[VAcourier] Year of Lee

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

From:   The Virginia Division Commander

To:        The Compatriots of the Virginia Division



Gentlemen:

Any proud Southerner should have known almost since birth, that January 
19th 2007, would be the 200th Birthday of General Robert E. Lee.

I would hope that you would also have enough confidence in me and the 
members of the Division Executive Council to know that we would plan to 
commemorate this occasion in a big way. Well, we have!

Now we need you to do your part. All you have to do is be there. All the 
details are in both the Old Dominion Voice and the Confederate Veteran 
Magazine. You can also access this information on the Virginia Division 
Web site located at http://www.scvva.org.

The number one reason to be there is because it is our duty and is no 
more than General Lee deserves. The 2nd reason is to be seen. The media 
will be on site and we have invited numerous elected officials. In the 
future, you will ask us, and we will ask them for things that we would 
like to see happen. We will want a bill passed to protect a cemetery or 
a Confederate monument. What will their answer be when they remember 
that only a hand full of us turned out to celebrate the 200th Birthday 
of General Lee?

The 3rd reason is that you might just plain enjoy it. I don't know about 
you all, but I know what I will tell my grandchildren about where I was 
on General Lee's 200th Birthday. I am anxious to be in Richmond on the 
12th to see the restoration of the Lee Monument. The 13th will be a busy 
day in Lexington ending with a ball featuring the 2nd South Carolina 
Band as seen in the movie Gods and Generals. On the actual birthday, the 
19th, Patrick Falci (General A.P. Hill from the movie Gettysburg) will 
speak to us about Generals Lee and Jackson. Everyone who attends will 
receive a commemorative gift to remember the evening. A DVD documentary 
will be available for sale featuring all three events. We have done all 
we can do to mark this once ever occasion. Again, it is up to you to 
make it all that it should be.

General Robert E. Lee told us the importance of doing our duty. General 
Stephen D. Lee told us what our duty is. Will you do your duty?


DEO VINDICE


B. Frank Earnest
Virginia Division Commander and Southern Patriot