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More Confederate EventsTHE SOUTHERN HERITAGE CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM LABOR DAY WEEKEND TO AUGUST, 21-22. WE WON’T HAVE FOOTBALL OR DOVE SEASON TO CONTEND WITH!15TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN HERITAGE CONFERENCE and 9th ANNUAL CONFEDERATE CEILEDH All you politically incorrect folks, come celebrate the South with the Jones County Rosin Heels SCV Camp at the Southern Heritage Conference at Bethlehem Baptist Church about 5 miles east of Laurel, MS on Highway 184 E. We’ll have in your face speakers, music, food and fellowship! Our speakers are Chaplin-in -Chief, Bro. Cecil Fayard, George Church and Bro. John Killian. We’ll meet Friday, August 21 at 6:00 PM to visit, shop and get seated to start at 7.00pm. We meet again at 8:30 AM Saturday with speeches to start at 9.00 AM, August 22. We’ll break for dinner at noon and eat on the premises, and come back after wards for the afternoon session. Saturday night dress casual or dress out in Confederate uniforms and antebellum ball gowns or wee kilties for the Saturday evening supper and Confederate Ceiled h at 5:00. For the major Confederate event of the year come to the Ceiledh. We will try to eat at 5.30. At a Ceiledh, everyone is invited to sing, tell a joke, read a poem, etc. At the supper and Ceiledh we’ll post the colors. We will need all uniformed Confederates and kilted Scots to bring weapons and join in to protect colors, and piper. (They’ll either enjoy it, or they need it!) NOON DINNER $10.00 PER PERSON, SUPPER $15.00 PER PERSON You MUST make MEAL RESERVATIONS IN ADVANCE Mail check to: Jones County Rosin Heels, P. O. Box 52, Laurel, MS 39441 PHONE: 601/649-1867 days, 601/426-2041 nights, email: csaford @hotmail.com (join email together) If you are interested in spending Friday, contact us closer to the time and we will post motel rates and phone numbers. We’ll see you at the Southern Heritage Conference! Put us down! NAME_____________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS______________ ___________________ PHONE_________________EMAIL_____________________ THERE WILL BE __________ OF US FOR NOON DINNER @ $10.00 EACH, AND __________ OF US FOR SUPPER @ $15.00 EACH, AND CONFERENCE ADMISSION ____________($15.00 FOR FAMILY) OR CONFERENCE ADMISSION ____________($10.00 FOR INDIVIDUAL) I ENCLOSE A CHECK FOR $____________ (POST DATED IS OK) !!!!MEAL RESERVATIONS MUST BE IN BY 8:00 AM, AUGUST 18!!!! Vendors tables are free, but limited and filling up fast. Please contact us. SOUTHERN HERITAGE CONFERENCE, P. O. Box 52 LAUREL, MS
The Confederate battle flag, called the "Southern Cross" or the cross of St. Andrew, has been described variously as a proud emblem of Southern heritage. In the past, several Southern states flew the Confederate battle flag along with the U.S. and state flags over their statehouses. Others incorporated the symbol into the design of their state flags. The Battle Flag Often referred to as "The" battle flag of the Confederacy it was the design that was the basis of more than 180 separate Confederate military battle flags. The Army of Northern Virginia battle flag was usually square, of various sizes for the different branches of the service: 48 inches square for the infantry, 36 inches for the artillery, and 30 inches for the cavalry. It was used in battle beginning in December 1861 until the fall of the Confederacy. The blue color on the saltire in the battle flag was navy blue, as opposed to the much lighter blue of the Naval Jack. The flag's stars represented the number of states in the Confederacy. The distance between the stars decreased as the number of states increased, reaching thirteen when the secessionist factions of Missouri and Kentucky joined in late 1861. The Battle Flag of the Confederacy. At the First Battle of Manassas, the similarity between the Stars and Bars and the Stars and Stripes caused confusion and military problems. Regiments carried flags to help commanders observe and assess battles in the warfare of the era. At a distance, the two national flags were hard to tell apart. In addition, Confederate regiments carried many other flags, which added to the possibility of confusion. After the battle, General P.G.T. Beauregard wrote that he was "resolved then to have [our flag] changed if possible, or to adopt for my command a Battle flag, which would be Entirely different from any State or Federal flag. He turned to his aide, who happened to be William Porcher Miles, the former chair of Committee on the Flag and Seal. Miles described his rejected national flag design to Beauregard. Miles also told the Committee on the Flag and Seal about the general's complaints and request for the national flag to be changed. The committee rejected this idea by a four to one vote, after which Beauregard proposed the idea of having two flags. He described the idea in a letter to his commander General Joseph E. Johnston: I wrote to [Miles] that we should have two flags — a peace or parade flag, and a war flag to be used only on the field of battle — but congress having adjourned no action will be taken on the matter — How would it do us to address the War Dept. on the subject of Regimental or badge flags made of red with two blue bars crossing each other diagonally on which shall be introduced the stars, ... We would then on the field of battle know our friends from our Enemies.
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