The Kentucky Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Greetings from the Kentucky Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans!

The Kentucky Division represents the 30 local units, otherwise known as Camps, that are situated across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Our organization is open to men aged 12 and above who prove through genealogical research a bloodline that includes a Confederate Veteran who served honorably during the period between 1861 and 1865. If this sounds like something that interests you, you may contact the Division Staff or a local Camp to begin the application process. More information on the SCV can be seen HERE.

We hope you enjoy your visit with us and invite you to check back often for updates.

Commander's Notes
posted 18 April 2008

Vicsburg Monument Fundraiser in Quartermaster Depot

Map of New Brigade Boundaries

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Kentucky SCV License Tag
Commander's Note
KENTUCKY SCV LICENSE PLATES RESERVATION

Compatriots:
The Kentucky Division is moving forward on two fronts to get our SCV license tags approved. The first is a proposal to do an “end run” around the regs and pay cash up front, as the Lincoln people recently did. The other is our good old slow but effective “send in your money and fill out an application til we get 900 of them. Herein you’ll find our chosen tag. This is the one we’ll be going to the state with for approval and production. Before we can do that, we need 900 applications and $25.00 each. If you’re ready, and want one, send your name, address, county of residence and a check for $25.00 to Chaplain David Chaltas, c/o the Ben Caudill Camp, SCV, P.O. Box 41, Jeremiah, KY 41826. The quicker we get them in, the quicker we can go forward.

Allen Central High School Rebels

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALLEN CENTRAL CONFEDERATE BOYCOTT HOAX REVEALED SAYS SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Statement of Don Shelton
Past Divison Commander and Current Chief of Staff of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans

Southern Heritage Blog on Allen Central

Open letter from Allen Central Alumni

December, 2006

Contact:

Dr. T. Y. Hiter
270.354.8819
tyhiter@wk.net

The Kentucky Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans views with great distaste any attempt on the part of any individual, group or organization that attempts to override the expressed desire on the part of a local community concerning its own heritage and ways of peacefully expressing respect for such heritage. This distaste is expressed without regard to the race, religion or politics of the individual or group in question.

In the recent past, the Kentucky Division has assisted students who opposed the actions of school administrators banning the Confederate flag, and equally assisted students who opposed administrators who wished to ban “black nationalist” displays. We believe that individual heritage and individual communities’ choices are the very epitome of what the Confederate soldier, white and black, fought for.

We are deeply proud of any school or community that chooses to display the inherent pride, independence and self-sufficiency of the Confederate soldier or flag in a respectful and meaningful way, to include the adoption of a “Rebel” mascot. We support this in spite of the fact that the term “Rebel” itself was rejected by many Southerners.

Above all, we oppose outside agitators who come into rural communities and attempt to dictate the terms on which a school or community may choose its mascot. We reject out of hand that there is any racial or ethnic slur involved, and we feel that the actions of those who have so inserted themselves into local matters are uncalled-for and detestable. It is, in our opinion, especially reprehensible when the outside agitators use racist rhetoric too attempt to bully students, schools, and administrations for their own narrow ends.

While the Kentucky Division will not, without invitation, attempt to enter any local decision making process with regard to the above, we will, if invited, bring to bear the full range of legal recourse available to us in support of local schools or districts who wish to resist such agitation.

In no way should this statement be taken as a rejection of, or have any dampening effect upon, members of the SCV or local Camps of the Kentucky Division, working within their own schools and school districts to support local decision making and resisting outside interference in the operation of local schools.

Calloway County, Fort Heiman Camp
See story in the October Commander's Notes

KY Division Executive Council Statement: The Recent Coup in the SCV
Read more about position of the Kentucky Division and, the call for Special Convention
HERE

CHARGE TO THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."
Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General,
United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.