Saturday, July 14, 2018

Dragoons Workday at Robinson Springs Cemetery for July 2018


The final resting place at Robinson Springs Cemetery of Confederate veterans, veterans of wars from the Spanish American to Korea and residents of Autauga/ Elmore county was cleaned on Friday July 6th by some hard working Dragoons. The work began before 7:00 AM to beat the heat and was finished by 8:30 thanks to the group that reported for duty and did the necessary chores. Dragoon Conner Lee generously devoted a portion of his Independence Day holiday earlier in the week to cutting the grass at the cemetery and the crew on Friday did the weed eating, removal of trash and debris to finish the clean up.  Conner is not pictured this time but the Friday crew consisted of, left to right; this writer, Don Owens, Bill Gill, Tyrone Crowley, Bill Myrick and Douglas B. Butler. Flags were replaced as needed on all veterans’ graves and some were added. The Millbrook Post 133, American Legion provided the U.S. flags for the U.S. veterans.  Many of the Confederate veterans interred in this cemetery were in Autauga county Confederate units as this area was part of Autauga county before and during The War Between the States. 



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