Members of the Prattville Dragoons, Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 placed flags on Confederate Veterans graves at a number of local cemeteries on Saturday March 26th to honor their service in recognition of Confederate History and Heritage Month upcoming in April. Adjutant Wayne Sutherland procured new flags for the effort and he, Color Sgt John Dennis, and compatriots Louis Turner and Darrell Haywood placed flags on the graves at Prattville's Oak Hill cemetery removing old tattered flags placed last year. At the same time new camp 1st Lt Rob Schwartz and compatriots Harold Grooms, Tyrone Crowley and Mike Thomas set flags at the two cemeteries at Confederate Memorial Park in Marbury on the three hundred graves of the Confederate veterans graves there who once resided at the Confederate Soldiers' Home which operated there from 1902-1939. Camp Chaplain Brantley also placed new flags on the Confederate veterans graves at Rocky Mount cemetery in Prattville. This was a tremendous effort by these men in placing Confederate Battle flags on the graves of these honorable veterans to commemorate the Cause for which they fought in the War for Southern Independence. The beautiful flags with vibrant red and blue colors waving in the breeze makes for an amazing visual.
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