Members of the Dragoons manned a booth at the Prattville Cityfest on Saturday May 14th. The camp has attended the festival for many years and are always located near the east entrance under the shade of a magnolia tree lining Main Street there. The booth was setup early Saturday morning by Commander Waldo, 1st Lt Schwartz and compatriot Larry Spears and consisted of a canopy with tables on which camp stores were shown for sale along with mini-Battle flags, SCV coins and literature as free material to festivals passers-by. Historic Confederate flags and the camp banner were draped over the table and canopy facing Main Street. 1st Lt Schwartz manned the booth the entire day from setup thru taking down the canopy and packing back up remaining stores; he had also taken charge of recruiting helpers to man the booth throughout the day. It was a very hot day made even more so with the sun radiating off the asphalt there on Main Street. A number of members of the Camp 1524 came by to help with the effort throughout the morning and afternoon including Color Sgt John Dennis and compatriots Larry Spears, Tyler Suttle, Darrell Haywood, Michael Thomas and new member Thomas Griffith. The most popular item were the Confederate ball caps which sold out but many flags and car tags and coffee mugs were also sold from the camp stores to Cityfest patrons. Hundreds of mini-Battle flags and SCV coins and Confederate heritage stickers were given out also. There was a tremendous crowd of festival-goers and a number stopped by the Dragoons booth to get information about the SCV and the camp and to express support for our being there carrying forth the Confederate colors. A great opportunity for the Camp 1524 to meet and greet their Prattville friends and neighbors and advance the SCV Charge.
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