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The Belo Herald Newsletter of the Col. A. H. Belo Camp #49 And Journal of Unreconstructed Confederate Thought August 2015 This month’s meeting features a special presentation: Charles Hayes Civil War Limericks The Belo Herald is an interactive newsletter. Click on the links to take you directly to additional internet resources. Col. A. H Belo Camp #49 Commander - Mark Nash 1st Lt. Cmdr. - David Hendricks 2nd Lt. Cmdr. – James Henderson Adjutant - Stan Hudson Chaplain - Rev. Jerry Brown Editor - Nathan Bedford Forrest Contact us: www.belocamp.com [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/BeloCamp49 Follow us on Twitter at belocamp49scv Texas Division: http://www.scvtexas.org Have you paid your dues?? National: www.scv.org http://1800mydixie.com/ Come early (6:30pm), eat, fellowship with http://www.youtube.com/user/SCVORG Commander in Chief Barrow on Twitter at CiC@CiCSCV other members, learn your history! Our Next Meeting: Thursday, August 6th: 7:00 pm La Madeleine Restaurant 3906 Lemmon Ave near Oak Lawn, Dallas, TX *we meet in the private meeting room. All meetings are open to the public and guests are welcome. "Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity." Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA Dec. 3rd 1865 Commander’s Report Dear Belo Compatriots & Friends: There was a time very early in my life when Kermit the Frog seemed larger than life. Some of the life lessons we learned as children came through Kermit and others who lived on his famous street. You might recall that Kermit had a song called “It Ain’t Easy Being Green.” The song starts off with a lament over how hard it is to be green, but by the end Kermit celebrates the positives and concludes that there is no other color he would rather be. Today, it certainly isn’t easy to be “Gray.” We continue to face attacks on all sides regarding our symbols; we are suspected of hate and racism in the court of public opinion; we are told our heroes are not worthy of monuments to their honor, or flags or veterans’ markers on their graves. No, it’s not easy being gray. Unlike Kermit, who blended in because he was green, if we are too gray, we stand out and attract attention. We live in a country that supposedly prizes diversity….unless your idea of diversity is celebrating the fact that your ancestor wore gray in the War. But, like Kermit, we in the SCV need to come to the point in our song where we celebrate our gray-ness and decide there is no color we would rather be. We in the SCV must stand proud of our heritage especially during the difficult times when the media is watching us or poking at us. As the apostle Paul said, we must stand “ready to give an account for the hope that is in us.” The stakes are high. Our mission of passing the true history of the South to future generations hangs in the balance of whether or not we determine there is no other color we would rather be associated with than Confederate gray. We pride ourselves at Belo Camp on taking a strong stand for the unreconstructed truth. We celebrate being gray; we won’t even wear blue shirts to work (just kidding). We present top shelf programming to educate ourselves and our prospects about the War. Our next educational opportunity is during our August meeting, where we will learn about humor during the War Between the States. NOTE: We will be meeting at La Madeleine, 3906 Lemmon Avenue, Dallas on Thursday, August 6th. As usual, dinner at 6:30; meeting at 7. Finally, August is the first month of the new fiscal year for us. We are off to a strong start and need you with us. Dues to renew your membership are payable at this time. You should have received a statement in the mail recently. Let’s take care of renewals quickly so we can get on with camp activities and camp growth. Please mail your dues to Adjutant Hudson as soon as possible, or bring a check to the August meeting. There will be a special door prize drawing on Thursday for those who have paid their dues before the end of the program. Thank you for being part of the Belo Camp family. Together we are making a difference. Deo Vindice, Mark Nash, Commander [email protected] 954-608-168 st 1 Lt. Commander’s report Dear Compatriots, Last month we had a pleasant change of scenery and great program. This month we are back at our old home place (La Madeleine) and as always another good program. From Stone Mountain to Denton, Texas the rhetoric continues, but good men keep on keeping on. Now is the time to think about making a donation to one of the various organizations that protects our heritage, not just gives lip service to it. This month’s program is being presented by Charles Hayes, entitled “Civil War Limericks”. Charles is a lifetime member of the SCV and an active member of the James P. Douglas Camp #14 in Tyler, Texas. This already sounds like fun, so please come join us this Thursday evening! BY THE WAY - Bring some extra CASH FOR BOOKS, BOOKS and more BOOKS (before they burn!) If you have moved/changed your phone number/email address, etc. please let us know so we can keep as up to date information on current camp members as possible. Again please make every effort to attend a camp meeting and now more than ever bring that friend! Please inform us of your ideas, thoughts, concerns, etc. to help make Belo a better camp for our current members and all of the members yet to come! So years later, I hope it can be said for each one of us,“Decori decus addit avito”. Deo Vindice, David Hendricks, 1st Lt. Commander Chaplain’s Corner Confederate Heroes! I already had a copy of our SCV Chaplain's Handbook, and also Chaplains in Gray by Charles F. Pitts. To these I added The Great Revival in the Southern Armies by W. W. Bennett and Christ in the Camp by J. William Jones, which I purchased at a recent National reunion. I completed reading (they're quite lengthy) and conducting a preliminary study of these books, and can't help but be greatly impressed at the insight and perspective they present on the life of our brave men in Gray. These books contain hundreds of letters and reports describing the hardship, suffering, tenacity, and dedication of the officers and men of our Southern armies. They were mostly submitted by Confederate Chaplains of a number of different denominations who worked together during the War for Southern Independence to present the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Confederate chaplains, colporters, and missionaries were in the trenches, they were in the camps, they were on the long hard marches, and they were in the hospitals. They were there and give first-hand accounts of what our Confederate soldiers thought, said, and how they acted. Our Confederate forefathers were not only Confederate patriots, but Confederate heroes. They not only faced the enemy with brave determination, but their own death as well. Many a time a young soldier lying on the cold ground or crude hospital bed in severe pain, his body mangled by enemy shells, would say to the chaplain, "I am dying. Please write my mother and tell her all is well, and I will meet her in heaven." The Scripture says, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." (Rev. 14:13) We, as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, are charged to emulate their virtues, and perpetrate those ideals which made him glorious. It is our duty, our responsibility, and our honor to do so. So, let us be as faithful to our duty as they. Let us be as dedicated to our ideals as they. Let us be as committed to our Christian faith as they. And, let us be as they . Confederate heroes. Bro. Len Patterson, Th.D Past Chaplain, Army of Trans-Mississippi 1941-2013 Please keep in prayer the family of our friend and Compatriot Anthony Hervey, who was murdered for tirelessly vindicating the cause our fathers fought for. “IN ALL MY PERPLEXITIES AND DISTRESSES, THE BIBLE HAS NEVER FAILED TO GIVE ME LIGHT AND STRENGTH.” -GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE Belo Camp 49 Upcoming Meetings: 2015 August 6th Charles Hayes - Civil War Limerics September 3rd – Bob Ruble - Images of the Conflict – Art Portrayals of the War of Northern Aggression st October 1 – Kathleen Hines – Women of the Confederacy th November 5 - Camp Business Meeting / Elections December 3rd – Christmas Party Do your kids and grandkids know the real reasons the war was fought? Has school taught them that Lincoln is their “favourite President?” Send them to Sam Davis Youth Camp 2016 to learn the truth about their heritage and why it is important! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snuT8MgGbtk Not to miss in this issue! Murder and Funeral of Black Confederate Activist Compatriot Anthony Hervey P.13 Gov Pendleton Murrah Dedication P 28 Sam Davis Youth Camp – Texas Huge Success! P 30 Va. Flagger Danville UPDATE! P 38 The Terrible Truth About Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate War P 47 The Battle Flag and the attack on Western culture P 54 Understanding “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” P 60 Liberal Protests over Confederate Flag Facing Blowback P 75 It Aint Dixie’s fault P 78 The Defense of the Texas Frontier During the War of Northern Agression.