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Clarke County (VA) won’t give up Confederate monument

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Weiss: Clarke County won’t give up Confederate monument voluntarily

(Winchester Star) BERRYVILLE — The Confederate monument that Clarke County now owns will not be put into the hands of a private organization, Board of Supervisors Chairman David Weiss told The Winchester Star following Tuesday night’s board meeting.
During the meeting, Commander Paul Clark of the Winchester-based Turner Ashby Camp No. 1567 Sons of Confederate Veterans pleaded with the supervisors to at least allow the organization to maintain the granite monument that stands outside the county courthouse on North Church Street in Berryville.
In April, a Clarke County Circuit Court jury transferred ownership of the controversial monument from the defunct Association of the Survivors of the Clarke County Cavalry to the county. Since then, Turner Ashby Camp, which promotes Confederate heritage preservation, has taken the matter to the Virginia Court of Appeals.
“We offered to take care of it (the monument) for perpetuity. We never got a response” from the county, Clark told the supervisors. He asked why, but they didn’t respond.
Usually, the supervisors do not immediately respond to remarks made during public comment periods at their meetings.
By letting the camp maintain the monument, the county would not have to spend public funds on it, Clark said…Read the rest
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Collaborative effort helps save Civil War-era ‘redoubt’ on Mason campus

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(InsideNoVa) A chip shot from the busy intersection of Braddock and Ox roads in Fairfax lies a hidden, but still plainly visible, Civil War redoubt.
The 80-foot-wide, circular fortification isn’t much to look at anymore, but stands out as an obviously human-made feature in the woods. It’s now accessible via wood-chip pathways just behind Parking Lot K on George Mason University’s Fairfax campus.
The Bull Run Civil War Round Table (BRCWRT), in partnership with George Mason, has worked for six years to preserve the redoubt. They joined Mason officials Oct. 7, in a ceremony delayed more than a year by the pandemic, to dedicate pathways and historical markers at the site.
“Much more can and will be done, hopefully, in terms of preservation, historical research, archaeological assessments and surveys, and ultimately additional preservation and interpretation,” said Blake Myers, who chairs BRCWRT’s Preservation Committee.
The redoubt is located on Fairfax County’s…Read the rest
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NC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans on Faith parade

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My Turn, R. Kevin Stone: NC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans on Faith parade

(Salisbury Post) The North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) participated in the Faith 4th Parade again this year, as we have for decades. The parade was a great event. If you were present, you would know that those in attendance loved us, and we loved them back. The SCV is pleased with the most recent support from the Faith community.
Did you know that Southern families originally started the Faith 4th celebrations in honor of Confederate veterans? Yet, after the event this year, a small hate group started a letter-writing campaign to exclude Southern Heritage groups like ours from participating in the Faith 4th event.
The “woke mob” may disagree with us and think we’re simple-minded rednecks or, in some other way, less deserving than themselves. However, that shouldn’t permit them to exclude us from participating in the community or keeping our cultural history. In truth, their actions speak a far greater reality than their false claims of diversity and inclusion ever will…Read the rest
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SCV Living History in Crossville, Ala

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Living history – Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter showcases Civil War life

(Sand Mountain Reporter) CROSSVILLE, Ala. — A local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter made history come alive for students and others who wanted a glimpse of what life was like during the Civil War.
From Sept. 23-25, the Capt. John Rayburn, Camp 452 of Marshall County sponsored exhibits of living history and a battle re-enactment off DeKalb County Road 104, utilizing a portion of the 40 acres owned by camp member Robby Mays, who lives in Geraldine.
Students from Crossville, Geraldine and Collinsville visited on the morning of Sept. 23 to experience history in action. Students moved among the exhibits, where men dressed as Confederate soldiers or women wearing period correct clothing shared in-depth lessons on their subjects…Read the rest
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Even After Vote Victory Matthews Co Still Struggling to Protect Heritage

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A Virginia county maneuvers to protect a Confederate statue at its courthouse

(Washington Post) MATHEWS, Va. — A referendum last fall on whether to preserve the Confederate statue outside this county’s historic 1830 courthouse was resounding, with more than 80 percent of voters in favor. But some worried that the monument’s prominent public location still wasn’t safe.
So the Mathews County Board of Supervisors is considering a more permanent solution: Deed the municipal ground under the statue to a private group, such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, to protect it from future changes in public sentiment.
Of all the reckonings with icons of the Lost Cause that have gripped Virginia for the past two years — from Charlottesville deciding to melt down Robert E. Lee to Richmond loaning other bronze generals to a museum in California — this is a new twist, a sign of the enduring power of the Civil War’s legacy.
Officials at the state’s Department of Historic Resources said they are not aware of any other locality in Virginia exploring such a step. Opponents say giving control over a public site to a private heritage group sets an alarming precedent.Read the rest
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Turner Ashby Camp’s lawyer files opening brief in monument verdict appeal

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(Winchester Star) BERRYVILLE — An appeal of Clarke County Circuit Court’s decision to let the county take ownership of a Confederate monument near the courthouse is underway.
Glen Franklin Koontz, attorney for Turner Ashby Camp No. 1567 Sons of Confederate Veterans, filed an opening brief with the Virginia Court of Appeals on Friday. It asks the Appeals Court to reverse the Circuit Court’s Jan. 19 order denying the camp’s motion to intervene in the county’s effort to acquire the monument and the plot on which it sits outside the courthouse on North Church Street in downtown Berryville.
The brief also asks the Appeals Court to reverse the Circuit Court’s April 18 final order, based on a jury’s verdict earlier in the month, awarding the county ownership of both the monument and the plot. In addition, it asks the Appeals Court to remand the civil action back to Circuit Court with instructions to conduct further proceedings, with the camp being allowed to participate as a party defendant/counter-claimant.
Monday afternoon, Koontz told The Winchester Star he believes "the Circuit Court erred in not allowing Turner Ashby to intervene and present its claims in the civil action" that the county filed to obtain ownership of the monument.
The granite monument, titled "Appomattox," features a downcast Confederate soldier and the names of Confederate soldiers from Clarke County killed in the Civil War. It was erected in 1900…Read the rest
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