Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Meeting for May 2020 Announced

May Camp Meeting – 30^th Anniversary of the Founding of SCV Camp 1524

Thursday May 14^th will mark the 30^th anniversary of the founding of the Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp 1524 and we will mark the occasion with a special camp meeting at the site where those founding members chartered the Dragoons.  We will gather in the public space adjacent to the Prattville Creative Arts Center and Gallery, formerly the Scott House (c 1890) at 342 S Chestnut Street in downtown Prattville where these men took the bold enduring step to follow the Charge and advance the Cause in our community by establishing Camp1524.  Tyrone Crowley will host a presentation on that historic occasion and those early efforts of our founding compatriots.  Tyrone penned the history of that meeting which can be found in the newsletter below.  The meeting will start at 7pm in the property adjacent to the Scott House.  Please bring a chair and any personal protective apparel you may wish to use.  The governor has relaxed the shelter in place order to allow public gatherings of greater than 10 people but we still need to practice recommended social distancing and maintain 6 feet between each other while assembled.  This is a wonderful occasion to mark this anniversary and a return to our monthly camp meetings and fellowship so please make every effort to attend. 

Members The Prattville Dragoons Camp was chartered May 14, 1990, at a meeting at the Scott House located at 203 South Chestnut Street in Prattville. The camp is named for the first company to leave Autauga County in the spring of 1861, a cavalry company outfitted by Daniel Pratt.  Charter members were Rodger Williamson II, John K. Brown, Leonard Morrison, James David Coleman, Rodger M. Williamson, Larry Owens and M. L. Bulger. Rodger Williamson II was elected the first commander of the new camp.

The purpose of the camp was found in the words of Lt. General Stephen D. Lee in his commission to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, "…to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generation."

In its effort to follow this charter the camp has worked to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers, clean up cemeteries, celebrate Confederate Memorial Day, participate in events that honor our ancestors, and teach the true history of the War Between the States.