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The Jubal Early Camp of the SCV in Tampa, Florida (the “big flag” folks) is going to sponsor or participate in (I’m not sure which) a “Dixiefest”. Naturally, as it is being put on by “our folks”, there is no question that all manner of heritage items will not only be permitted, but encouraged. When…

I looked for the thread on this, but could not find it. To recap: the town of Jonesborough had a project in which the name of each veteran buried in the local cemetery would be placed in some sort of “walk of honor” and would include his particulars including, I would suppose, the command in…

  DECORATION DAY LADIES: These Columbus, Mississippi women organized the first joint decoration of Union and Confederate graves in 1866. The event was a forerunner of the national Memorial Day. From left, Jane Fontaine, Kate McCarthy Hill Cooper, Augusta Murdoch Sykes Cox, and Martha Elizabeth Morton. They are members of the Hall of Fame of…

More on Hootie (AKA Darius Rucker) How soon we forget! Hootie and the Blowfish (Darius Rucker) In the article below you will read about Hootie and the Blowfish protesting the Confederate flag in SC. Remember and never forget that Hootie and the Blowfish’s lead singer at that time was none other than Darius Rucker who…

Received in an email. There is some doubt these photos were actually taken with a Brownie camera. I cannot say one way or the other, but that is not important to me nor is it the reason I posted these photos. I posted then because of their importance to our Southern history. The discussion will…

This was sent to me and I wanted to share it with y’all. ************************* Our Southern Fathers Told Us What To Expect “I said that this Government, if put to the test—a test that it is by no means calculated to endure—as a government for the management of the internal concerns of this country, is…

Website by SHAPE supporter Bill Boone http://johnmangus.wordpress.com/ — notice the photo and article of Louis Napoleon Nelson– The little boy is pictured in SHAPE gallery under “Tampa Park Dedication” page 3, photo labled “VIPs”. The gentleman sat right infront of my wife until it was time for him to take the stage. He told me of his…

Camp Chase Cemetery Respect for history Confederate cemetery on West Side gets a cleanup Tuesday, September 1, 2009 3:13 AM By Mark Ferenchik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH CHRIS RUSSELLDispatch photos Chris Tunchez of Webb Ground Maintenance resets a headstone at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery along Sullivant Avenue on the West Side. The company also will re-sod…

I’m not sure if this is too overtly political or controversial for an organization like S.H.A.P.E. that aspires to become a non-profit to participate in, I thought I’d submit it for consideration – mostly because I am genuinely curious where most of you folks would stand on this. My impression so far from reading the…

IN TRIBUTE TO A TRUE SOLDIER By Ex-Sheriff Andrews, of Orange County, N.C. On May the tenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, Robert Nelson Hall, a prominent citizen and prosperous farmer of Orange County, died suddenly in Danville, Virginia, where he had gone to attend a meeting of the Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association. His body was…