Members of the Prattville Dragoons manned a booth at the annual Cityfest on Main Street on Saturday May 13th setting up around 7am and staying all day til 4 o'clock in the afternoon, greeting passers-by, offering free mini-Battle flags and SCV coins and educational posters. The camp also had mugs, car tags, ball caps, tote bags, and bandanas for sale. The men had conversations with a number of interested fair-goers and one person actually provided a $100 donation to the camp for their ongoing Southern heritage work. Quartermaster Bill Myrick helped setup and manned the booth all day long doing yeoman's work on a warm mid-May day in Prattville Alabama, especially on the asphalt on Main Street. Commander Waldo and Adjutant Sutherland also helped Bill setup the canopy and tables and get ready for the opening and crowds arrival. Compatriots Larry Miller and Tyrone Crowley helped early in the morning and Don Drasheff and Darrell Haywood arrived later in the morning. Color Sgt John Dennis, Thomas Griffith and Rob Schwartz helped in the afternoon including breaking down the booth at the conclusion of the fair. Thousands of people from Prattville and across the state of Alabama attend Cityfest so it is a tremendous opportunity for the Dragoons to greet their friends and neighbors and showcase the local Sons of Confederate Veterans camp and raise money for the camp's projects and initiatives.
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