Calvin E. Johnson Jr.

A native of Georgia, Calvin Johnson, Chairman of the National and Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Veterans Confederate History and Heritage Month Program

He is the author of the book "When America Stood for God, Family and Country."

Most Recent Articles by Calvin E. Johnson Jr.:

Black History Month’s Forgotten Story February 14, 2011
Jim Limber Davis
Robert E. Lee: Remembering An American Legend January 18, 2011
"The very greatest of all the great captains that the English-speaking peoples have brought forth."
71st Anniversary of Gone With The Wind December 14, 2010
Gone with the Wind premiered during the Christmas Season of 1939
A Soldier’s Story of Christmas Past December 13, 2010
Captain Thomas Yopp, Bill Yopp, Ten Cent Bill
Love Me Tender premiered in New York November 14, 2010
November 15, 1956
What does Thursday, November 11th, “Veterans Day” mean to you? November 11, 2010
Armistice Day, Veterans Day
Wirz Memorial Set for Sunday, November 7th November 7, 2010
Andersonville Prison, Fort Sumter
140th Anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s death October 10, 2010
"Strike the Tent."
September through October is Hispanic History Month! September 26, 2010
Moses J. Ezekiel
When America was God’s Country August 27, 2010
The world looks toward America as the last hope for the free world. But, are we still the land of the free and home of the brave and is our motto still “In God We Trust?”
Amos Rucker—A Soldier Remembered August 8, 2010
Forgotten Confederates---An Anthology about Black Southerners
The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 June 30, 2010
War Between the States Sesquicentennial, 150th Anniversary, runs from 2010 through 2015
Remembering Jefferson Davis May 29, 2010
Jefferson Davis and the Memorial Day funeral train
Confederate Memorial Day April 22, 2010
Monday, April 26th, is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas and Mississippi
The Great Locomotive Chase April 10, 2010
April is Confederate History and Heritage Month!
Confederate History Month in Dixie April 5, 2010
The angels of Confederate Graves
Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne—Stonewall Jackson of the West March 7, 2010
If this cause, that is dear to my heart, is doomed to fail, I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is toward the enemy and my arm battling for that which I know is right.
I’d Climb the Highest Mountain February 20, 2010
Classic Movie
A Forgotten Story for Black History Month February 12, 2010
Jim Limber Davis
The John B. Gordon Story February 5, 2010
"A more gallant, generous, and fearless gentlemen and soldier has not been seen in this country."
Remembering Robert E. Lee January 16, 2010
Duty is the sublimest word in the language. You can never do more than your duty. You should never wish to do less
When Gone with the Wind came to Atlanta December 18, 2009
Civilization gone with the wind, Eternal Flame of the Confederacy
A Soldier’s Christmas Gift December 15, 2009
This is a True Christmas Story.
A Veterans Day Tribute and Remembrance November 11, 2009
Veterans Day, Wednesday November 11th, is a time to pause and thank our Veterans!
Death of General Robert E. Lee October 11, 2009
Strike the Tent
A Hispanic Month Tribute to Moses Ezekiel October 4, 2009
"...These men sacrificed all, dared all....and died."
When the Band Played Dixie September 17, 2009
God Bless America and Let the Band Play Dixie!
Father Emmeran Bliemel—Honoring a True American Hero August 15, 2009
Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia
Remembering the Battle of Atlanta July 26, 2009
Southern people's quest for independence
Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 July 21, 2009
The soldiers of Blue and Gray, Black and White, came with heads high and full of war stories