Sons of Confederate Veterans in East Valley pay tribute
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans past commander Ron Fox,left, and Lt. Commander of Camp 1708 Carter Powers are shown Wednesdsay, Oct. 31, 2012 inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe where many confederate soldiers are buried. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans have located and properly marked the resting place of Andrew Jackson Halbert inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe, shown, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans have located and properly marked the resting place of Andrew Jackson Halbert inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe, shown, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans have located and properly marked the resting place of Andrew Jackson Halbert inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe, shown, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans have located and properly marked the resting place of Andrew Jackson Halbert inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe, shown, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans Lt. Commander of Camp 1708 Carter Powers, from left, Barney "Barn Dog" Mullins and past commander Ron Fox are shown Wednesdsay, Oct. 31, 2012 inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe where many confederate soldiers are buried. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans past commander Ron Fox,left, and Lt. Commander of Camp 1708 Carter Powers are shown Wednesdsay, Oct. 31, 2012 inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe where many confederate soldiers are buried. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans have located and properly marked the resting place of Andrew Jackson Halbert inside the Double Butte Cemetery in Tempe, shown, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
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JMJ posted at 9:05 pm on Sat, Nov 3, 2012.
Certainly, I do not believe the Southern cause was a good one, but we have both sides of Civil War dead represented in our family. Visiting either the gravesite of the CSA or the Yankee family member elicits the same emotions, I'd say. An ancestor who fought for what he thought was his cause at that time in history--right or wrong--is still an ancestor. I'm glad the group cited here is not a hate group. Especially when visiting the south, the Civil War is still a sore point, but history is still history, and that era in American Historoy has always fascinated me. Passing by Stone Mountain, every summer, I find it hilarious, truly hilarious, that their closing line after the fireworks is always "The South Will Rise Again". Let's hope not. But, it's a good belly laugh to think that's still the mentality.