Prattville Dragoons at the Alabama Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Yellowhammer Jammer

A great number of members of Camo 1524 attended the 1st Annual Yellowhammer Jammer sponsored by the Alabama Division SCV on Saturday September 30th at Confederate Memorial Park in Marbury AL.  Eleven members were there helping with the camp's booth and enjoying the festival.  They included Commander Waldo (whose wife dropped by also), 2nd Lt Karl Wade, Quartermaster Myrick, Treasurer Billy Leverette, Brigade Commander Harold Grooms, Color Sgt Dennis and his wife, and compatriots Darrell Haywood, Tyrone Crowley (and his wife), Rob Schwartz and a surprise when Wyatt Willis was spotted.  Also, Comms Ofc Doug Butler helped in the reenactment area showing what an encampment would have looked like during the War Between the States.  The camp set up a booth to sell camp stores to raise money for the National SCV Museum at Elm Springs and it was a good success with flags, totes, mugs, and license plates being sold.  There was an artillery battery with cannons firing salvos every so often.  There was a period encampment too setup by the Order of Confederate Rose where they demonstrated how to make cream butter.  The Children of the Confederacy had a booth and tables where kids could play cornhole beanie toss, hula hoops, balloons, and they even enjoyed a magic show put on by past-Commander Gary Carlisle.  There was even a hot dog eating contest.  Two camps offered food including boiled peanuts and beef jerky and the Division had a tent with lunch offerings of BBQ pork sandwiches and hot dogs with chips and sodas and another with popcorn and cotton candy.  The main attraction was a stage where a number of entertainers sang and played including former Division Commander Carl Jones plus Mutt Cooper, Brendan Young, Ally Knight and the Unreconstructed Band.  Former SCV Commander-in-Chief Chuck McMichael was the guest speaker.  The park chapel and museum and of course the veteran's cemeteries were also open to walk thru.  It was a very enjoyable day sitting under the shade of the canopy under the tall pines with the last warmth of the Alabama summer making for a wonderful day for all, young and old.