Kentucky Division United Daughters of the Confederacy

01/18/2024

Does this weather have you inside and looking or something to do? Please enjoy this link. All three episodes in this movie series can be watched free on Tubi. It is really quite well done. The movie producer is Percival Beacroft, owner of the Jefferson Davis Boyhood Home thus the Rosemont name on the film itself. Enjoy and share with others.

Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of America's first and only president. But what few people realize is that he had already lived half a century before the Civil War began - much of which was spent in patriotic service to the United States of America.

12/14/2023

Moses Ezekiel’s grave marker monument is scheduled to be removed Monday, Dec. 18th from above his remains at Arlington National Cemetery, unless stopped.

Virginia State Historic Preservation officer (SHPO) Julie Langan has the ability to delay and this beautiful, important
memorial to peace and reconciliation located inside Arlington National Cemetery, our foremost cemetery.

Could I trouble you to send a VERY NICE email requesting that she delay action on moving this?

Christmas is a most inappropriate time for this memorial with Scripture etched on it to come down, not to mention the context of the antisemitism raging on college campuses and the dishonoring of Ezekiel, a Jewish soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia as a young cadet from VMI. Moving the grave marker monument destroys it; Langan could stop its removal.

Congress sent a letter signed by 44 House members to protect this grave marker monument — you could mention that letter.

We should not be hasty with a grave marker. Julie could be a hero and worthy of the name ‘preservationist’ if she could simply wait.

Please call her at 804-482-6087 (work) or 804.385-6936 (cell) or email her at [email protected]

Be very respectful and polite. Urge her to delay.

And send this virally….we need to inundate the Virginia SHPO with polite requests to wait. Say No-No-No to the removal during this season of brotherly love, the more the merrier.

11/09/2023

11/11/11! This is the eleventh month, eleventh day, eleventh hour.....Veterans Day. Veterans Day services will be held in many places around us November 11th at 11 a.m.

It's so easy to take things for granted. We don't think about how much our veterans gave up for the freedoms we enjoy today. They are the ones who dedicated their lives to keep us safe. We just can't imagine the fears or pains or dangers they endured for us. Sometimes I wonder what it was like for these soldiers. They never expressed what happened in combat. I know it was not pleasant for them to think about. Their memories of the horrible things they experienced would have been more than we could bear to hear. Hearing a simple Welcome Home meant the world to a Vietnam Veteran.

We should make every effort to search out our veterans and to thank them for the sacrifices they have made as well as the sacrifices of their families. Tell them we honor their dedication and willingness to leave their homes, families, country and all that they held dear. They gave so much out of loyalty, service and selflessness for each of us and for our country. Some made the ultimate sacrifice.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30

Daniel Webster said, "Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored."

Please take a moment to recognize our veterans who gave so much. Fly your American Flag with pride, send cards or care packages to veterans in hospitals or retirement homes, write or call a veteran and include a note of gratitude.

Father, we thank You today for our veterans, the men and women who gave so much for us.
We pray that You will bless them for their unselfish service to preserve our freedoms. Bless them for the hardships they endured and for the sacrifices they made. We ask that You comfort those who struggle in life dealing with the repercussions of battle: the diseases, mental stress and loss of limbs and other physical problems. We are reminded of our homeless veterans, those suffering from addiction or loneliness. Please put Your hand upon them.
We thank You for our veterans who were not in war, but were nevertheless, just as important and just as dedicated. All veterans are truly a blessing.
In Christ's name we pray. Amen

We know life's never measured by how many years we live,
But by the kindly things we do and the happiness we give.
Helen Steiner Rice

Say thank you to a veteran and put a smile in your heart and theirs.

09/14/2023

Saluting the leadership of U.S. Representative Keith Self of Texas requesting that NONE of the funds made available by an Act of Congress shall be used to destroy, remove, or sabotage the Reconciliation Monument, commonly referred to as the "Confederate Memorial", located in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery. The Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121 should be lighting up today in response. Call your Congressman and ask him to thank Self for giving VOICE to your thoughts and to stand with him in the vote.

Just who is U.S. Representative Self? Keith Self was born in a military hospital during his father’s service in the United States Army and was raised in Texas. After graduation from High School in Amarillo, he accepted an appointment to The United States Military Academy at West Point, where he began a 25-year career of service to our country. His Army tours included Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader, Airborne Infantry Company Commander, Special Forces Detachment Commander and Special Forces Company Commander. His service took him to Europe, the Middle East, and the Pentagon, where he worked on the most sensitive military programs. He deployed to Grenada, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraqi Freedom. During his career, Self received the Master Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, and Joint Staff Badge. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Upon retiring from the Army, he entered public service in his community and was elected County Judge in Collin County, TX, in 2006. He served three consecutive terms before retiring in 2018. He and his wife reside in McKinney, TX and are active members in their church and local community. God, Home, and Country are blessed with the life of this man.

08/12/2023

Elizabethtown City Cemetery Gray Ghost Walking Tour Audio.
https://soundcloud.com/susan.../elizabethtownkygrayghosttour

04/16/2023

It is Confederate History Month. The same men that wrote our War Between the States History made the nation and their communites what we enjoy today. They were politicians, farmers, doctors, lawyers and INVENTORS to mention a few handles they carried. On April 14, 1921 noted Confederate-veteran lawyer & inventor Elijah Jefferson Bond (1847-1921), best-known as the patentee of the Ouija Board, met his earthly demise at the age of 74 when he died from the effects of a “stroke of paralysis” at Baltimore, Maryland.
Bond invented & patented several different objects, including a steam boiler, he is best remembered for patenting what became known as the Ouija Board on May 28, 1890. The patent was granted on February 3, 1891. Bond sold the US distribution rights for the Ouija board to the Kennard Novelty Company.
He was buried in Baltimore City, Maryland at Green Mount Cemetery. Fittingly enough the back side of his tombstone is the image of his great work, the Ouijia board.

03/13/2023

Our ancestors must have experienced hiraeth. Oh, I Wish I Was In Dixie…

03/11/2023

The Kentucky Division United Daughters of the Confederacy is proud to announce that we've been selected as a 2023 Preserving America Grant Program recipient! The program was established to assist non-profit organizations like us in the telling of the incredible story of America from its founding era through its first century as a nation. Visit americanacorner.com for details.

01/08/2023

We are approaching the anniversary of the death of this Great American. His War Between the States exploits as a Captain in the Confederate Army is legendary and his work at a two-term Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals put his remarkable abilities to recognize the truth and apply law for the benefit of society to great use.
One can only wonder what his response was to the Union Officials getting his name in printed incorrectly on a November 1863 Wanted Poster! While John H. Morgan was worth a whooping $1,000, the mastermind behind the prison escape would only fetch a suitable reward.

Throwback Thursday this week features a little known Civil War story about a Bowling Green man. We’re on Fairview Avenue just past the entrance of Fairview Cemetery, near the former home of Confederate Captain Thomas Henry Hines. An underrated strategist, the captain played a role of intrigue and ...

10/05/2022

Have you ever heard the saying, Whatever Floats Your Boat? The term is (idiomatic) and seemily what makes you happy, what stimulates you, and a real suit yourself application.
Ironically, a Kentuckian by birth and steamcaptain by choice floated a few boats upon the Mississippi River during the War Between the States. He lies in his grave at New Albany, Indiana without mention of his remarkable service or how near he came in changing the war's outcome. He is at rest in Fairview Cemetery, but today, the whatever floats your boat is my sharing of Commodore Joseph Edward Montgomery's obit that appeared in The Louisville, KY Courier-Journal on August 5, 1902.
His riverboat whistle deserves a toot!!

09/01/2022

Back when the news printed stories of interest and not ones of division.

Thank you Michelle Jackson for sharing this article with me. This was published with the Tampa Bay Times dated July 1, 1958. " Bones of Two Negro Confederate Soldiers Moved To New Cemetery" was the byline! The name of the soldiers were John W. Sharter who served in Co. K, 3rd Florida Infantry and Joseph Brown Low Co. A, 2nd Florida Cavalry. There were three ministers who officiated; two were of Color, as well as one White minister, that presided over the service. This is incredible! Unfortunately, historians of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries continue to deny their service.