Here's a Guy Who Tells It Like It Is-- Part 1: Warts and All

From the April 16, 2017, Google Alerts for Confederate.

CONFEDERATE HOLIDAY WORTH REMEMBERING

From the Greensboro, N.C. News & Review.

May 10 is Confederate Memorial Day in the Carolinas, but isn't celebrated much anymore.

It is a day for remembering those who died for the South, not celebrating some delusion of white supremacy or a glorious Lost Cause.  The Confederacy became the Confederacy wasn't all that glorious.

Here are some facts about the Confederacy:

1.  The South was deeply divided and in North Carolina, the mountains and Piedmont areas were particularly pro-Union (as were parts of most other Southern states).

2. Lincoln and Davis were really unpopular presidents of their sides.

More to Come.  --Old Secesh

How About Those Confederate Holidays

The June 9th Huntsville (Al) Times had an article about southern states and their celebrations of Confederate holidays.

It said that Alabama and Mississippi lead the former southern states with three days of. Alabama celebrates Jefferson Davis' birthday, Confederate memorial Day and Robert E. Lee's birthday, which is on the same day as Martin Luther King's.

Four southern states: Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and Kentucky do not celebrate any.

Arkansas combines Lee's and King's birthdays.

South Carolina celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. Georgia has Confederate Memorial Day and Lee's birthday.

Virginia combines Lee and Jackson's birthday on the same day.

Texas has Confederate heroes Day.

Alabama Representative John Rogers says his Black Caucus will not interfere with the state's longstanding Confederate holidays because state employees, including blacks look forward to the day off and could care less about their Confederate orientation.

That's the Way to Approach It. --Old B-Runner

Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina

On May 11th, all South Carolina state agencies were closed, as were government in ten counties, and one school district. I bet that really burned some folk. May 10th as Confederate memorial Day was part of a South Carolina compromise that also made Martin Luther King's birthday a permanent holiday. This year, May 10th was on a Sunday, so it was observed Monday.

May 10th was chosen because it was the day of Stonewall Jackson's death and the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

One source of this information had the comments section disabled because of abusive comments. Imagine that. I wonder how the lines were drawn?

Knew This Would Get Some Controversy. --Old B-Runner

Confederate Memorial Day Observed in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi

Most observances were actually held Sunday, April 26th, but state offices in Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama were closed Monday, the 27th

It is no longer celebrated as much as it once was, however.

The University of Georgia observed it by putting out the original Confederate States Constitution in the Hargett Rare Books and Manuscripts section of the main library. This is the only existing copy of it.

In Alabama, the Sons of Confederate Veterans put on a memorial program at the state capital.

However, not all state offices were closed. Two Alabama state unemployment offices stayed open as Monday is a peak day for filing claims.

Protecting Their Homes and Families. --Old B-Runner

April 19th Illinois Division SCV Meeting Springfield, Ill-- Part 3

MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIAL-- 1918

Our handouts for the meeting had a facsmile of the 1918 United Confederate Veterans Camp 8 of Chicago, Illinois, ceremony at the Confederate Monument to the 6000 dead of Camp Douglas at Oakwoods Cemetery. They were assisted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy.

I had never thought of there being a UCV camp or SCV camp in Illinois. I'd always thought that Camp Douglas 1507, founded in the 1980s, was the first such camp in Illinois.

The monument had been dedicated by General James Longstreet on May 1895.

Listed Camp 8 UCV officers in 1918 were Commander Edward Rose, Adjutant W.C. Vaughn, and Treasurer Ramsey H. Stewart. The UDC Illinois Division consisted of the Chicago, Stonewall Jackson and Raphael Semmes chapetrs. State President was Miss Ida F. Powell of 1447 E. Marquette Road and Corresponding Secretary was Miss Ada Grantham of 7750 South Shore Drive.

Order of Exercises started with Reveille-Assembly. "Comrades: We gather today to pay tribute of our love and the homage of our tears to thge memory of our heroic dead."

Then, a prayer by the Reverand George D. Wright, Chaplain, an address, and singing of "Nearer, My God, To Thee" and "America."

Then, another address, singing of "Sweet By and By", Lord's Prayer--Benediction and Taps.

I certainly didn't know there was a Confederate presence in Chicago back then. Blockade-R.