The Dragoons of SCV Camp 1524 participated in the Prattville Christmas parade on Friday evening December 2nd. Members met that morning to decorate the camp's little float entry complete with a Christmas tree and lights and tinsel with a garland strand around the outside. At the front of the float was a display for five flags including the SCV banner, the Alabama state flag, the Bonnie Blue, the Alabama Secession flag and the First National Flag of the Confederacy. Adjutant Sutherland brought the decorations and members including Commander, 1st Lt Cmdr Schwartz, Color Sgt Dennis, and compatriots Todd Rogers, and Thomas Griffith helped with the decorations. Quartermaster Myrick provided the trailer and a generator to run the lights as the parade was conducted at night. The parade was bigger than ever and the Dragoons' entry didn't enter the parade route until an hour after the start of the parade there were so many entries. The parade ran down Court Street to Main Street to Northington to Stanley Jensen stadium. Crowds were huge and spectators were four and five deep all along the route. The same members who decorated the float were there later that evening for the parade excepting Todd but, Brigade Commander Grooms showed and walked the route to help keep the crowds back and children from getting to close to the vehicle and trailer. Commander Waldo's children and wife also helped by riding in the truck and tossing candy including the requisite candy canes which were thrown and wishes for a "Merry Christmas" expressed to the spectators who cheered heartily for the Dragoons entry.
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