Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education (S.H.A. P. E.)

Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education
Welcome



 
 
Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education (SHAPE) in the beginning was sort of a spin-off of several researchers who were active on the History Sites News and Views message board. I had became active in Southern Heritage preservation issues and I noticed that very good information was being posted that could be used to defend various Southern Heritage issues, but was soon buried by the following threads. I complained several times about the lost info and how we could use this information to defend our Confederate heritage. One fellow researcher suggested I form a group and get organized, so taking this suggestion I started putting the ground work together, talking to different people and several researchers volunteered to join in and help. Soon we had a nice little group working together. In time Jim Martin sponsored the first SHAPE message board beginning on Monday April 11, 2005. That is the generally accepted date we formed. Dennis Brooks was our first president and he along with Dennis Boswell, Ben Lewelling and several others began to lay the foundation of rules and mission statement to become a working group.

Since that time SHAPE has been involved in defending our Southern heritage numerous times with a great deal of success. We have located graves and have helped dozens of families mark their ancestor’s graves with Veterans Administration approved markers. We have a working Camp Chase Letter project. Under the leadership of member Pam Watts, SHAPE collected over 2,500 hundred books to donate to the Waveland, Mississippi school district to replace books lost due to hurricane Katrina.

Over time we have had a good number of members. We have had at least two disputes where several members left. Our last president decided it was necessary for him to try and destroy SHAPE. We lost most of our members but we came back under the leadership of Mark Raines stronger than ever. We are back again.

George Purvis



 


S.H.A.P.E.’s Mission Statement:”SHAPE (Southern Heritage Advancement,Preservation and Education) exists to effect a truthful understanding and appreciation of Southern heritage, history, and symbols among future generations of Americans. SHAPE works with other similar organizations, local communities, libraries, schools, and National Parks via many media; such as newsletters, published books, and presentations in order to ensure accuracy and truthfulness in how Southern Culture is represented to Americans and people across the world.
S.H.A.P.E. Logo by Pat Wright.Forum space generously donated by Patrick Wright.
Officers are:President—
Vice President– George Purvis —- gpthelastrebel©att.net

SHAPE does not condone the use of the American Flag, the Confederate Battle Flag, nor any flag from history for the use of racial bigotry. We do not condone bigotry of any kind.
 

 
Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education
Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education
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