Thursday evening, August 12th, the Prattville Dragoons gathered to meet at the usual meeting venue in the Masonic Lodge in downtown Prattville but found all roads leading to it were blocked and under construction. Thankfully due to the quick thinking of 1st Lt Harold Grooms, a local restaurant was contacted and they allowed the camp to meet in the back room of that restaurant. The meeting opened in prayer then everyone did the pledge to the American flag and salute to the Alabama state flag, and to the Confederate Battle flag. 1st Lt Grooms then read the SCV charge to us and announced guests which included a friend of compatriots Mike Thomas and Rob Schwartz. All total there were about 28 people in attendance which very much filled the impromptu meeting space. Harold reminded everyone of the Dixie butt fundraiser coming up September 11 encouraging everybody to buy one and sell one at least. A sign-up sheet was passed around for people to volunteer to work the Dragoons' table at the Autauga County fair October 12-16. Stamped postcards were also made available to anyone who wanted them to write to their state senator and representative for Heritage defense. Then an announcement was made of a $100 donation to the I-65 flag fund received from a nonmember. The guest speaker was Dr. Grover Plunkett an assistant professor of history and political history at Faulkner university who has spoken to the camp previously and recently spoke at the Confederate Memorial Circle in Selma. He presented an enlightening lecture regarding the current woke culture that is permeating the country, how we can be aware of it and speak to people who might bring it up. He related an incident where a group approached him to write a letter proposing to the state of Alabama legislature various things, including a bill negating charges for anyone who sets fire to stores or cars or loots buildings in the course of a protest. Dr. Plunkett declined to author such a letter. He also framed the origins of what a lot of what these groups are doing as part of the revolutionary agenda of Karl Marx and that they are trying to make us a socialist nation, turned from God. The meeting was closed in prayer. Everyone who attended enjoyed the fellowship and presentation as part of the monthly camp meeting series.
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