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Lee Birthday Celebration

At Georgia Capitol

January 19, 2007


This year marks the 200th birthday of the South’s beloved General, Robert Edward Lee. To honor this influential man, the Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans has planned a ceremony at the Georgia Capitol on the actual day of his birth. Please make plans to attend with your family and friends. It will begin at 3 o’clock sharp and conclude at 5 o’clock.

The key note speaker for this historic program is Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Christopher Sullivan. Many historical organizations will be present to celebrate the famous beginning of a man who helped to shape American history.

Please contact Kelly Barrow at 770.412.1646 or kiltedkelly@inbox.com if you have any questions.
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RICHMOND, Va. — History buffs and Confederate enthusiasts are marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Southern icon still revered by many as a brilliant military strategist nearly 150 years after the end of the Civil War.
Events were planned throughout the weekend at key Lee sites, including Washington & Lee University, Lee's birthplace at Stratford Hall Plantation, and in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.
"Robert E. Lee was an outstanding general, a groundbreaking educator and a profound gentleman," said S. Waite Rawls III, chief executive of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. "But perhaps his greatest moments came after the war, when he worked very hard to reconcile a country that was still deeply divided after a bitter internal conflict."

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I joined the Florence camp with my Granddad about 10 years ago. I've since let my membership run out and he joined the Waterloo camp. I plan on joining a camp up here eventually. I've been to a few SCV historic demonstrations at the Stones River Battlefield. Calvary maneuvers, camp re-creations, drills, they do a great job up here.
Well, we tried to be. The husband (as I have already confessed is half yankee) wanted to join so bad. But this man doesn't know the yankee ancestors so I went on Ancestry.com to try and find ancestors who fought in the war. It was hard cause when I asked him his grandfather's name all he knew was "Gramps" and his grandmother as "Nannie". Try working with that. So I posted on Ancestry and got a reply right away. His great-however many grandfather was indeed in the army during the war. He and his brother were sharpshooters from the Shoals area - for the Union Army!!!!! He was horrified! We can't let that come out in daily conversation.

I've tried to loan him some of mine, but apparently that doesnt work.

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