SCV 2009 Photos
| The Confederate Ball held Saturday evening was a great success. Music by "Unreconstructed" With period dancing was a sight to see, and enjoyed by all.. Thanks to all the SCV members and families from around the state for making this Reunion a success. Just click on any photo to enlarge. |
music by
"Unreconstructed"
"Unreconstructed"
Photo:Kenny Jernigan, Charles DuBose and Sparks Ramey of the C.S.S. Jackson and
C.S.S. Alabama; C.B. Glover, McLaws Camp [R]
Visitor Kenny and C.B. Glover of the McLaws Camp visit with Charles DuBose and
Sparks Ramey of the Longstreet Camp of south Fulton; Mr. Chrles DuBose, and Glover
are retired from the U.S. Navy; Mr. Ramey is a retiree from the U.S. Coast Guard.
DuBose and Ramey presented a program on the C.S.S. Jackson (built in Columbus, Ga.)
and the famous C.S.S. Alabama. The Alabama was and is the most successful merchant
raider in American naval history, capturing, sinking, or bonding 65 Union merchant
vessels. In addition, the Alabama sank one U.S. Navy warship in combat before
eventually being sunk herself after battle off the coast of France in 1864.
Secessionists may be honored
A group seeking to commemorate the 170 South Carolinians who signed the ordinance of secession
nearly 150 years ago wants to place a monument to recognize the historic event on the grounds at
Patriots Point.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans' South Carolina division is proposing to install a nearly 12-feet-tall
stone memorial as the centerpiece of a 40-foot by 40-foot landscaped plaza at the state-owned tourist
attraction.
Designed by Pelion artist Ron Clamp, the rectangular structure would be made from blue Georgia
granite and would measure five-feet wide on each side.
Now, state and local officials are developing a plan to expand tourism in the Charleston area and want
suggestions from the public. A hearing is being held Thursday at Santee Cooper headquarters in
Moncks Corner.
"It's not about white or black, or blue or gray - it's about green," said Randy Burbage, South Carolina
division commander for the Sons of Confederate Veterans. "I think we're missing out on a huge
economic opportunity because of all the tourism."
Right now, there are conferences scheduled for December (the anniversary of secession) and April
2011 (the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter). Heritage groups are planning re-enactments,
commemorations and other programming. Many groups say other events are in the planning stage
but are not ready to be announced.
Still, next to Virginia - which has produced a DVD documentary for school children - South Carolina's
dance card seems a bit light.
"We're doing a lot with no money," said Robert Rosen, a member of the state's Sesquicentennial
Advisory Board and president of the Fort Sumter/Fort Moultrie Trust, which is planning Lowcountry
events.
A group seeking to commemorate the 170 South Carolinians who signed the ordinance of secession
nearly 150 years ago wants to place a monument to recognize the historic event on the grounds at
Patriots Point.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans' South Carolina division is proposing to install a nearly 12-feet-tall
stone memorial as the centerpiece of a 40-foot by 40-foot landscaped plaza at the state-owned tourist
attraction.
Designed by Pelion artist Ron Clamp, the rectangular structure would be made from blue Georgia
granite and would measure five-feet wide on each side.
Now, state and local officials are developing a plan to expand tourism in the Charleston area and want
suggestions from the public. A hearing is being held Thursday at Santee Cooper headquarters in
Moncks Corner.
"It's not about white or black, or blue or gray - it's about green," said Randy Burbage, South Carolina
division commander for the Sons of Confederate Veterans. "I think we're missing out on a huge
economic opportunity because of all the tourism."
Right now, there are conferences scheduled for December (the anniversary of secession) and April
2011 (the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter). Heritage groups are planning re-enactments,
commemorations and other programming. Many groups say other events are in the planning stage
but are not ready to be announced.
Still, next to Virginia - which has produced a DVD documentary for school children - South Carolina's
dance card seems a bit light.
"We're doing a lot with no money," said Robert Rosen, a member of the state's Sesquicentennial
Advisory Board and president of the Fort Sumter/Fort Moultrie Trust, which is planning Lowcountry
events.
South Carolina ( South Carolina Declaration of Secession)
AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united
with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."
We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled do declare and ordain, and it
is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the twenty-third
day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the
Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the
General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed;
and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the
"United States of America," is hereby dissolved.
Done at Charleston the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
