The Belo Herald Newsletter of the Col
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
The Belo Herald Newsletter of the Col. A. H. Belo Camp #49 And Journal of Unreconstructed Confederate Thought January 2017 This month’s meeting features a special get-together: Jack Dyess THE TEXAS NAVY 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 - David Hendricks st 1 Lt. Cmdr. - James Henderson nd 2 Lt. Cmdr. – Charles Heard Adjutant - Jim Echols Chaplain - Rev. Jerry Brown Editor - Nathan Bedford Forrest Contact us: WWW.BELOCAMP.COM http://www.facebook.com/BeloCamp49 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 on Twitter at CiC@CiCSCV other members, learn your history! Our Next Meeting: Thursday, January 5th : 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, Season's Greetings and Happy New Year! Were you good? Did you get that wonderful present? Socks? Underwear? My thoughts are that most of you were semi-good, but I know that some have also been bad. With the holidays now behind us, I hope each of you can make it this Thursday, the 5th to la Madeleine on Lemmon for the dinner hour from 6:00 – 7:00p.m. and our meeting starting at 7:01 p.m. We had a great December meeting where members shared a lot of things which was really incredible and left me feeling like true brothers. We know the CHARGE, because we keep it, share it and live it. Last meeting I brought the Texas Division Life Member Certificates for: Marvin Sexton, James Stephenson and Hiram Patterson and forgot to give those out. I will amend my ways and bring them again (Hiram, please remind me!). Hopefully the weather will not be that bad, but appears that it will be colder. Books are back, so bring them dollars for the books and other money you have laying around for the other noble causes we support. As always, bring a friend, spouse or a potential new member since we welcome all to our meetings. Please come out and support Belo Camp this Thursday. So years later, I hope it can be said for each one of us, Decori decus addit avito.** Deo Vindice, David Hendricks [email protected] “Decori decus addit avito”- He adds honor to the honor of his ancestors Chaplain’s Corner Ruined Beans! My wife is a very good cook. This is true, and anyone who has eaten what she prepares knows that. Every once in a while, on rare occasions, she makes a dish called baked beans. She begins with a can or two of Pork 'n Beans, adds some other stuff, and places it in the oven for a while. Once, long ago, she asked me how I liked her it. I answered, with a smile and in a jovial manner to be sure, that she had gone to a lot of trouble to ruin a perfectly good can of Pork 'n Beans. Since then her baked bean dish has become known in our family as "ruined beans." Some years ago, as the pastor of a local church, I was asked to assist in the ordination of a deacon by one or our sister churches. During the ceremony, the presiding minister stood to deliver the message called, "the charge to the deacon." He began by holding up a Bible and firmly stating that it was the Holy Inspired Word of God. He continued by saying that it was absolute truth with no admixture of error and did not need to be updated, amended, abridged, refined, or corrected. To this, there were many Amens. Then, shortly into his sermon, he read the qualifications of a deacon found in First Timothy 3: 8-13. He began with verse eight, which says, "Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine . " Here he stopped reading, looked up at the congregation, and forcefully proclaimed, "A deacon should not be given to ANY wine!" Again, there were many Amens. Perhaps I was the only one paying attention, but that preacher contradicted himself. He updated and corrected the Holy Inspired Word of God, which he just said didn't need to be updated or corrected. I believe the Bible is God's Word. It says what it means and means what it says. It doesn't need to be updated or amended, and like Pork 'n Beans, cannot be improved. Any attempt at doing so ends up as . well, ruined beans. You may not agree that Pork 'n Beans are fine just as the come from the can and don't need improvement. But, hopefully you do agree the Bible is perfect just as it is and doesn't need any additional ingredients. My wife's baked bean dish is OK, and I don't mind eating it once in a while, but when it comes to the Scriptures, I don't want ruined beans. Bro. Len Patterson, Th.D Past Chaplain, Army of Trans-Mississippi 1941-2013 A PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES O Lord, our God, who rulest amid the hosts of heaven and over all the nations of the earth. Thou hast power to cast down or to raise up whomsoever Thou wilt, and to save by many or by few; and we now come to Thee to help and defend us in this our time of danger and necessity. We acknowledge and lament, O God, the many grievous sins by which we have justly provoked Thy wrath and indignation, and wert Thou extreme to mark inequities, O Lord, we could not abide it. But it is Thy nature and property ever to have mercy, and forgive; and we beseech Thee now to extend to us Thine accustomed mercy, and to deliver us from the evils and dangers to which we are exposed. Do “IN ALL MY PERPLEXITIES AND thou, O Lord, remove from our borders all invading armies; confound the DISTRESSES, THE BIBLE HAS NEVER devices of such as would do us hurt, and send us speedily a just and honorable FAILED TO GIVE ME LIGHT AND and lasting peace. And above every earthly blessing, give us as a people grace STRENGTH.” to know and love and serve Thee, through Jesus Christ, our Christ, our Lord. -GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE Amen. Confederate Veteran September 1932 Visit our website! www.belocamp.com Not to miss in this issue! Sam Davis Youth Ball January 14th 2007 Palestine Texas! AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF THE TEXAS DIVISION SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS The Issues of the Civil War Settled by The Terrible Swift Sword of Lincoln’s Grand Army of the Republic Lee-Jackson Day in Lexington January 14th, 2017 Police Officer Sues For Firing Over Confederate Flag Georgia Cop: Let Me Fly Confederate Flag... or Else What is a conviction? Christmas parade's Confederate fallout continues in Roanoke KKK Leaders Allege Producers Paid Them to Fake Scenes in Canceled A&E Documentary (EXCLUSIVE) Is California splitting away? Group believes California should form its own nation OBAMA ON COMEDY CENTRAL: AMERICA ‘BY NO MEANS’ HAS OVERCOME ‘LEGACIES OF SLAVERY Texas Convention of States campaign set to begin with kick-off event Virginia Board of Education member who resigned over racist, sexist tweets leaves teaching job Richard Meagher column: A plea for the new year: No more Confederate nonsense, please William T. Thompson did NOT design the Confederate Flag. Yankee song Understanding Julia Ward Howe and Her, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and William Steffe and His “Say Brothers” The Confederate Flag You Never Knew The Irish Slave Trade – The Forgotten “White” Slaves George A. Branard and his bravery in battle Dr. James Henley Thornwell of South Carolina The Bloody Fifth Texas Confederate Coffee Just how do you reinterpret history? Opposed to the Name Rebellion THE TWO BROTHERS. Magnificent – only 2 known wartime image of President Davis The Year in Review The Conversation Club of Charleston A Southern Saint Harvard Confederates They Came From the East Stereotyping the South Up North Prisoners forced to stand beneath this canopy of the U.S. Flag A Suffering Devotion to the Cause of Independence Let’s Fight Tyranny Lincoln Was Not Christian, Damnit THE WIFE OF GEN. LONGSTREET-- HELEN LONGSTREET -- A TRUE CONFEDERATE ROSIE THE RIVETER COMING SOON TO A STATE NEAR YOU? They are Hostile in Spirit: The Arrest of Miss Emma Kline Poem: Regular Toasts A Miscarriage of Justice Virginia Flaggers Updates! A Yankee Apology Add Camp Douglas to the National Register of Historic Places CONFEDERATE EVENTS And MUCH MORE ! Belo Camp 49 Upcoming Meetings: TBD Our December meeting was a time of reflection and fellowship. We enjoyed sharing stories about or Confederate ancestors, listened to stories about Christmas in the Confederacy and received some gifts. The Belo Camp voted for a scholarship for Sam Davis Youth Camp and discussed recruiting opportunities. AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF THE TEXAS DIVISION SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS Texas Vindicators Who We Are: Who are the Vindicators? Well in one sense every member of the SCV is a vindicator or at least should be.