Georgia Division SCV Confederate History
Month -
February Action List
It is my pleasure to serve Commander Jack Bridwell as
Chairman of the 2006, Confederate History and Heritage Month committee for
the Georgia Division SCV. I have asked the following men to serve on this
important committee: Commander Jack Bridwell as advisor, Billy Bearden,
Mike Crane, Jeff Davis, John Black and James King.
I, Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., serve as Chairman and your
committee would like to hear from you.
You can contact me at:
cjohnson1861@bellsouth.net
or the Georgia Division Confederate Heritage Month
Committee at
Proclamations@confederateheritagemonth.com.
or write:
1064 West Mill Drive
Kennesaw
Georgia 30152
Phone: 770 428 0978.
Please check this web site out now and let us know
what you think. It will list the Proclamations for Confederate History
Month that we receive copies of. Please send a attachment or copy of your proclamation to:
Proclamations@ConfederateHeritageMonth.com
Now, is the time to begin planning for
Confederate History Month, 2006. Our Southern Heritage is continuously
under attack. We must educate our people about their proud history and
this is a good way to do it. See, below, some of the suggestions received.
Please email or send me with your ideas.
Try to do as many of the following as possible:
1. Get your SCV Camp website to link with the
following web page:
http://ConfederateHeritageMonth.com When you add your
link let us know at:
Proclamations@ConfederateHeritageMonth.com
and we will add a cross-link.
2. Signup to get periodic announcements from this
website. This will keep you informed, click
here to signup. Every Camp should have at
least one person on this list to get announcements.
3. We will post Actions Lists, Information and
Sample Letters to make requests to your local elected officials. We should
make an effort to see that a Confederate Heritage Month Proclamation is
requested from every county and city in
Georgia. Our sample letters and Proclamation will also include as much
contact information as possible.
4. Camps should give a program in least one public
school for Confederate History and Heritage Month.
5. In March, 2006, SCV camps should contact their
local news media (newspapers, TV, radio, Cable, etc.) and ask in writing
what they plan to do for Confederate History Month, 2006. Sample letters
and Proclamations will be available to download and use in preparing your
letters.
6. Ask your local newspaper if they would do a
daily or weekly column for Confederate History Month. I have several
stories that can be used and these will be available for download. You can
also write your own story and send to us and we will make it available as
a download for others.
7. In January, I have permission from Commander
Bridwell to write Georgia Secretary of State, Cathy Cox for a Confederate
History Month proclamation. The Alabama SCV has been successful in getting
one from their Secretary of State and having posters for history month
displayed in the schools. We must reach our young people.
8. Each SCV member that belongs to a church , ask
that church if they would hold a prayer service for our Confederate
Veterans. Perhaps they might allow a Confederate History Month program in
April 2006. Also do the same for the civic group or veterans group you
belong to. Invite all groups to be part of memorial services in April.
9. Copy this letter and take it to your camps
for all members. You may do this as a Confederate History Month
Ambassador. This is not only for the Georgia Division, please spread the
word through out all SCV. You can use the
Print Page
link below.
10. Use the
Email
This Page link below or your own email
to send copies of this page to ALL who should be interested in honoring
the Memory of Our Ancestors.
11. Please put this article in your SCV camp
newsletter.
These are just a few of many ideas. I hope all
Georgia Division SCV camps will participate in this project as well as
other camps and divisions of the SCV. Let us know what other ideas you
have.
Reference:
Sample Confederate History and
Heritage Month Proclamation
April
is Confederate History Month of Remembrance
