Forrest’s
Dispatch
General Nathan Bedford Forrest Sons of Confederate Veterans, Rome, Ga.
Camp 469 Newsletter – August, 2005
NEXT MEETING
The
next camp
meeting will be held Thursday, August
4, 2005 at the library beginning at 7 p.m.
Dan
Roper will be our guest speaker and his topic will be The Floyd Light Guard.
ANNUAL CAMP DUES
It
is time to pay camp dues. August 1st begins the new year and
national, state and camp dues are needed. The total is $38.00.
Please
make checks payable to SCV
Camp 469 and send payment to: SCV
Camp 469, 76 Plantation Drive, Rome,
GA 30165 or it may be paid at the August meeting.
WORK DAY AT FT. NORTON
Another
work day is scheduled for Sunday, July 31st at Ft. Norton beginning
at 2 p.m. Please bring a strong back and hand tools to assist with clean up of
the interpretive center. Progress is being made to make the center a reality.
HERITAGE HOLIDAYS
Heritage
Holidays is rapidly coming upon us and big plans are in the works beginning
October 14th. Plans call
for a major involvement by SCV
Camp 469 during the holiday
celebration.
Among
the activities planned is a living history at Ft. Norton and a Confederate Ball
at the Forrest Hotel in downtown Rome. The 8th Regiment Band will
provide the music and Tim Key will serve as the dance master.
Please
keep in mind that the Heritage Holiday’s committee approached the Camp
to assist in the celebration. Let us not disappoint them.
HONORING YOUR ANCESTOR
Just
a reminder that spaces are still available on the Confederate ancestor plaque at
the Sara Hightower Library. The
cost is only $10.00 per name. This
is an excellent way to honor your Confederate ancestor. Contact Stephen Carnes
for additional information.
CONFEDERATE HISTORY
UNDER ATTACK!
There
is a push in Memphis, Tennessee to rename the midtown park area that honors
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Some also want to take down the
statue of him, in which he and his wife are entombed, and move his grave site.
Others are vowing to fight the plan every step of the way. During the debate
over the park, people on all sides of the issue have used “so-called”
historic facts to argue their case.
University
of Memphis history professor Douglas Cupples assisted local ABC TV affiliate
WPTY Channel 24 to uncover the truth. Cupples said that the most common beliefs
about General Nathan Bedford Forrest are either just not true, or are versions
of the truth that are stretched, changed or distorted in some way. Cupples
stated “Forrest was neither a saint nor a devil. He was a product of his
times.” Listed below are some
historical facts that Cupples shared with TV 24 to help set the record straight.
·
General
Forrest made a living in the slave trading line of work, which, while not an
uncommon profession in his day, was not considered a “respectable” line of
work.
·
While
Forrest was a part of the Ku Klux Klan as a men’s group, he abandoned it when
it became violent. He called the KKK "the
biggest mistake he ever made” and urged the US Congress to disband it.
·
General
Forrest is known as one of the greatest cavalry leaders in the history of
western warfare.
·
General
Forrest was a political leader in Memphis, Tennessee.
· After the Civil War, Forrest supported the hiring of black Americans to help them recover after being freed from slavery.
SCV CAMP #469 NEWSLETTER
76
PLANTATION DRIVE
ROME,
GEORGIA 30165
Editor: Jim Dugger