First Brigade ~ Virginia Division ~ Department of the Army of Northern Virginia


The Isle of Wight Avengers is a proud Camp in the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  
We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 at the Carrollton Ruritan Club.  
A map and more information about our meetings is at: CLUB HOUSE
Please be reminded that we will not meet on May 6. Instead, we will be
going to "The Crater" on May 10. See our Camp Calendar below.

 

"He who forgets his ancestors is unworthy
to be remembered by his descendants!"

 

Our purpose is to fulfill the
Charge to the Sons of Confederate Veterans:

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication
of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the
defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship
of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those
principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you
also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true history
of the South is presented to future generations."

Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans, Louisiana 1906

 

For information about joining, please call Keith Morris at
539-3483

 
Confederate Monument ~ IOW Courthouse

 

(Smithfield Times: April 9 & April 23, 2008)



The Virginia Division SCV is sponsoring the publishing of an Arcadia local history book. The Arcadia book committee selected
by Division Commander B. Frank Earnest requests your assistance by submitting a picture of a Virginia Confederate. The
proceeds from the book will go towards the Virginia Division Heritage Defense Fund. Please direct questions to Rosemarie Kidd.
For more information and authorization form, go to ARCADIA.

 

April 1, 2008:  Our pre-meeting social gathering.  We were all very happy to see Compatriot Buddy Beale & Helen.


Compatriot Ashleigh Moody was our very special guest speaker on April 1.  He is a charter member of the Edmund Ruffin Fire-eaters Camp #3000. He lit our Camp's candle in honor of his Confederate ancestors, and then gave a very interesting presentation about "Black Confederates" with emphasis on the Petersburg area.




 


Avengers Camp Calendar of Future Events
April 25 -- 27: 2nd Annual Civil War Weekend in Buchanan, Virginia. For further information, contact Jerry Huff, Botetourt Artillery, SCV Camp #1701 at (540) 254-3304.

May 8 (Thursday): Grand opening of Fort Huger at 12:30. CAMP BOOTH to sell our T-shirts.

May 10: Battle of the Crater tour in Petersburg. This trip will take the place of our regularly scheduled meeting on May 6. All interested Avengers will meet at the Ruritan Club house at 8:00 for the expected 1-hour drive. We are booked for 9:30 to be at the Battlefield Visitor's Center. Reservations have been made for us to have lunch at King's Barbecue at about 1:00. Cost is $5 for each vehicle no matter the number of people, so bring your whole family and invite your friends to come too!

May 14 (2nd Wednesday Every May): 32nd Annual Pig Pickin'. Windsor Ruritan Club. Eating from 3:00 to 6:00; Social from 3:00 to 5:00.

May 24 - 25 (Saturday & Sunday): Pungo Strawberry Festival & Parade. Downtown Pugo, Virginia Beach.

May 31: Put on your dancing shoes and attend the Tom Smith Camp "Belles and Beaus Ball" at the Suffolk Shrine Club in Suffolk. Tickets are $75.00 per couple or $40.00 single. Dress is 1860s period or formal wear. Music and Dance instruction by Southern Horizon. Call Robert Archer at 757-539-2924 for further information.

June 3: Avengers Camp meeting. Our guest speaker will be Mr. J. Michael Moore of the Lee Hall Mansion.
He will speak on the “Battle of Williamsburg”.

June 3: 200th Birthday of President Jefferson Davis

June 3: Grand Reopening of Beauvoir. The grand unveiling of the newly rebuilt Beauvoir will be held on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson with festivities beginning at 10:00 AM CDT. Make your reservations now as motel rooms in the Biloxi area will be scarce. You may go to www.beauvoir.org for more information.

June 6 - 8: Jefferson Davis Celebration in Fairview KY. The Bethel Baptist Church in Fairview KY will be the site of the Kentucky Division Reunion the weekend of June 6 to 8, 2008 with numerous activities all weekend as thousands of Southerners come to the area to pay their respects to President Davis on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Please go to this link, http://www.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/parks/ jeffdavis200.htm for more detail about the events planned for Saturday and Sunday. Motel rooms will again be scarce, so make your reservations now.

June 14 - 15: Dixie Days in Hanover County. Always a great event!

June 14:  Bi-Centennial Birthday Celebration of President Jefferson Davis at the Cradle of the Confederacy, Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.   Hosted by the Alabama Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Alabama Society, Order of Confederate Rose, and Alabama Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. For more information, Contact Event Chairman, Patricia S. Godwin @ 334-875-1690 or e-mail: oldsouthrebel@zebra.net

July 16 - 20: The 113th SCV annual general reunion/convention will be held in Concord NC from July 16 – 19, 2008 and hosted by the Captain Jonas Cook SCV Camp 888. Their website is http://www.jonascookcamp.com

June 21 (Saturday): Nathan Bedford Forrest Boyhood Homecoming. The annual fund raising celebration will be held all day on Saturday June 21 at the Forrest Boyhood Home near Chapel Hill TN. Please come to this event to see the progress on the restoration of this unique early 1830s structure, join the fun, and helped support the efforts to raise additional funds to speed up the restoration work.

September 6: Annual pilgramage to Point Lookout, Maryland Prisoner of War Camp.
For complete details, see PILGRIMAGE

September 20 - 21: Chesapeake Civil War Days. Chesapeake City Park off Greenbrier Pkwy.

Oct. 9 - 12: Suffolk Peanut Festival at the Executive Airport.

Nov. 11: Veterans Day Parade. Virginia Beach Oceanfront at 8:30

Future National Reunions: The 2009 SCV National Reunion will be held in Hot Springs AR and hosted by the James M. Keller Camp 648, 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.

All Avengers are encouraged to subscribe to VAcourier -- Virginia Division SCV Communication List at
http://scvva.org/mailman/listinfo/vacourier_scvva.org so that you can keep up with the latest news!

For a more complete listing of events in Isle of Wight County, see:
http://www.smithfield-virginia.com:80/events.html


 



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." /
"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



 

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