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NOVEMBER 2005 |
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ELECTIONS RESULTS
~ Tommy Rollings, as Camp Commander . . . . .
~ Layne Waters, as Adjutant
Congratulations to both these men. Let’s give these fellas all of our support for 2006 and keep our Camp
moving forward. Thanks much to outgoing Commander, Jeff O’Cain and Adjutant, Eddie Killian for their hard
work in 2005.
LATEST EVENTS
~ Veterans Day Parade: Thanks to Reggie Miller for filling out the application for
the Camp to participate in the Veterans Day parade in downtown Columbia last November 11. Commander Jeff O’Cain
and Rusty Rentz carried the Camp banner and were followed by several re-enactors. The only ones I know of from
our Camp were Eddie Killian and Bobby Goodwin, but there may have been others. Bobby brought his “12 Pounder Gun”
on a trailer. Commander O’Cain said the parade attracted between 10,000 and 15,000 spectators and he also said
he believes this event is an excellent way to promote the Camp and the SCV to the public. Hope we get a lot more
members to participate in 2006.
~ Battle for Columbia: Southern Partisan magazine has an article about BFC in their
current issue.
UPCOMING EVENTS
~ Christmas in Cayce: Confederate Lantern tours at the Cayce Historical Museum,
Friday, December 2, 2005, starting at 6:30 pm. Museum will also be open.
~ Parades: Jason Neeley announced re-enactors will be participating in the
following Christmas parades: (Click)
December 3, Saturday: Cayce-West Columbia. Start gathering around 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
December 4, Sunday: Lexington. Gather at 3:30 pm.
December 17, Saturday: Sandy Run. Gather at 9 am, parade starts at 10
2006 Lee-Jackson Banquet
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Will be held Friday, January 20th. Our Guest Speaker will be Dr. Terry Rude, past SC Division Chaplain. Dr. Rude is one of the most powerful and moving speakers in all of South Carolina, and we are very fortunate to have him give his rousing presentation on Generals Lee and Jackson.
Ticket Prices: Couple = $40
Individual = $25
Youth = $15
Children under 12 = $9
~ Farroll Gunter is selling tickets. Look for information in the December “Legionary” Newsletter.
November 17th Meeting
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Vittles:
Barbeque chicken, roast beef, rice, mashed potatoes, gravy, black-eye peas, green beans, turnip greens, bread,
salad, lemon meringue pie, cake, coffee, and tea. We had over 70 at the meeting. Vittles were excellent,
I enjoyed the chicken and roast beef, really piled the black eye peas high.
~ Two men joined the camp, All regular members.
~ Don Gordon delivered the “Battle Brief” on Christmas in Charleston in 1863.
He talked about the bold attempt by Confederates to capture the Union gunboat, “Marblehead” on the Stono River.
~ Chaplain David Forbes delivered the invocation.
~ Guest Speaker was South Carolina Division Guardian Chairman, E.M. Clark of the
Lexington Camp. EM had a very interesting slide show on the 28 Confederate Generals buried in this state.
He has also visited the graves of 380 of 426 Confederate Generals. By far, one of the best meetings of 2005.
~ Reminder: No December Meeting.
WHAT'S NEW .. HERITAGE INFO.
Check out find the "Latest Heritage Information" (Click) under the What's New
button.
This new page has current press articles of heritage interest from around the state and country and a link to
DixieBroadcasting.com.
Also take a look at the Monthly Book Reviews.
The featured book this month is
The Confederate War. (Click) The author, Gary W. Gallagher is well known scholar on this period.
Most books reviewed can be found at the Quartermasters table.
Our Quartermasters, Earl Eargle and Theron Krell have a wide selection of books, videos, music, tapes, CD's, blankets, and more for sale.
NEXT MEETING
Our next camp meeting will be in conjuction with the Annual Lee Jackson Banquet Friday, January 20th, 2006 at Seawells Restaurant,
starting at 7:00 PM till 9:00 PM (Click)
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Guest Speaker:
Dr. Terry Rude, past SC Division Chaplain,
His topic will be on Generals Lee and Jackson.
I hope to see you there.
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