The Thomas Hubbard Hobbs Camp 768 SCV has spent the lasttwo years placing493 stones on the graves of every known Confederate veteran in Athens and Limestone County, Alabama.
Manyhours of research and physical searching have been involved. Some private cemeteries have changed hands and present owners are no longer taking care of them.
The camp has placed 150 pound footstones and a few headstones in 93 cemeteries so far.
They celebrated Confederate Memorial Day April 20th with a ceremony to dedicate and mark the last stone and a marker at the Hobbs Street entrance to the Athens City Cemetery.
They are sure that there are other unknown and unmarked Confederate graves so will continue their search.
No mention was made of how much money the'd spent, althought I'm sure it was considerable as nothing is cheap anymore, especially footstones.
(From May 26th Athens (Al) News Courier.)
That's the Old Confederate Spirit. -- B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
