Three members of the Prattville Dragoons attended the Alabama Division SCV convention in Athens AL on Saturday June 6th. Commander Waldo was joined by compatriots Larry Spears and Tyrone Crowley as delegates for Camp 1524. The Reunion started with greetings from representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Order of Confederate Rose, Order of the Stars and Bars, and Children of the Confederacy. Commander Waldo's daughter brought those greetings from the CofC and was later named one of the three recipients of the Gen Joseph Wheeler scholarship. After that, the Mechanized Cavalry rode up on their Harleys carrying the flags which were then posted in the hall. Pledges and salutes to the flags was followed by a reading of the SCV Charge and a Benediction offered by the Division Chaplain. Adjutant Hattabaugh welcomed everyone to the Reunion as his was the local host camp. This was an election year so business consisted of a couple of amendments to AL Division consitutions which went unchallenged and then elections were held for the positions of Division Commander, 1st Lt Commandr and 2nd Lt Commander. Commander Hill ran unopposed for Commander as did 1st Lt Martin and 2nd Lt Jewellson also. Following reports from the Adjutant and Treasurer and updates on Division projects including conservation of artifacts at the State Archives, the morning session concluded and we all enjoyed a lunch of fried catfish, fried chicken, ham, sweet potato casserole, green beans and corn with banana pudding and peach cobbler with sweet tea. Awards were given out during the lunch hour. Following lunch, Brigade meetings were held including elections of Brigade commanders. This was followed by a Last Roll Call for members who had passed away in the year since the last Reunion. Then everyone sang Dixie and a closing Invocation brought the Reunion to a close.
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