Calvin E. Johnson Jr.

A Southern Saint Patrick's Day Remembrance

You don’t have to be Irish to wear the green on Saint Patrick’s Day! He was nicknamed “Stonewall Jackson of the West” during America’s War Between the States. Monday March 17, 2014 is Saint Patrick’s Day and it’s also the 186^th birthday of one of Ireland’s sons Patrick Ronayne Cleburne. A statue of Cleburne was unveiled in the year of our Lord 2009 at Confederate Park in Ringgold, Georgia and a life-size bronze statue of General Patrick R. Cleburne was unveiled in 2012 at the Helena Museum of Phillips County, Arkansas. The Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate cemetery in Jonesboro, Georgia is also named for him.

The Georgia SCV Tag is about Heritage

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past!” -William Faulkner Why do some people tend to always get upset over the display or flying of the Confederate flag?

Goodbye Shirley Temple “The Littlest Rebel”

The Golden Age of Hollywood is but a wonderful memory, and….

A Southern Black History Month tribute

“If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.” -- Karl Marx February is Black History Month and America will not forget her past! This Black History Month tribute is dedicated in memory of Atlanta, Georgia native and friend Eddie Brown Page, 111. Eddie was a Black Historian who loved American history “not political correctness” and knew the true stories about the men and women who bravely carried the United States and Confederate flags into battle. The stories about Billy Yank and Johnny Reb of color should be shared during Black History Month by teachers, students, parents, historians and all who love the true history. Please read the Sons of Confederate Veterans information sheet about Black Confederates. Black Americans today like: Mr. H.K. Edgerton from North Carolina, Mr. Nelson Winbush from Florida and Professor Edward Smith from Washington, D.C. teach the true history of the South and the USA. Mr. Winbush’s Maternal Confederate Grandfather Louis Napoleon Nelson fought with General Nathan Bedford Forrest and Winbush and Edgerton are both members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Mr. Edgerton is also past president of a North Carolina Chapter of the NAACP. Read more about Mr. Edgerton here:

Robert E. Lee: American Patriot and Southern Hero

Do you remember when….

A Southern Soldier’s Christmas Gift

What does Christmas mean to you? Christmas is a wonderful time to be celebrated with family, friends and supper at Grandma's house. Grandpa will gather the children around the fire place and read the ‘Christmas Story’ about the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.

74th Anniversary of ‘Gone with the Wind’ premiere

Do you remember when? The clock was turned back in Atlanta, Georgia, for the World Premiere of Gone with the Wind at the Loews Grand Theater on Peachtree Street. The beautiful theater was sadly destroyed by fire in 1978 but many folks still remember when Hollywood came to Atlanta to celebrate that wonderful movie and Atlanta’s own author Margaret Mitchell whose book about Scarlett O’Hara, the Southern people and the War Between the States would be read by millions around the world and be made into this exciting motion picture that has become a classic.

67th Anniversary of Disney’s ‘Song of the South’

Last Farewell to Robert E. Lee

The United States flag flew at half-mast when Robert E. Lee died! Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University is the site of annual programs paying tribute to Robert Edward Lee. On Monday, October 14, 2013, a program commemorating the Washington College presidency of Robert E. Lee on the 143rd anniversary of his death will feature War Between the States historian, Frank O’Reilly. The lecture entitled "Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome: Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory at Chancellorsville" will begin at 12:15 p.m. The New York Times reported:

60th Anniversary Premiere of “The Robe”

Do you remember when the South was called the “Bible Belt” and….

Football, Confederate flag and The Band Played Dixie

The beautiful Confederate flag of Dixie is in the news again and….

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee

Winston Churchill once said, "The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.” The Sons of Confederate Veterans, hosted their 118th National Reunion during the month of July, 2013 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Christine Barr, an award-winning professor of English and resident of Katy, Texas, wrote a beautiful article about the SCV Convention and Southern Heritage.

1913 Gettysburg Reunion of Blue and Gray

America will celebrate her 237th birthday this year, and….. The Sesquicentennial “150th Anniversary” of the War Between the States continues in remembrance of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson who died in May 1863 and the men of Blue and Gray who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans commemorates the memory of the Confederate soldier.

Jefferson Davis still remembered in Dixie

When was the last time you visited Stone Mountain Park with the world famous carving of legendary Americans: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson or beautiful Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia where Jefferson Davis is buried? The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library will be officially dedicated on his birthday Monday, June 3, 2013, at “Beauvoir” Davis’ last home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. Read more here

Keep Stone Mountain carving a Confederate Memorial

A young man asked me why do they want to change the carving at Stone Mountain Park?

April 26th is Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia

Do you remember when Confederate Memorial Day was observed in public schools?

Remembering the Great Locomotive Chase

April is the time for baseball, hot dogs and remembering the History and Heritage of Dixie! Did you know that April is Confederate History and Heritage Month in the South and Friday April 26, 2013 is Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia that has been celebrated since 1874? Confederate Memorial Day is also celebrated in April, May and June throughout the many States throughout the South.

Let’s Save Forrest Park, Confederate Park and Jefferson Davis Park in Memphis

Why do some still continue to try to change the South? Did you know that three Memphis, Tennessee parks named for our great Southern leaders Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest-Forrest Park, Confederate President Jefferson Davis-Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park were changed? At Monday night’s meeting the people spoke out loud and clear to return the parks to their Confederate names.

Confederate History and Heritage Month

April 1-30th 2013 is Confederate History and Heritage Month throughout the USA! The Confederate History and Heritage Month Committee of the National and Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans proudly recognizes and appreciates the signing of proclamations by Southern governors, mayors and county commissioners since 1995 designating the month of April as “Confederate History and Heritage Month.”

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Dixie!

The 150th Anniversary--War Between the States Sesquicentennial continues with events including the soon-to-reopen Jefferson Davis Presidential Library at Beauvoir on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy was of Welsh and his Mother Jane Cook of Scot-Irish descent. A lot has been written about the 150,000 Irishmen who fought for the Union during the War Between the States, but do you know about the 30,000 equally brave Irishmen who fought for the Confederacy? It is written that by population a comparable number of Irishmen fought for the Confederacy as did those who supported the Union.