Our Confederate ancestors bequeathed to us a military tradition of valor, patriotism, devotion to duty, and a spirit of self-sacrifice. When our nation no longer admires and pays tribute to these traditions, we will no longer remain a free nation.”  It is Confederate History and Heritage month – make it a great one and a great year for the Cause.  Deo Vindice. 

Upcoming Events for Confederate Compatriots

 

 

Upcoming Events for Confederate Compatriots

 

Battle of Fort Harker Reenactment – April 6-7^th, Stevenson AL

 

Old Autauga Historical Society (OAHS) Quarterly Meeting and Picnic - Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 10am at CMP

 

Thunder on the Bay Reenactment – April 19-20^th, at Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL

 

AL Division Confederate Memorial Day – Saturday Apr 20^th, 9am Alabama State Capitol grounds

 

Living History and Skirmish – Saturday Apr 20^th, 9am at Confederate Memorial Park, Marbury AL

 

The Ladies' Memorial Association 158^th Confederate Memorial Program – 2pm on Friday April 26^th at Oakwood Cemetery

 

Dragoons’ Spring Picnic – Saturday April 27^th, starting at 10am at CMP, Marbury AL

 

Prattville Cityfest – Saturday May 11^th, 8am-3pm (Dragoons’ booth) Main St Prattville AL

 

AL Division Reunion – Friday May 31^st (Commander’s reception, Gift Horse) and Saturday June 1^st (Graham Creek, Foley)

 

Children of the Confederacy State Convention – Saturday June 8^th at CMP – contact Leigh Bearden 

 

SCV National Reunion – July 17-20^th at the Embassy Suites, North Charleston SC