Marissa – Page 7 – Historical Heroes Blog

Happy New Year from the Virginia Flaggers

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New Year’s Day flagging at the Confederate Memorial Chapel

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Post about mini and full-size Lee statues from Confederate Coffee

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The story of Marcus Aurelius

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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