Confederate Memorial Day
From: cjohnson1861@bellsouth.net
Friends,
Please read this mostly positive editorial about Confederate Memorial Day by Mr. Bill Kenney Associate Editor of the Marietta Daily Journal in last Sunday’s newspaper. I sent him the following letter of appreciation. Send letters to:letters@mdjonline.com. Thank you!
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/13060732/article-Bill-Kinney–Times-have-changed–but-city-still-honors-Confederate-Memorial-Day?instance=secondary_story_left_column
Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., Chairman of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee.
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Letters to the editor
The Marietta Daily Journal
Dear Editors,
Please allow me to extend my appreciation to Associate Editor Bill Kenney for his Sunday May 1st editorial, entitled “Times have changed, but city still honors Confederate Memorial Day.”
Mr. Kenney’s article was very thoughtful about our Confederate ancestors and such articles are rare to read during these “Politically Correct” times. I also appreciate Mr. Kenney’s reference to Confederate History and Heritage Month during April that was made official in 2009 by act of the Georgia General Assembly and former Governor Sonny Perdue. I am Chairman of the Georgia Division and National Confederate History Month Committee for the Sons of Confederate Veterans and I believe there is a revival in Southern Heritage taking place in America today. Since 2002, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners has also presented the Sons of Confederate Veterans annual proclamations for Confederate History Month.
Please let me clarify that Confederate Memorial Day, since the 1870s, was and still is a legal holiday in Georgia State Government and Robert E. Lee’s birthday is still a legal holiday but oddly I believe is recognized in November instead of his birthday, January 19th.
And also let me say that Southerners have taken a stand against those who would disgrace the Confederate soldier and his blood stained flag of many battles but some in the media would prefer to focus on the hate groups. The Sons of Confederate Veterans has in fact authored several resolutions against those who would misuse the Confederate flag and other symbols of our wonderful Southern heritage.
I once asked a TV reporter, why do some in the media focus on a small hate group but will disregard a kindly-remembrance with a thousand people on Confederate Memorial Day?
Mr. Kenney, thank you for the mention about Sunday’s Confederate Memorial Day service and the fair editorial remembrance of the men of Confederate gray. They can no longer defend themselves but with God’s help we will never forget.
Calvin E. Johnson, Jr., Chairman of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee: http://wwwconfederateheritagemonth.com
