Date published: 8/17/2009 – Fredericksburg.com BY PETE CIHELKA Original Article About a year ago, Jackson Lee Sulcer (above), 7, came to the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg looking for a dirty grave. He happened on the grave site of Virginia soldier Samuel Davis, which appeared unkempt to the boy, so he decided to tidy it [...]

By Calvin E. Johnson Jr. Saturday, July 11, 2009 Originally posted on the SCV Blog Monday, July 13th, in the year of our Lord 2009, is the 188th birthday of American legend and Southern Hero–Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. President Obama continued a century-old tradition, on Memorial Day, by honoring American Servicemen and women buried at [...]

        I know this post is a small departure from our normal material but I ran across these quotes on a message board I frequent and they really struck a nerve with me so I wanted to share them with my readers.      The War for Southern Independence was fought because the states wanted [...]