April was Confederate History and Heritage
month in Alabama and there were numerous opportunities to engage in events to
honor our brave and noble ancestors who fought for their independence and in
defense of their homes and families.
The Children of the Confederacy conducted their Confederate Memorial Day
remembrance program the same day as our spring picnic at Confederate Memorial
Park. That was a well attended very
enjoyable event and allowed us to tour the museum at the park which contains an
impressive collection of historic flags and weapons and tells the story of many
of these Confederate veterans who resided in the Alabama Confederate Soldiers’
Home there. Pat Godwin and the Selma UDC
chapter again hosted a wonderful Confederate Memorial Day ceremony at Old Live
Oak Cemetery’s Confederate Circle which has a beautiful array of monuments and
cannon arranged in that portion of the historic cemetery with the graves of
many of Selma’s Confederate defenders.
The Alabama Division Sons of Confederate Veterans the very next morning
held their Confederate Memorial Day observance and program on the steps of the
state capitol which was well attended with many Dragoons representing our local
camp and that program included speakers as well as impressive cannon volleys
firing down Dexter Avenue in downtown Montgomery. The Ladies Memorial Association on Monday
following held their 160th annual service at historic Oakwood cemetery in
Montgomery where 800 Confederate veterans are buried including three
Confederate generals and William Lowndes Yancey, a key antebellum Alabama
statesman.
Superb events all to “perpetuate, in love and
honor, the heroic deeds of those who enlisted in the Confederate Service and
upheld its flag through four years of war” as the CofC Creed implores. That Creed further states members should “act
in a manner that will reflect honor upon our noble and patriotic
ancestors”. Similarly, the Charge to the
Sons of Confederate Veterans states we should seek to emulate the virtues of
our Confederate forebears. Our
Confederate heritage has been under attack for decades now, slandered, vilified
and distorted by woke progressives who claim our noble Cause of independence
and the perpetuation of a representative republic true to our founding fathers
was nothing but a veil of racist white supremacy. Hate groups masquerading as enlightened
proponents and defenders of diversity and inclusion empowered anarchists to
destroy our vestiges of Southern history and heritage, our monuments,
properties and even graves. And now the
truth is exposed that those like the Southern Poverty Law Center propagated a
hoax, fanning fictitious flames of hatred labeled as white nationalism by
funding the very extremist groups like the KKK and the Aryan Nation, violating
their own “mission statement to dismantle white supremacy and confront hate” by
donating funds and inserting paid informants into these organizations as
instigators.
Race baiters for the past half century have
sought to fan the flames of racial animosity to gain funding for their own
benefit, not to quell malice and bitterness but instead to manufacture racism
and provoke and stoke the fire of racial tension to get more donations from
NGOs literally to finance endowments for everlasting/perpetual operations and
income for their corrupt administrators and their lavish lifestyles. Multiple members and leading figures along
with the founder of BLM have been accused and indicted on fraud and misuse of
donations including to build and purchase million dollar mansions for personal
use. Despicable from a personal gain
viewpoint but criminal and traitorous from the standpoint of the damage it has
done to our society and individuals personal well-being and safety. Trusting the FBI under the current
administration prosecutes to the fullest extent possible those responsible,
those agitators, subversives and, true “racists” and, that our magnificent
priceless Confederate monuments are restored and protected for future
generations. As we move forward from the
Confederate History and Heritage month of April, let us remember to uphold in
all we do advancing the Charge, the honorable virtues of our ancestors, “The
citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy (who) personified the best
qualities of America.” (scv.org)
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