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First Brigade ~ Virginia Division ~ Department of the Army of Northern Virginia |
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The Isle
of Wight Avengers is a proud Camp in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. "He who forgets
his ancestors is unworthy Our purpose
is to fulfill the "To
you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication Lt. General
Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General
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Confederate
Monument ~ IOW Courthouse
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| On June13, 2009 Park Ranger Randy Watkins gave the Avengers an excellent tour of the Petersburg National Battlefield. |
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On
June 6 - 7, 2009, the Avengers Camp worked a booth at Heritage Park
for the reenactment of
the Battle of Gaines Mill. Thanks to Compatriot Joe Epps for bringing his "Titanic" for our HQ (!), and to Dan Carbaugh (and friend Erika), Buddy Jones, Tony Griffin, John Respess for their assistance. |
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Avengers
Camp Calendar of Future Events
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14, 2009: Old Brunswick Camp Picnic at the Wynn Memorial Park
in Lawrenceville.
July 19 - 25: Sam Davis Youth Camp. July 22 - 25: Hot Springs, Arkansas. National SCV Convention. July 30: 145th anniversary of the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg. July 11, 2009 (Saturday, July 11): 5:00.
Avengers Camp Meeting. We are planning to have a cook-out
at our Club House October 6, 2009 (Tuesday): Isle
of Wight Avengers meeting. Carrollton Ruritan Club House. Compatriot
Jeff Toalson of the Future National Reunions: The 2009 SCV National Reunion will be held in Hot Springs AR and hosted by the James M. Keller Camp 648 (www.scv2009reunion.com/), and the 2010 Reunion will be held in Anderson County SC and hosted by the Manse Jolly SCV Camp 6. Montgomery AL is the proposed site for 2011 Reunion, and the GEC will be recommending this location to the 2008 Annual General Reunion attendees at Concord NC in July 2008.
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SALUTE
TO THE FLAG OF VIRGINIA:
I salute the
Flag of Virginia with reverence
and patriotic devotion to the "Mother of
States and Statesmen" which it represents -
the "Old Dominion" where Liberty and
Independence were born.
-- Written by Mrs. Cassye Gravely, UDC
SALUTE TO THE CONFEDERATE FLAG:
I salute the Confederate flag with affection,
reverence and undying devotion to the
cause for which it stands. Amen.
WORDS FOR THOUGHT!
"The democracy
will cease to exist when you take it away from those who are willing to work
and give it to those who would not."
~ Thomas Jefferson
"A nation
which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today."
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"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."
~ Robert E. Lee
"The real
problem in America is not so much what people don't know but, rather, what
they think they know that just ain't so."
~ Will Rogers
"I have no
purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery
in the States where it exists.
I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do
so."
~ Abraham Lincoln quote from his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861
"Those Rebel
bastards couldn't hit an elephant at this dis..."
~ Last words of Union General John Sedgewick
at Spotsylvania
Court House May, 1864
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COMMANDERS of the ISLE OF
WIGHT AVENGERS CAMP #14:
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| Anthony M. Griffin | December 3, 2008 | present |
| M. Keith Morris, Jr. | September 27, 2006 | December 2, 2008 |
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