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You are cordially invited to join us at a Confederate Heritage Event on Saturday, May 5, 2012
Please read the inspiring story of Lizzie and Walter Stewart at the "Stewart Memorial" tab (above)
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You are cordially invited to join us at a Confederate Heritage Event on Saturday, May 5, 2012
Please read the inspiring story of Lizzie and Walter Stewart at the "Stewart Memorial" tab (above)
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The DeKalb Rifles Welcome You
Following the War Between the States, many surviving Southern soldiers joined to form a veteran's organization named the United Confederate Veterans (UCV). The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1896, is the one and only heir to this legacy. The DeKalb Rifles is an SCV Camp based in DeKalb County, Alabama. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the memory and heritage of the Confederacy and our Confederate ancestors through memorial, historical, and educational activities. As part of the SCV, the DeKalb Rifles reject any person or group whose actions tarnish or bring dishonor upon the Confederate soldier and/or his reason for fighting. This particularly applies to those groups and persons using our cherished flag as a symbol for their own dishonorable purposes.
The members of the DeKalb Rifles thank you for visiting us. We're sure you will find much useful and interesting information on these pages. If you are a male aged 12 or over with Confederate ancestry, we encourage you to consider membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. If you are unsure of your lineage, please feel free to use our resources to help.
The members of the DeKalb Rifles thank you for visiting us. We're sure you will find much useful and interesting information on these pages. If you are a male aged 12 or over with Confederate ancestry, we encourage you to consider membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. If you are unsure of your lineage, please feel free to use our resources to help.
Our Mission:
At a reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in New Orleans, LA in 1906, one of the few remaining senior officers of the Confederate army gave the newly-formed Sons of Confederate Veterans the charge that embodies the essence of our mission:
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."
-- Lt. Genl. Stephen D. Lee, CSA, Commander, United Confederate Veterans, 1906
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations."
-- Lt. Genl. Stephen D. Lee, CSA, Commander, United Confederate Veterans, 1906