Compatriots,
From time to time I hear different discussions concerning what the SCV or UDC can or cannot do as a 501(c)3. The following link from the IRS is to inform each member the answer the question above. I would encourage you to share this with your members and members of other heritage organizations. Please learn the law and use it to your advantage.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/501c3_polcampfaqs.pdf
Deo Vindice!
Charles Kelly Barrow
Commander-in-Chief
Sons of Confederate Veterans
@scvcic
www.scv.org
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
SCV Headquarters Working Diligently to Process Mail Requests
Gents,
I've received word from SCV Headquarters that they are beginning to make some headway processing new member applications and renewal of dues payments. With all the recent activity regarding our beloved Confederate Flag and all things Confederate, membership is up dramatically. Headquarters has been absolutely swamped. Last week, they just began to process September mail, so you can see the mountain of mail they are working through.
PLEASE BE PATIENT... this is a problem, but a "good problem."
Thank you very much.
Darrell Maples - Cmdr.
MO Division - SCV
I've received word from SCV Headquarters that they are beginning to make some headway processing new member applications and renewal of dues payments. With all the recent activity regarding our beloved Confederate Flag and all things Confederate, membership is up dramatically. Headquarters has been absolutely swamped. Last week, they just began to process September mail, so you can see the mountain of mail they are working through.
PLEASE BE PATIENT... this is a problem, but a "good problem."
Thank you very much.
Darrell Maples - Cmdr.
MO Division - SCV
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
SCV Responds to MLK Statue on Stone Mountain
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Monday, October 12, 2015
URGENT! CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S REMAINS AT OAK HILLS
| Date: | October 6, 2015 5:04:27 PM |
| Subject: | URGENT! CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S REMAINS AT OAK HILLS |
Gentlemen,
With all of the difficult news we've had to deal with in recent months, I believe I have some GOOD NEWS to share with you. The Veterans Administration (V/A) has finally agreed to reinter the remains of what appears to be a Confederate Soldier - whose remains were found along Wilson's Creek at the Battle Field site. Let us rejoice in the fact that a human being will be given the dignity of being laid to rest. The soldier will be laid to rest in the CONFEDERATE SECTION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT SPRINGFIELD, MO.
Here is a portion of the Press Release I received today:
______________________________________________________________________________
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would like to inform you
that on October 17, 2015, the Springfield National Cemetery will conduct a
committal service for a Civil War soldier whose affiliation cannot
conclusively be determined.
In 2011, the National Park Service (NPS) discovered the unearthed remains
of the unknown Civil War soldier at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
Because NPS administers the national battlefield, they conducted an
investigation into the origin of the remains but were unable to determine
the individual's identity or whether he served for the Union or the
Confederacy. The Secretary of the Interior made a request to the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for burial of the unknown remains in Springfield
National Cemetery, which was approved.
The committal service will begin at 10:00am at the cemetery rostrum and
continue to Grave #286, Section 1 South. The gravesite will be marked with
a headstone that indicates the soldier is "unknown". VA anticipates that
attendees will include Veterans, Civil War re-enactors, local state and
federal partners as well as members of the general public. The committal
service will feature remarks by Springfield National Cemetery and Wilson
Creek Battlefield officials and will include funeral honors.
Under 38 United States Code 2404(h)(1)(C), families may display any
religious or other symbols during an interment or committal service.
Because the remains of this Civil War soldier are unknown and family cannot
be identified, there will be no display of religious or other symbols,
including display of any historic flag, during the October 17th committal
service. VA and the Department of the Interior will make guidance available
to attendees.
___________________________________________________________________________
As you can see, there will be NO FLAGS allowed -- No Battle flags or any other flags except for the modern flag of the United States of America (50 star flag). WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS WHATSOEVER - THIS IS THE V/A's POLICY AND WE CANNOT DISPLAY ANY FLAGS. Historically, the Battle Flag was most likely not present at the Battle of Oak Hills, but rather the 1st National Confederate Flag. Although we wish we could display our flags, we must take this as it is at this point: A Confederate American Soldier is getting funeral honors and will be laid to rest in the CONFEDERATE SECTION OF THE CEMETERY. Again, let us take this as it is and honor this man.
I urge you to attend this ceremony, I and many other SCV members will be there, and this is a chance to honor a man that stood for what he knew to be just and right - and lost his life as a result. Please make every effort to be there for this ceremony to honor this man... a soldier and a hero.
It is also hoped that at a later date, the MO Division can do a remembrance ceremony of our own... those details will have to be decided upon at another time.
Please share this email with your camp memberships immediately.
Confederate Regards,
Darrell Maples - Commander
Missouri Division - SCV
With all of the difficult news we've had to deal with in recent months, I believe I have some GOOD NEWS to share with you. The Veterans Administration (V/A) has finally agreed to reinter the remains of what appears to be a Confederate Soldier - whose remains were found along Wilson's Creek at the Battle Field site. Let us rejoice in the fact that a human being will be given the dignity of being laid to rest. The soldier will be laid to rest in the CONFEDERATE SECTION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT SPRINGFIELD, MO.
Here is a portion of the Press Release I received today:
______________________________________________________________________________
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would like to inform you
that on October 17, 2015, the Springfield National Cemetery will conduct a
committal service for a Civil War soldier whose affiliation cannot
conclusively be determined.
In 2011, the National Park Service (NPS) discovered the unearthed remains
of the unknown Civil War soldier at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
Because NPS administers the national battlefield, they conducted an
investigation into the origin of the remains but were unable to determine
the individual's identity or whether he served for the Union or the
Confederacy. The Secretary of the Interior made a request to the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for burial of the unknown remains in Springfield
National Cemetery, which was approved.
The committal service will begin at 10:00am at the cemetery rostrum and
continue to Grave #286, Section 1 South. The gravesite will be marked with
a headstone that indicates the soldier is "unknown". VA anticipates that
attendees will include Veterans, Civil War re-enactors, local state and
federal partners as well as members of the general public. The committal
service will feature remarks by Springfield National Cemetery and Wilson
Creek Battlefield officials and will include funeral honors.
Under 38 United States Code 2404(h)(1)(C), families may display any
religious or other symbols during an interment or committal service.
Because the remains of this Civil War soldier are unknown and family cannot
be identified, there will be no display of religious or other symbols,
including display of any historic flag, during the October 17th committal
service. VA and the Department of the Interior will make guidance available
to attendees.
___________________________________________________________________________
As you can see, there will be NO FLAGS allowed -- No Battle flags or any other flags except for the modern flag of the United States of America (50 star flag). WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS WHATSOEVER - THIS IS THE V/A's POLICY AND WE CANNOT DISPLAY ANY FLAGS. Historically, the Battle Flag was most likely not present at the Battle of Oak Hills, but rather the 1st National Confederate Flag. Although we wish we could display our flags, we must take this as it is at this point: A Confederate American Soldier is getting funeral honors and will be laid to rest in the CONFEDERATE SECTION OF THE CEMETERY. Again, let us take this as it is and honor this man.
I urge you to attend this ceremony, I and many other SCV members will be there, and this is a chance to honor a man that stood for what he knew to be just and right - and lost his life as a result. Please make every effort to be there for this ceremony to honor this man... a soldier and a hero.
It is also hoped that at a later date, the MO Division can do a remembrance ceremony of our own... those details will have to be decided upon at another time.
Please share this email with your camp memberships immediately.
Confederate Regards,
Darrell Maples - Commander
Missouri Division - SCV
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Sons of Confederate Veterans say they’re preserving history, not racism
BY SARAH GISH
On a warm day in August, a couple dozen people gathered for an afternoon picnic at Shawnee Mission Park.
Under the shade of a shelter surrounded by leafy green trees, two men cooked burgers and brats on a charcoal grill next to a row of tables topped with red plastic tablecloths and a summery spread of sliced watermelon, barbecue-flavored potato chips and sopapilla cheesecake. The weather would have been perfect if not for occasional gusts of wind that whipped through the grove and threatened to topple the three flags fixed to portable poles next to the dessert table: an American flag, a Kansas flag and a Confederate battle flag.
The picnic is an annual event for the Major Thomas J. Key Camp No. 1920, a local branch of theSons of Confederate Veterans. The nonprofit organization for male descendants of soldiers who fought for the South in the Civil War has 98,000 members worldwide, including 1,445 in Missouri and 480 in Kansas. And its ranks are growing.
Friday, October 2, 2015
check this guy out please and his links
From: HK Edgerton
Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:59 AM
Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:59 AM
It
is a sad day when militant bigots can persuade a people to do wrong.
And possibly calling this person a bigot is too kind. Trying to lead
Southern Black folk down the same path of reconstruction that led the
way for a people who had no understanding of how they were being used as
a weapon to break the spirit of the only man that ever cared for them
in lieu of the caste that bore them to slavery in the Southland of
America;"the Southern White man".
And even worse finding
support from those who have nothing to add to the diatribe but
emotional bigotry with no desire for truths.
Bottom
line; it is tantamount to sacrilege for any Southern Black to align
themselves against the true legacy of their ancestors who stood loyally
with the Southern White man only to have that loyalty and trust almost
pushed completely asunder during the 12 year period of reconstruction
as they were used as the weapon against their homeland as the stealing,
rape, and murder of the State and individuals continued by the
carpetbaggers, scalawags and politicians who used the Black vote to stay
in power.
And now once again the historical
enemies of his ancestors have sent his siblings South to prey upon those
who are not knowledgeable about the body politic that bought a man here
as slave who became friend and family to a man he called Master. Or the
historical facts that led to the building of monuments to their bravery
in face of overwhelming odds defending their homeland that was
illegally invaded by those who cared not for the law of the land so
spelled out in the Constitution, or the people of the South; freed or
indentured.
I shall prepare an Open Letter & Open Report . God bless you!
Your brother,
HK
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Help Rescind the Shrine Potentate's Order
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