[VAcourier] Statement from the President General UDC

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

*The following proclamation was recently published in the June-July 2007 
United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine:*



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STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT GENERAL

Proclamation

Reaffirmation of the Objectives
of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy


    WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy is a tax-exempt, 
non-profit organization whose objectives are Historical, Benevolent, 
Educational, Memorial, and Patriotic; AND

    WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy is an organization 
dedicated to the purpose of honoring the memory of its Confederate 
ancestors; protecting, preserving and marking the places made historic 
by Confederate valor; collecting and preserving the material for a 
truthful history of the War Between the States; recording the 
participation of Southern women in their patient endurance of hardship 
and patriotic devotion during and after the War Between the States; 
fulfilling the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivors and those 
dependent upon them; assisting descendants of worthy Confederates in 
securing a proper education; honoring the service of veterans from all 
wars as well as active duty military personnel; and cherishing the ties 
of friendship among the members of the organization; AND

    WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy is a patriotic 
organization which honors and upholds the United States of America and 
respects its Flag, AND

    WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy does not subscribe 
to policies of individuals, groups or organizations that do not honor 
and respect the United States of America and its Flag,

    THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, that The United Daughters of the Confederacy 
does not associate with or include in its official UDC functions and 
events, any individual, group or organization known as unpatriotic, 
militant, racist, or subversive to the United States of America and its 
Flag, AND

    BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that The United Daughters of the Confederacy 
will not associate with any individual, group or organization identified 
as being militant, unpatriotic, racist or subversive to the United 
States of America and its Flag.




Janice K. Langford
President General


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*
"I think they means us"

Frank Earnest, Commander
Virginia Division SCV
U.S. Navy Veteran*
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