The Dragoons of SCV Camp 1524 held their monthly meeting on Thursday evening January 8th at the Prattville Masonic Lodge. The camp's new chaplain led everyone in an opening prayer then Camp Commander Grooms went over camp business including upcoming events like the Millbrook Revelers Mardi Gras parade and festival. Next Samuel Johnson was sworn in as our newest camp member. Samuel not only joined the camp but already had stepped up and volunteered to be our camp chaplain and penned his first column for the recent newsletter. We were honored to have Alabama Division Commander, Jimmy Hill, attend our meeting. He brought news from the Division and informed us of Division upcoming events including the DEC, Robert E. Lee Day at the Alabama State Archives, Confederate Memorial Day at the state capitol and the Education Conference and Reunion, encouraging Dragoons attendance at these events local to Prattville/Montgomery. The speaker for the evening was compatriot Tyrone Crowley. He read a poem written by Alabamian, Cecil Wingard, entitled “Lee at Jacksonville.” He described the scene where General Lee spoke at Jacksonville, Florida, as he toured the South after Lincoln’s War.
