Forrest’s Dispatch

General Nathan Bedford Forrest Sons of Confederate Veterans, Rome, Ga.

Camp 469 Newsletter – April, 2006

 

 NEXT MEETING

The next Camp meeting will be held Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Sara Hightower Library promptly at 7 p.m.

Camp member John Butler will give a presentation on the various flags of the Confederacy.

HISTORY MUSEUM LECTURE

Mark Waters will present the “Lost Confederate Treasury Gold”, the track from Richmond to Washington, Georgia at the Rome History Museum, on April 20^th. The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited.

HISTORY MUSEUM DISPLAY

The Camp is now gathering items to be displayed in the front window of the Rome History Museum to celebrate Confederate History Month. We need anything and everything but firearms for the display. Munitions, photographs, letters and uniforms are just suggestions. If you can part with an item for a month, please contact Ben Terry at 706-936-9485 (BWTerry2575@aol.com) or Stephen Carnes at 706- 512-1515 (dadcarnes@yahoo.com)

RELAY FOR LIFE

Camp 469 will participate in the Floyd County Relay for Life at Ridge Ferry Park on April 7^th and 8^th. The Camp, in cooperation with the Cherokee Artillery, will fire the opening salute to start the relay and will conduct Living Histories throughout the festivities.

We will need to be set up no later than 5 p.m. at our campsite. Registration for the relay is $10.00 per person and is tax deductible. Please bring any funds you have raised to the next Camp meeting as well as your registration fee. Additional details will be provided at the April meeting.

MEMORIAL PLAQUES AVAILABLE

We have started a new section of Confederate Memorial Plaques in the library. The cost is only $10 each and is a great way to honor your Confederate ancestor. Contact Stephen Carnes for additional details and information at 706-512-1515 or (dadcarnes@yahoo.com).

CELEBRATE CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH

April is Confederate History Month and there are a number of activities to participate in throughout the month. Let me emphasize that you do NOT have to be a member of Company A, Floyd Legion or dress in period clothing to participate. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate.

Several memorial services are planned for the area throughout April and early May as well as several civic activities in which the Camp is involved. Community service is a great way to show the greater Rome area that Confederate History is a major part of our community and that we all have to contribute to make the South a better place to live.

CAMP EVENTS

April 7^th & 8^th - Relay for Life, Ridge Ferry Park. Fund raiser for the American Cancer Society.

April 9             - Confederate Memorial Service at Blue Baptist Pond Church on Morrison Campground Rd at 3 p.m. Several Confederate veterans are buried there.

April 23^rd        - Confederate Memorial Service in conjunction with the UDC at the Rome Civic Center at 3 p.m.

April 30^th        - Camp 469 Confederate Memorial Service at Myrtle Hill Cemetery at 3 p.m. Please attend!!!

May 7^th           - Memorial Service in Van Wert in conjunction with the Cedartown camp at 3 p.m. Directions in the May newsletter.