Members of the Dragoons SCV Camp 1524 held a workday on Saturday January 30th to repair and rebuild the SCV billboard at the I-65 Battle Flag site north of Prattville. I65 Flag Chairman David Smith led the effort and had already erected scaffolding and started removal of the aged and damaged plywood backing. After finishing that work and adding additional wood as reinforcement backing, new plywood was installed and the new sign was hung. Mrs. Smith provided donuts and coffee and snacks throughout the day, setting up a table just outside the entrance to the security fencing surrounding the flag. In addition to Chairman Smith, Camp 1524 Commander Waldo, Quartermaster Myrick, Color Sgt Dennis, Comms Officer Butler, Brigade Commander Stover, Division Treasurer Larry Muse and compatriot David Fisher as well as Dragoons Altieri, Spears, Schwartz, Branch, and Crowley also participated in the workday. This billboard provides information for the Alabama Division Sons of Confederate Veterans to passers-by along I-65 and stands at the base of the giant Battle Flag. Additionally, monuments were set in the ground to honor Wyatt Willis who led the effort for the original erection of the flagpole many years ago as well as for Bill Gill who acted as the I65 Flag Chairman prior to his death almost exactly two years ago. A number of men also cleaned up the grounds of limbs and cut up a fallen pine and burned those along with the old billboard plywood. A tremendous amount of work was completed to improve the site and showcase the Battle Flag again for motorists traveling up and down the I-65 corridor.
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