Tomorrow, April 26th is Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia. It used to be a state holiday that was called that when we had state officials that didn't care to be politically correct.
Our SCV Camp in Athens is the General TRR Cobb camp # 97. Each year members of our camp place nearly 1000 Confederate battle flags on Confederate veteran graves in a 6 County area surrounding Athens. The largest cemetery is Oconee Hills in Athens with almost 400 veteran graves. We place them for no less than a one week period surrounding Confederate Memorial Day. We finish the week on the Sunday after CMD with a memorial service held at Oconee Hills Cemetery in Athens.
In this day of people wanting to erase history we of the Sons of Confederate Veterans want to continue to honor the brave men who fought to preserve their homes and lifestyles.
The image below is a section of Confederate burials that are unknown rear the entry to Oconee Hills Cemetery. These men may have died in a hospital at Athens during the war.
Our SCV Camp in Athens is the General TRR Cobb camp # 97. Each year members of our camp place nearly 1000 Confederate battle flags on Confederate veteran graves in a 6 County area surrounding Athens. The largest cemetery is Oconee Hills in Athens with almost 400 veteran graves. We place them for no less than a one week period surrounding Confederate Memorial Day. We finish the week on the Sunday after CMD with a memorial service held at Oconee Hills Cemetery in Athens.
In this day of people wanting to erase history we of the Sons of Confederate Veterans want to continue to honor the brave men who fought to preserve their homes and lifestyles.
The image below is a section of Confederate burials that are unknown rear the entry to Oconee Hills Cemetery. These men may have died in a hospital at Athens during the war.
