Beautiful Spring day on Saturday April 28th at Confederate Memorial Park in the Heart of Dixie for the Dragoons annual picnic. There was plenty of good Southern fellowship and
Southern food to go around. The camp provided smoked Dixie butts and 1st Lt Grooms and 2nd Lt Wade provided camp stew. Others provided more BBQ and stew and fried chicken along with a variety of baked beans, potato salad, other sides and desserts including a delicious hummingbird cake by Sue Spears. Prior to the picnic the camp placed flags at the cemeteries at the Park then performed a flag retirement ceremony. The camp officers were also sworn in for the coming year by Brigade Commander Butch Godwin. The Children of the Confederacy held their annual Confederate Memorial Day meeting in the chapel at the park and it was standing room only with probably 140 people in the historic tiny wood chapel. They conducted their normal flag salutes and songs including "How Firm a Foundation" and "Dixie" and introductions of the UDC sponsors and the CoC officers. Former SCV Alabama Division Commander Gary Carlyle then gave a speech emphasizing the importance of honoring our Confederate ancestors and why we should be proud of them and our Southern heritage including doing a quiz on historical trivia. There was also a Living History encampment and skirmish reenactment at the park after the picnic. An enjoyable spring Saturday with hundreds of Confederate compatriots.
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| Commander Waldo and Children Setting Flags on Confederate Veterans' Graves |
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| Everyone Enjoying the Delicious Picnic Spread |
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| Adjutant Sutherland Adds Flags to the Fire in the Retirement Ceremony |
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| In the Chapel Prior to the Children of the Confederacy CMD Program |
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| Commander Carlyle Sings "May the Circle be Unbroken" in the Chapel |
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