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Beauvoir – learn about Jefferson Davis

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Reenactor Jeb Stuart

A great portrait of a reenactor portraying Jeb Stuart. Check it out here or below:

Veterans’ Day video from Poor Farmers Market

I recently came across this cool video of Civil War reenactors marching in a Veterans’ Day parade in Floyd, Virginia. View it here or below:

Source: Poor Farmers Market Facebook page

Honoring Jeb Stuart on Veterans’ Day

Another post that is a bit late, but still worth checking out:

“Honoring Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart, CSA on Veterans Day 2024. An Army graduate of West Point. Native of Patrick County, VA, born at Laurel Hill, Ararat, VA.”

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Source: Laurel Hill (Jeb Stuart birthplace) Facebook page

Columbus Day ceremony in Washington, DC

A bit late on this one, but better late than never. Here are some photos and videos from the National Columbus Day Ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Speech by the ambassador from Spain. Source: Facebook post from the Spanish Embassy.

“A special ceremony yesterday in Washington DC to celebrate Columbus Day. The Italian Embassy is celebrating Italian Americans and all that they have done to help realize the full promise of America for generations.” Source: Facebook post from the Italian Embassy.

Various photos from the day’s events. Source: Facebook post from National Christopher Columbus Association.

More photos of the day’s events. Source: Facebook post from the DC Knights of Columbus.

An informative post about the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain. Source: Facebook post from the National Park Service.

Even more photos of the day’s events. Source: Facebook post from Thomas Stallone.

Information about the day’s events. Source: Facebook post from the Italian American Museum of Washington DC.

Photos from the mass honoring Columbus! Source: Facebook post from the DC Knights of Columbus.

Columbus Day wishes. Source: Facebook post from the National Christopher Columbus Association.

Jeb Stuart Annual Encampment 2024

I am very late with this post, but better late than never! The annual encampment in honor of Jeb Stuart took place on October 5-6, 2024 at his birthplace called Laurel Hill in Ararat, Virginia.

Here are some photos and videos of the event by Judy Smith:

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Here are some photos and videos of the event from the Laurel Hill Facebook page:

And here are some photos and videos from other sources:

Live video from Dixie Forever (October 5)

Live video from Dixie Forever (October 6)

Video from Dixie Times – teaching kids how to retire the colors

Photos from Jim Akers

Video from the Heritage Brothers

Monument in Mathew’s

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Update from the Floyd Pike Lance Corporal Cameron Clark Roadside Memorial Battle Flag

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Christmas 2024

Check out an assortment of various posts that have brightened my spirits this holiday season:

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Merry Christmas from Dixie Forever & Monuments Across Dixie

Christmas in Dixie (and related video) via Monuments Across Dixie

Christmas in Dixie (video) via Monuments Across Dixie

Beautiful park decorated with Christmas wreaths (and related video) via Monuments Across Dixie

Battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse memorial via Monuments Across Dixie

Statue outside Jackson County Courthouse via Monuments Across Dixie

Another festive statue photo from Monuments Across Dixie

… and another and another and another and another and another and another and another!

Video montage of various festively decorated statues from Monuments Across Dixie

Video versions of various festively decorated statues: here and here and here

Christmas tree lighting in Franklin, Tennessee (and video version) (and second video version) via Monuments Across Dixie

Christmas at the National Confederate Museum, via Monuments Across Dixie

Stone Mountain Christmas card, via Monuments Across Dixie

First Confederate White House, via Monuments Across Dixie

Confederate Monument in Jasper, Alabama via History Reminds Us

A festive scene in Murfreesboro, Tennessee via Dixie Forever (and another view of the same monument and yet another view)

Confederate Memorial in Lebanon, Tennessee (and video version) via Monuments Across Dixie

A Confederate Christmas tree, via the Virginia Flaggers

The poem “Christmas Night of ’62,” via the Virginia Flaggers

A Christmas update from the National Confederate Museum

Merry Christmas from Lee-Jackson Memorial Park, via the Stonewall Brigade

A Christmas wreath from Valor Memorial Park

Another wreath and salute from Valor Memorial Park

Christmas at the Jacksons’ by the Stonewall Jackson House

Decorating graves for Christmas, via the Texas Division SCV

Some wreaths across Dixie, via the Turner Ashby SCV Camp #1567

A Christmas wreath from Washington & Lee History & Tradition

A Confederate general meeting Santa, via “Rebel Yell” Facebook page

Confederate Monument in Edenton, North Carolina, via Monuments Across Dixie

Photos from Fall Muster at Beauvoir 2024

I’m a bit late with this one, but here are some photos from the Fall Muster event at Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis’s presidential library:

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