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Date |
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April 29,
2007 |
Confederate Memorial Day
Observance Scheduled
The observance of
Confederate Memorial Day will be held beginning about 1:30 pm with the
decoration of the graves followed at 2:00 by the formal program. The
featured speaker has yet to be announced
Come out and pay your respects to the Confederacy's 'Greatest Generation'! |
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April 21, 2007 |
Calling all
Compatriots:
Greenwood Cemetery
Clean-up Day
It's time for our annual
clean-up day to ready the Confederate Section of the Greenwood Cemetery
for our observance of Confederate Memorial Day on
April 29, 2007. The
weatherman is promising a fine day for yard work, so come out about 7:00
am and bring your tools of foliage destruction. If enough "hands"
show up, we should be able to finish in a very short time. |
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January 20, 2007 |
W.D. Holder Chapter UDC
Lee-Jackson Luncheon
The Lee-Jackson luncheon will be on Saturday,
January 20, 2007 at 12 noon at Monte’s Steak and Seafood Grill. Monte’s is
in the French Quarter at 1855 Lakeland Dr. Reservations should be made
with the chapter Treasurer, Jo Hubbard – 113 Sandstone Dr. - Brandon MS
39047 - phone 601.956.9055. Checks in the amount of $18.00 per person should be
made payable to W. D. Holder 458. |
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December 19, 2006 |
Camp 635 Christmas Party
Commander Bert Green has announced that the
camp's Christmas party this year will be at out regular meeting place, the
municipal art gallery. Please see Comm. Green's November newsletter
column for more details. |
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September 13, 2006 |
Camp 635 votes to raise funds for
a state historical marker
to be placed at the Confederate Section of
Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson. Contact Adjutant Ron Stowers or see
the September newsletter
for more information. |
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April 30, 2006 |
Confederate Memorial Day Observance Held
The 2006 observation of
Confederate Memorial Day at the Confederate Section, Greenwood Cemetery,
Jackson, MS was a great success. Some selected photos are available
for viewing here. |
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April 26, 2006 |
Camp Field Trip being planned
Compatriot Michael Rogers
is in the preliminary stages of planning a field trip to Port Hudson.
If you would be interested in attending, contact Compatriot Rogers to add
your name to the list. Additional info on date, times, cost, means
of travel, etc. will be posted as it becomes available. |
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April 26, 2006 |
Resolution Approved
at Camp Meeting
Read the text
here. Was discussed
extensively and voted on at
the April 25, 2006, camp meeting. |
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December 22, 2005 |
Monument to Mississippians
at Franklin
It's Finished!!!!
The monument to Mississippians at the Battle of Franklin, November
30, 1864, has been set and the site finished. Pictures have been
provided and may be viewed here. A dedication service will be
scheduled for sometime next year, probably on the weekend of the the
anniversary of the battle when a large contingent of reenactors will be
available to participate in the color guard. |
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Originally published
March 10, 2005
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New Franklin Battle
Map
Save the Franklin
Battlefield is offering a new map of the battle for sale.
More at the STFB web
site.... |
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Originally published
February 9, 2005 |
to
the
Colonel Erasmus R. Burt Chapter 292,
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
on receiving their charter.
Several members of Camp 635 are also members of
this chapter and want to encourage all their SCV compatriots with ancestors
that were Confederate military officers or CSA national government officials
to consider joining the MOS&B. See the
Chapter web site
for details.
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Originally published
January 10, 2005 |
Maps Placed on the Internet
From
Yahoo! News via AP --
In an internet news item, it was announced that
thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and campaigns between
1861 and 1865 are being posted on the Internet. The Library of
Congress is posting 2,240 maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks,
while The Virginia Historical Society and the Library of Virginia are adding
about 600 items. Much of the collection is online now; the rest will be by
the spring. To see what is available. visit the web site at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps
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Originally published
August 6, 2004
with subsequent updates |
New Commemorative Coffee Mug
for Flag Conservation Fund-raising |
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Originally published
January 27, 2004 |
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for your desktop.
Click
here. |