Confederate Memorial Day

Canada Free Press ^ | April 23, 2010 | Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

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For over 100 year’s the members of the Ladies Memorial Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans have kept the tradition of Confederate Memorial Day alive.

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Monday, April 26th, is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas and Mississippi.

The Constitution of the Confederates States of America will be exhibited from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm on Monday, April, 26, 2010, in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library (on the 3rd floor of the Main Library) at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Also, on display will be War Between the States letters, documents artifacts and images.

See complete details at: http://entertainment.georgia.com/athens-ga/events/show/111717005-annual-exhibition-of-the-confederate-constitution

The Confederate History Month Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans encourages everyone to make it a family affair in attending Confederate Memorial Day activities throughout the USA and teaching your children about the role the men and women of the Southern Confederacy played in our nation’s history. See: http://confederatehistorymonth.com and http://confederateheritagemonth.com for Confederate Memorial Day events.

A Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis will be dedicated on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at “Beauvoir” the last home of Davis located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi in celebration of Confederate Memorial Day. The statue depicts Jefferson Davis and two of his sons Joe and adopted black son Jim Limber. See complete details at: http://www.beauvoir.org/

Confederate Memorial Day has been a legal holiday in Georgia since 1874 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and bill signed by then Governor James Smith, who also served as Confederate Colonel, Lawyer and Congressman and………….

For over 100 year’s the members of the Ladies Memorial Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans have kept the tradition of Confederate Memorial Day alive.

The Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill No. 27 in 2009 officially and permanently designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month and signed by Governor Sonny Perdue.

In 2010, the Governor’s of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia signed proclamations designating April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.

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[ConorMacNessa]

I will remember proudly my Confederate great-great grandfather next Monday just as much as I remember my three-greats grandfather who served with the Union Army. They were both great Americans.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[kalee]

We always celebrate R.E. Lee’s birthday. He is a collateral ancestor of mine, so even though we live in NC we celebrate when they do in Arkansas.

[rfreedom4u]

My great great grandfather fought in the service of Alabama along with his six brothers. He was the only survivor. The others died either of wounds, in battle or in a union prison camp.

[ConorMacNessa]

He should be given thanks for his service to the Nation! My Great-great grandfather was imprisoned in Fort Delaware and was paroled. Afterward, he settled in Philadelphia where he married the daughter of my ggg-grandfather who had served with the Union, and who was wounded with shrapnel at the Clump of Trees, Gettysburg, Pa. 3jul1863.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Shadowstrike]

My family has always celebrated both Confederate Memorial Day, and Robert E. Lee birthday.