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Congratulations!
To
the new 2008-2009 C of C Florida Division
Officers
Children
of the Confederacy presenting
"Thank You for your Service" Get Well
Soon Meal tray cards at the
James A. Haley VA Medical Center - October 17,
2008
UNABLE TO CAPTURE PHOTO
Children
of the Confederacy presenting
Check to Ronald McDonald House from tab tops
UNABLE TO CAPTURE PHOTO
Children
of the Confederacy at the
Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony
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ONE
REASON I BELONG TO THE
CHILDREN OF THE CONFEDERACY
-by
Dali Anne King Stern
A school
mate asked me why I want to be,
A member of the Children of the
Confederacy?
Didn't all of my ancestors own slaves,
And beat anyone of them that misbehaves?
Weren't they rebels to a cause without
meaning,
Other than to keep their slaves from
fleeing?
Didn't my ancestors try to destroy our
nation,
Just so they could pursue their wild
fascination?
Well, I stopped her right there and told
her the truth,
But she still had her doubts because of
my youth.
How could I be right when she heard
opposite from her teachers,
As well as from her parents and other
anti-Southern preachers?
I wanted to stop, but to have done so
would have been remiss,
For then my school mate would continue in
her misinformed bliss.
So, I tried that much harder to get her
to see,
And slowly, but finally she began to
agree,
That the gospel from the north wasn't
necessarily so,
And I, as a Southern child, had the duty
to show,
That the reason for the War wasn't about
even one slave,
But instead about how honorable people
should behave.
All of that time just to make one person
see,
I can't do it alone, so I belong to the
CofC.
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From
our Director....
As
you probably suspect, children do not get the truth about
the Confederacy and the War Between the States from their
schools. Even private schools teach from textbooks
that shorten the causes of the War to a sentence or two
about ending slavery. Unless we intervene, our
children will grow up hating their Confederate ancestors
based on the myths being perpetrated in schools.
The
objective of the Children of the Confederacy is to teach
our children and grandchildren the whole story. They
also get a fun place to come to talk and play with other
children with their common Heritage.
With
guests speakers, movies, books, learning aids, games,
puzzles, catechism quizzes and living histories, members
of our Children of the Confederacy Chapter will have an
alternative source of learning about the honour of their
Confederate ancestors and why they fought.
Projects
include offering scholarships to worthy Southern students,
preserving Southern documents and monuments, aiding needy
Confederate ladies, studying books on Southern history,
writing essays and poems on Confederate heritage, learning
the Catechism on the History of the Confederate States of
America, celebrating Confederate anniversaries through
Memorial Services and re-enactments and supporting
Southern causes.
Welcome
to the Children of the Confederacy!
Aimee
Gilmore
Director
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