Prattville Dragoons Set Battle Flags on Confederate Veteran Graves at Oak Hill Cemetery for Confederate History and Heritage Month

The Prattville Dragoons, Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524, got a head start on April’s Confederate History and Heritage Month by flagging the Confederate veteran graves at Prattville's Oak Hill Cemetery on Saturday March 30.  Members met at 8:00AM at Oak Hill Cemetery where Battle flags were placed at over 80 Confederate veteran graves.   At least 12 members and a couple special guests reported for duty and the flagging was completed in a spirited manner. Camp Commander Stuart Waldo, 1st Lt Harold Grooms, 2nd Lt Karl Wade, Treasurer Billy Leverette, Adjutant Wayne Sutherland, Quartermaster Bill Myrick, Color Sgt John Dennis, and compatriots Larry Spears, and Allen Herrod combed maps provided by Adjutant Sutherland to place flags on all these heroes final restring places.  Commander Waldo's son Cooper proved to be very capable reading the maps.  Tyrone Crowley also stopped by to pick up flags to set at other cemeteries.  Final resting places flagged included at least one Unknown Confederate veteran and some of the original Dragoons who rode off to defend their new country in 1861.  The breeze picked up and showed the beautiful flags fluttering in the wind after the work was completed.