Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony Arlington June 7, 2009

[5 th Alabama Infantry]

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Compatriots,

There is a horrid letter that has recently been posted and is starting to be picked up by some media. It is a letter that attacks not only the Confederacy but any one who memorializes it. It was addressed to President Obama urging him not to continue the practice of the President sending a wreath to the Confederate Monument in Arlington National Cemetery, which has been in practice since 1914.
The author is the serial South-hater ed sebesta and is signed by terrorist bill ayers--yes that bill ayers. The SCV began this afternoon sending out the following press release to all major media sources. I urge you all to send the releasae to news sources in you local areas as well.
Good Hunting
Chuck McMichael
CiC


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For Immediate Release:

The Sons of Confederate Veterans urge President Obama to continue the long standing tradition of sending a wreath to the Confederate Monument in Arlington Cemetery. This tradition began with President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 when he spoke at the dedication of the monument and should be continued as it is an important part of the civic and memorial life of the nation.

There has recently been a letter circulated urging President Obama to forgo the practice of sending a wreath to the monument in Arlington. That letter is filled with false conjectures and absolute lies about the history of the Confederacy and the remembrance of it in our nation. It is signed by supposed "academics and scholars". Two of the signers of this letter are Bill Ayers and his wife, once members of the radical Weather Undergound who have admitted their part in conducting terrorist bombings against the police and government facilities of the United States. Furthermore others that signed this letter are avowed Marxists who are enemies of the American way of life.

Beside long standing tradition, President Obama should send a wreath to the Confederate Monument at Arlington Cemetery because all Confederate Veterans have the status as American Veterans as well.
Several acts of Congress have defined Veterans of the Confederate States of America as American Veterans due the same benefits and honors as any other American Veteran.


End Release

On Background:
Organizational Contacts
Commander in Chief Chuck McMichael 318-963-9892
Lt. Commander in Chief Michael Givens 843-252-1860
Chief of Staff Chuck Rand 318-387-3791
Head of Public Relations Jeff Davis 770 297-4788


Three of the laws referenced in the release:

P.L. 38, 59th Congress, Chap. 631-34 Stat. 56)
U.S. Public Law 810, Approved by 17th Congress 26 February 1929
(45 Stat 1307 - Currently on the books as 38 U.S. Code, Sec. 2306)

This law, passed by the U.S. Congress, authorized the "Secretary of War to erect headstones over the graves of soldiers who served in the Confederate Army and to direct him to preserve in the records of the War Department the names and places of burial of all soldiers for whom such headstones shall have been erected."

U.S. Public Law 85-425: Sec. 410 Approved 23 May 1958
(US Statutes at Large Volume 72, Part 1, Page 133-134)

The Administrator shall pay to each person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War a monthly pension in the same amounts and subject to the same conditions as would have been applicable to such person under the laws in effect on December 31, 1957, if his service in such forces had been service in the military or naval forces of the United States.

U.S. Code Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits, Part II -

General Benefits, Chapter 15 - Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service, Subchapter I - General, § 1501. Definitions: (3) The term "Civil War veteran" includes a person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, and the term "active military or naval service" includes active service in those forces.




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[jthlmnn]

Save the adrenalin. The White House has already announced the President Obama will continue the custom. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.50cc1ac.html

[5 th Alabama Infantry]

Save the adrenalin. The White House has already announced the President Obama will continue the custom. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...1.50cc1ac.html

I saw that too. I'll believe it when it gets there.

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

I guess the president was a little underwhelmed with the 66 signatures on the petition.

[tpr1960]

Did I read that correctly , James McPherson signed the petition to the president also ? How could that be ? If so "Battle Cry of Freedom" will be in the firepit by nightfall .

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

Did I read that correctly , James McPherson signed the petition to the president also ? How could that be ? If so "Battle Cry of Freedom" will be in the firepit by nightfall .

You're kidding right? You mean you read that book cover to cover and couldn't figure out the Union slant? He may be a learned scholar, but each and every book he has written, and every appearance he's made in person and on television, is so pro-Union it is sickening. I most definitely was not surprised to see his name on the petition. You are much better served by reading unbiased writers like James Robertson, Shelby Foote, and Peter Cuzzons if you truly want history and not perspective.

[5 th Alabama Infantry]

Did I read that correctly , James McPherson signed the petition to the president also ? How could that be ? If so "Battle Cry of Freedom" will be in the firepit by nightfall .

Yes , I caught that too. No bias there, but as Ross pointed out , to be expected from McPherson.

[tpr1960]

I understand and expect McPherson's Unionist slant , what surprised me was his putting a signature on a petition to stop honoring Confederate veterans . Nobody , author , historian , history teacher , Joe Blow from Massachusetts , should EVER sign a petition to discredit ANY veteran of the United States , as all Confederates were and are . ..... And I have read Cozzens , Sears , Foote , Wheeler , you name them they are probably on the bookshelf . ...... Government job , alot of downtime , a book a weeks worth .

[dale beasley]

This is one of the problems I have with the SCV, making an issue before it is an issue.

[5 th Alabama Infantry]

This is one of the problems I have with the SCV, making an issue before it is an issue.

Once it was clear that President Obama was ignoring the suggestion of Ayers , Mc Pherson et al , it immediately issued a press release congratulating the President on his correct decision. It clearly was an issue before that event.