THE STAR CIRCLED BANNER

Newsletter for the John Crawford Vaughn Camp 2089 – February 2010

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Camp 2089 will meet the first Tuesday in February at the Enterprise/First Christian Church Fellowship Hall at the 6-700 block of Ohio Street in Etowah, Tennessee.  Camp Commander Jim Staton will discuss officer appointments and other things relative to the Camp.  All are invited to attend.  Meeting begins at 6:00 PM and goes to about 8:00 PM.  Spouses,  girlfriends, and the public is cordially invited to participate.  Dr Mike Bradley, Tennessee Division Commander will give a history talk.  Dr Bradley recently retired from a long and distinguished career at Motlow State Community College, where he taught history.  He is an ordained minister of the Gospel, and an engaging speaker.  He has also served the Tennessee Division, SCV, for many years in varying capacities.

 

 Our newsletter will be more fully filled out with news of interest from our officers, members, and other contributors beginning next month.  For now our newsletter will act as a reminder for our upcoming meeting.  Our officers are:  James Staton, Camp Commander; James Young, Lieutenant Commander/Recruiter; Mike Guffey, Adjutant/Treasurer; Jimbo Richeson, 2d LtCmdr/ Newsletter Editor/Webmaster. 

 

Our Camp members enjoy participating in the Scott Hogsed Annual Youth Conservation Day event at Brasstown, NC, just south of Murphy, NC, as re-enactors in the skirmish held there commemorating the skirmish at Hanging Dog, one of the last armed engagements east of the Mississippi River.  We also actively memorialise our Confederate soldiers/sailors with graveside ceremonies, like the one recently held at Cleveland, Tennessee.

The newsletter will also have monthly Commander’s Comments, Adjutant’s Reports, Chaplain’s Messages, occasional editorials, and guest columns, as well as articles by members and their families on their Confederate soldier/sailor ancestors.  The spelling employed in original statements (not necessarily all quoted material) is the Southern Orthography as promoted by Professor James Everett Kibler at the University of Georgia.

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