R.E. Lee Camp 239 Sons of Confederate Veterans

I had the honor and privilege of retrieving the Confederate Medal of Honor for Color Sargent George A. Branard from the Texas Civil War Museum.

This beautiful Medal will be sent to the Sons of Confederate Veterans National Museum in Columbia TN.

Set a new marker for Pvt Birdwell

Members of the SCV are often asked why we care so much about our ancestors. The reason is simple–they live within and through us, and continue to inspire us. As William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."

Knowing what our kin were able to endure and accomplish tells us what we are able to endure and accomplish, and it can be seen within others as well. Simply being in the same room with fellow sons of Confederate veterans is inspiring in itself. The connections we intuitively have with each other transcend our own understanding, as if our bloods cry out to each other–brothers in arms recognizing each other generations after the fact.

Confederate veterans are not just our heroes, they are the very foundation of who we are. They are the source of our blood, our values, our very lives, and the lives of our descendants after us. Their lives and their stories are the heritage we have been entrusted with passing on to our own descendants.

So yes, sometimes we look in the mirror and picture the man we want to become, but we sons of Confederate veterans might do better to look inside ourselves instead.

Camp did it's quarterly Adopt a Highway cleanup this weekend on two miles of Confederate Hwy; a bit warm but hey, it's Texas.

Happy Birthday Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest

Finally, an appropriate statue of Lincoln.

Sic semper tyranus

Great work Old Dominion!

Virginia school board overturns old vote and renames two schools after Confederate icons WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been remove…

Come Join The Lee Camp On May 18th And Help Clean Up Handley Cemetery.

Just a little information on the history of the R. E. Lee Camp - Fort Worth, Texas

To give you a rough estimate at how large the Lee Camp was on page 211 it states that for the 1909 reunion, camps are allowed 1 delegate for every 25 members in good standing and then it states that the Lee camp had 36 delegates.

I’m attaching a link to some info on the Lee Camp as well as other camps that were in Fort Worth / Tarrant County.
www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/27080

Also attaching a photo of the Confederate Park Road State Historical Marker (A road the R.E. Lee Camp 239 Sons of Confederate Veterans proudly maintains.

Once again the R. E. Lee Camp will be doing our duty and cleaning our stretch of Confederate Park Road on April 6th.

April is Texas Trash Off Month...

We will meet at the church at 9 am and after we will gather for lunch and some great comradery....

Good Morning Dixie 🌞

Even though the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo banned our beautiful Battle Flag we still walk away with the awards!!!
Congratulations Compatriots...........

Compatriots:

We will be having a 3rd Brigade Meeting on February 24, 2024 at the Ol South Pancake House on University Drive, we will gather around Noon to eat then start meeting around 1pm.

We encourage all members to be there.

I would love to see at least one representative from each camp in the 3rd Brigade-Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans present.

Please let me know if you have anything you would like to add to the agenda.

Please reply affirming that you are coming.

Thank you.
Commander Allcock

The R.E. Lee Camp 239 Sons of Confederate Veterans is looking for a Newsletter Editor.

The job is extremely easy.

Please contact Commander Allcock if you're interested or have any questions.