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The Gen. Lafayette McLaws Camp #79 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans annual
observance of Confederate Memorial Day in Fayette County. 2009
The event took place on Sunday, April 26, at 7 pm at the gazebo area of Heritage Park in downtown
Fayetteville. The ceremony featured uniformed Confederate reenactors, bagpipes, a presentation of
Southern State flags, and an address by local resident and SCV officer Mitch Crabbe.
Mr. Crabbe presented and excellent Memorial Address
After the ceremony at the gazebo, the attendees walked to the historic Fayetteville cemetery and concluded
the evenings events with the presentation of a Memorial Wreath, bagpipes, and a rifle salute by the reenator
detachment.
Confederate Memorial Day (April 26) is Georgia's oldest State holiday having been created by the Georgia
legislature in 1874. CMD is regarded as the inspiration for national Memorial Day observed each May. After
the War, the wife of former Union General John A. Logan witnessed several of the early Confederate
ceremonies, and moved by the sincerity shown by the Southern women that sponsored them, asked her
husband, in his capacity as a Congressman, to write legislation sponsoring an official observance for all
American veterans killed in wartime.
[double click photos to enlarge]
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Living History Display, HDF House
Museum. Historical Marker Ceremony May 15,09
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Anna Lee Carr Dimuzio of Brazil. She is a Confederado,
and daughter of Daniel Carr Dimuzio, Commander of the
O's Confederados Camp of the SCV there.
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we are very proud of Compatriot Casey
Hammond! (stepson of Compatriot Roy Butts)
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"Irish Day" Celebration at Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum
Click photos to enlarge
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A great time was had at the 2009 SCV Camp 79 Christmas party. New State flags adorned
the walls completing our collection for all 13 Confederate States. New Members were sworn
in, Jay Whittman and Patrick Murphy. Mitch Crabb was sworn in as the new Commander of
McLaws Camp 79.
John Lynch as 1st. Lt. Out going Commander, Scott Gilbert, was given honors for his long
and dedicated service to the camp and preserving our Confederate history.
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