CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS

 

Greetings Compatriots,This email contains a sample letter and email addresses of our Senators and Representatives. I urge you to use this or compose your own letter. We cannot ignore this. Please take some action

Donald Kimbell

Chaplain

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 Greetings, (insert name of legislator)

  I would like to address the issue of the destruction of our history and heritage. The removal and renaming of our military bases, streets, schools will do nothing but drive a bigger wedge between sections of our population. History must be preserved; good or bad. No country can boast a "perfect" history. We must learn from history not cover it up and hope it will go away. It will not.

        The Confederate Generals that are under attack were ALL officers in the United States Army. All served with distinction. They were extremely dedicated to our country. The United States Government and the American people CHOSE to name these bases after these honorable men because of their character and military prowess.

        The current efforts to destroy are but a continuation of The Reconstruction Period. It is a concerted and ongoing effort to denigrate our "Southerness". I am very proud to be from the South and I do not wish to see its history and heritage forgotten. I am asking you to do what you can to stop this expensive cultural cleansing. 

Most Sincerely,

Donald Kimbell, Chaplain

Louisiana Division

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Sen. Bill Cassidy  www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact

Sen. John Kennedy www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/email-me

Members By Parish (louisiana.gov)

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Jan. 22, 2021

 

Confederate Monuments in Battlefields to be removed!

Compatriots, First let me thank Tennessee Division Commander Joey Nolan for his foresight in seeing what lies ahead for us from the new Congress. The following words comes from his letter. I do not think this can be worded any better, thus, I am adopting them as a General Order to the organization. The following is that letter: Congress passed a law to create a committee to spend $2,000,000 to remove all Confederate imagery from our military. Over the next three years, buildings, ships, streets, bases, barracks, fields, planes associated with Confederates will be renamed. In the next round of tyranny and “wokism”, legislators are working feverishly to remove Confederate monuments, plaques, pictures, and literature from American battlefields. Please read the following article here: https://www.rollcall.com/2020/12/23/confederate-monuments-at-national-parks-get-reprieve/   This effort will start again now with the transition of power complete. I urge everyone to contact your legislators, early and often to tell them to vote against this horrible bill. If you do not participate, THE MONUMENTS WILL BE REMOVED AND DESTROYED! Keep your comments short, to the point, and polite. Letters, calls, texts, tweets, and instagrams are all useful tools. Sign your letters as a concerned taxpayer and voter.   Ideas for your letters: 1.     This is a voting issue for millions of Americans. 2.     Removing monuments to Confederates will adversely affect tourism and the local economy. 3.     The monuments should be protected under the Antiquities Act. 4.     Removing monuments will disenfranchise millions of American taxpayers and voters and hurt military recruitment, as most volunteers are from the South per capita. 5.     Removing Confederate Monuments is cost prohibitive, money would be better spent on COVID-19 response. 6.     Voting to remove monuments enables the movement to remove the rest of American history and culture. Is that what you want your legacy to be?   If you do not know how to contact your legislators, use this link: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials   We need everyone to participate in this effort. Talk to your trusted contacts, get them involved. All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing.  Want you answer this call to action and take the time to write your representatives and stand up for our ancestors. Deo Vindicie, Larry McCluney, Jr. Commander-in-Chief Sons of Confederate Veterans

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Jan. 21, 2021.

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 LAFAYETTE, La. -- The magnificent statue of General Alfred Mouton, who was killed in action on April 8, 1864, at the Battle of Mansfield, has been vandalized. The nose of the statue was knocked off by unknown vandals. The police reportedly didn't even know about it until notified by reporters. This reprehensible action shows the extremes that left-wing activists will go to destroy American history and heritage.

General Alfred Mouton

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The removal of Confederate symbols from national parks has been removed from a funding bill but with a new anti-Confederate administration and Congress now ruling American, the reprieve may only be temporary. 

Virginia Monument, Gettysburg NMP

GASTONIA, North Carolina -- According to a response to a lawsuit, Gaston County is asking a county judge to rule that the county doesn't have authority to move a Confederate monument at the courthouse there because of a  state law protecting historic monuments.

DALLAS, Texas -- A Dallas state representative has filed a bill to remove Confederate monuments from the state capitol grounds in Austin, Texas.  The monuments include Hood's Texas Brigade and one that has statues representing the various branches of the Confederate military.

 

GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST REINTERNMENT

Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest The answer is “What is the question you get asked the most.” The question is “What about the Forrest Reinternment?’ When traveling around and visiting camps, this question has been asked almost without exception. Because everyone is asking, I understand that it is a sensitive subject and people are curious. Currently our beloved Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife, Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest, are still buried in Health Sciences Park, originally Forrest Park, in Memphis. Due to the pandemic shutdown of the court system, things have been delayed. In November of 2020, we received court approval to take over the remains, since then our permit was approved in January 2021 to begin exhuming operations. Now we must set a date and coordinate this with Greenspace. Both parties have to approve the dates to begin exhuming. Once this begins, it will be an exhaustive task due to it being an archeological exhumation. We also have to figure in the weather because of the granite and marble that makes up the pedestal and plaza. This time of the year will only crack and split such pieces. Thus, at this time, we do not even have a time frame. However, please rest assured in knowing that as soon as we know you will know. With that being said, we have another big issue and that is funding. To make the reinternment open to members of our organization, this will not be cheap. There is not a line item in the budget to cover the cost. Cost will include security, portable bathrooms, ambulance and fire services just to name a few. Everything that would be needed for a large crowd that could be as large as the Hunley funeral. That expected cost is $100,000. The bottom line is we have to raise these funds or the reinternment will be a closed private service for the family only. This is to bring you up to date, so everyone knows what’s happening and what to expect. At a time when you are being asked to help with the museum and with the social uncertainty, you are being asked to dig deeper once again to make this happen. I know it seems vague because we have not set a date but a date will be coming at some point in the next few months once exhuming begins and we need the funding to be in place. I know it is early but this give us time to make it happen. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Won’t you give to make this worthwhile event happen for General Nathan Bedford Forrest? Larry McCluney, Commander-in-Chief Paul Gramling, Past Commander-in-Chief Jason Boshers, Lt. Commander-in-Chief

Please make a donation and make your check out to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and in the for line put “Forrest Internment”, or call SCV headquarters and make a donation by credit card or debit. Call 1-800-mysouth and ask for Executive Director Adam Southern. Lets bring the general and his wife back home and lay them in a final resting place provided by those who love him most.

Mail checks to: Sons of Confederate Veterans, PO Box 59, Columbia, TN 38402

Mrs.Nathan Bedford (Mary Ann Montgomery) Forrest

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS, January 18, 2021.

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FRANKLIN, Tennessee -- The SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS is opposing the removal of the Confederate flag from the Williamson County Seal. The flag is seen draped over an artillery piece in one-quarter of the shield on the seal. The other quarters contain a log cabin, a Bible and a Christian cross, and a horse, a cow, and a fence.

VAN BUREN, Arkansas -- A Fort Smith attorney has filed a law suit against the City of Van Buren and Mayor Joe Hurst following a Christmas parade banned the Confederate flag from a float. 

FORT MYERS, Florida -- A bust of Robert E. Lee returned briefly Sunday to the stone pillar it has been absent from in downtown Fort Myers for a year and a half as a small band of people gathered to celebrate the Confederate leader's birthday. 

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Honor and Integrity Personified

LEXINGTON, Virginia -- Sons of Confederate Veterans members celebrated Lee-Jackson Day, even though it is no longer a state holiday in Virginia. Both generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson are buried in Lexington. Both generals were also born in the month of January.

MANCHESTER, Tennessee -- Members of Kirby-Smith Chapter 327 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Elk River (Pelham) Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution participated in Wreaths Across America by laying wreaths on the graves of veterans at the Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery.

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Jan. 8.

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 RICHMOND, Va. -- The politically correct onslaught in Virginia is continuing with three U.S. Army bases named for Confederate generals, Fort Lee, Fort Pickett, and Fort A.P. Hill slated for name changes. The move continues an effort to undermine America's history and heritage. The three are named after generals Robert E. Lee, Geoge Pickett, and A.P. Hill. "If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded."--Karl Marx, co-author of The Communist Manifesto.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Soviet-style purge of American history and heritage currently sweeping through the United States is spreading beyond Confederate generals in the U.S. military. The congressional mandate will include things like ships named for Confederates and even ships named for battles that were Confederate victories.

       

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is slated for renaming

by the U.S. military because it is named for a battle

that was a Confederate victory. (U.S. Navy photo)

DALLAS, Tex.--The removal of a Robert E. Lee monument was upheld by an appeals court in this Texas city. The statue was subsequently sold to a private entity and it is now at a golf resort in West Texas. The court also upheld the removal of a major Confederate monument which had individual statues of President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, and General Albert Sidney Johnston.

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--Taking a strong stand for the Confederate emblem, the Tennessee Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is taking legal action to prevent Williamson County from removing the Confederate flag its county seal.  

CONFEDERATE HERITAGE NEWS for Jan. 3, 2021.

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FORT HOOD, Texas -- After a vote by the Republican controlled U.S. Senate to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization's Act bill, after the Democrat controlled U.S. House of Representatives did likewise, Fort Hood, and other U.S. Army military installations, could now be facing politically correct name changes under pressure from radical extremist organizations and politicians. The bill also authorizes the name changes. Congress has made a historic mistake. Karl Marx, co-author of The Communist Manifesto, said:

"If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded."

COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- The Sons of Confederate Veterans South Carolina license plate has come under attack from a lawmaker there that wants the plate banned by the state legislature. Many other states, including Louisiana, have authorized such "vanity" vehicle license plates. The bill the lawmaker filed would force the SCV to remove its Confederate battle flag logo from the license plate. A statement from an SCV member in Charleston said such a law would be a violation of the members First Amendment rights.

WINSTON-SALEM,  North Carolina -- The United Daughters of the Confederacy has appealed the removal of a Confederate statue in Winston-Salem to the North Carolina after losing rulings in lower North Carolina courts. While the lower courts ruled the UDC didn't have standing, the UDC argues it does based on the state's own recognition as the statue's proprietor.

NATIONAL REUNION HOTEL CHANGE

 

2021 National Reunion Change of Host Hotel

Gentlemen, as with many things in 2020, few things have not been affected. The host hotel for the 2021 Reunion, Copeland Tower & Conference Center, will be closing on May 1, 2021 to be converted into residential living space which has resulted in our having to find a new host hotel for the event. The change is in no way due to any anti-confederate sentiment or politics by Copeland Tower or its staff. They have been instrumental in almost immediately securing a new host hotel and making it a smooth transition. The new host hotel is the DoubleTree by Hilton at the New Orleans Airport. The hotel has recently been completely renovated and all rooms and suites are comparable to those of the Copeland Tower and all rates will remain the same.

For those who have already made hotel reservations (71 presently), the Copeland Tower is in the process of transferring your reservation to the DoubleTree. Beginning Monday, January 4, 2021, the Copeland Tower staff will be calling each person with a reservation to explain the situation and assist you in confirming your reservation at DoubleTree.

For those who have not made reservations yet, new online booking links will be available on the reunion webpage in the next few days.

https://www.scv-bcamp130.org/2021-national-scv-reunion

The Double Tree hotel is on the Veterans Memorial Blvd , the main throughfare, that is filled with shopping and dining options. It sits on the edge of the boundary of Metairie and Kenner. Kenner is a small town with deep roots in the Confederacy and named for the Kenner family. Duncan Kenner was a member of the Confederate Congress and the Confederacy’s Ambassador to Europe and 15 members of the Kenner family fought for the Confederacy. The hotel is only 2 miles from the New Orleans airport and operates a free 24-hr airport shuttle for those who will be flying in for the event. Additionally, for those interested, the Treasure Chest Casino on Lake Pontchartrain is just 5 minutes away.

The staff at DoubleTree is very excited about hosting our event. For several years now, they have hosted the Louisiana UDC Regional Conventions so they are familiar and comfortable with our organizations.

We regret any inconvenience this change may cause but we are confident you will have an enjoyable, memorable reunion.

Please help us with our planning by registering now. Registration forms are on the website. Limited edition numbered medals are still available but going fast. Be sure to order now if you want one.

Until we see you in July, please stay safe and stay healthy.

Deo Vindice

2021 National Reunion Committee

Beauregard Camp 130