Julia Jackson Christian OCR #14 Bedford, Virginia

07/01/2023

From a Virginia Flagger

"The Gettysburg speech was at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history...the highest emotion reduced to a few poetical phrases. Lincoln himself never even remotely approached it. It is genuinely stupendous. But let us not forget that it is poetry, not logic; beauty, not sense. Think of the argument in it. Put it into the cold words of everyday. The doctrine is simply this: that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg sacrificed their lives to the cause of self-determination – that government of the people, by the people, for the people, should not perish from the earth. It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in the battle actually fought against self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves." - H. L. Mencken

04/23/2023

FYI...when we get rechartered, the name of this chapter will undergo a change.

It will still be centred around Jackson's daughter.

08/26/2022

I knew there was a reason I love this artist!

~Smith

Mort Künstler is seen here with Julia Jackson Christian Preston, the granddaughter of "Stonewall" Jackson, and her daughter, Mrs. Cortlandt P. Creech at the Presbyterian Home, in High Point, North Carolina. A "Stonewall" Jackson room had been established at the home in honor of Mrs. Preston and was decorated with Künstler prints. Mrs. Preston had requested to meet the artist. Mrs. Preston was 102 at the time of this photo in 1989; she died two years later.

08/11/2022

Remember the flag…

Deo Vindice!

Saw this sign that another SCV post erected in a very well-planned memorial area in East Texas.

07/25/2022

We have not been recharted yet due to the lack of interest but that doesn't mean we can't think about projects.

The last chapter's president was very much into cleaning headstones. The project my son and I did was working on the location of the Confederates buried in our local cemetery. Some of them were in need of some TLC.

I would very much like to work on them when the weather gets cooler and the mosquitoes aren't so hungry for my blood.

~Smith

07/18/2022

Remember, the Order of Confederate Rose's main objective is to help and aid their sponsoring SCV camp.

We are still in need of people looking to join a heritage group that does not only aid the camp but to other groups and the community.

~Smith

06/02/2022

It is time to put this out into the universe concerning the Julia Jackson Christian OCR #14. This chapter was founded four years ago with the love, devotion and dedication to helping out the local SCV. Life's twists and turns have caused many things to happen and now that the dust is settled, we can build and renew.

We need members. We need people who have a desire to want to help the SCV. You don't have to be a male nor do you have to have Confederate DNA.

The order is open to men, women, teenagers and children.

05/30/2022

The Origins of Memorial Day

In the spring of 1866 the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia passed a resolution to set aside one day annually to memorialize the Confederate dead. The secretary of the association, Mrs. Charles J. (Mary Ann) Williams was directed to author a letter inviting the ladies in every Southern state to join them in the observance. The letter was written in March of 1866 and sent to all of the principal cities in the South, including Atlanta, Macon, Montgomery, Memphis, Richmond, St. Louis, Alexandria, Columbia, New Orleans, et al.

The date for the holiday was selected by Mrs. Elizabeth Rutherford Ellis. She chose April 26, the first anniversary of Confederate General Johnston's final surrender to Union General Sherman at Bennett Place, NC. For many in the South, that marked the official end of the War.

On April 26, 1866, tens of thousands of Southern women commemorated the first Confederate Memorial Day. Some, however, in the northernmost portions of the South did not participate because their flowers were not yet in bloom. Consequently, they selected dates later in the spring to hold their first Confederate Memorial Days. For example, parts of Virginia chose May 10, commemorating Stonewall Jackson's death. Near Petersburg, VA, they chose June 9, the anniversary of a significant battle there. Others opted for Confederate President Jefferson Davis' birthday, June 3.

To the present, Southern states continue to have Confederate Memorial days. Though most are still on April 26, others continue to be later in the year.

In 1868, Union General John A. Logan, who was the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), launched the US Memorial Day holiday that is currently observed in the entire United States. According to General Logan's wife, he emulated the practices of Confederate Memorial Day. She wrote that Logan "said it was not too late for the Union men of the nation to follow the example of the people of the South in perpetuating the memory of their friends who had died for the cause they thought just and right."

Via the Virginia Flaggers.

05/28/2022

This is an example of those that came and placed flags at the Longwood-Oakwood Cemeteries.

Here we have the UDC and CofC.

Little girl is also going to be a member of the Order of Confederate Rose as a Rosebud.

The SCV were proud to place the flags.

05/21/2022

Helping the Virginia Sons of Confederate Veterans Mechanized with their fundraising towards the natural disasters.

It was wonderful hearing the rumblings of the motorcycles as they ride to their first location.

05/06/2022

I have been searching for more Confederate soldiers from my husband's line (since I have no Confederate blood hence why I am a member of the OCR) and discovered so many pages and links.

I'll share them under this photo with those that wish to browse to see what they can discover.

~Smith