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You are listening to "How Firm A Foundation". This hymn was a favorite of General Robert E. Lee and was played at his funeral. Please click on General Lee's Picture for the lyrics.
The insignia of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is the First National Flag (Stars and Bars) of the Confederacy surrounded by a laurel wreath bearing the letters "UDC" under the flag; the whole is tied with a ribbon on which are inscribed the dates "1861-1865.
The name United Daughters of the Confederacy and the insignia are registered trademarks.
Emblem and Motto
The emblem of the UDC is a cotton boll superimposed on a five-pointed star . At the tips of the points are the words of the motto: Love Live Pray Think Dare
The United Daughters of the Confederacy was the outgrowth of consolidating benevolent organizations and auxiliaries of United Confederate Veterans Camps, which were formed after the Civil War. On September 10, 1894, Anna Davenport Raines of Georgia and Caroline Meriwether Goodlet of Tennessee met in Nashville, Tennessee, to draw together these groups under the name the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy, with Goodlet as president. At a second meeting in 1895, the name was changed to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Mrs. John C. Brown became the first president-general of the modern organization.
The objectives of the organization are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic:
~To collect and preserve the material necessary for a truthful history of the War Between the States and to protect, preserve, and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor.
~To assist descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper education.
~To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivor of the War and those dependent upon them.
~To honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States of America.
~To record the part played during the War by Southern women, including their patient endurance of hardship, their patriotic devotion during the struggle, and their untiring efforts during the post-War reconstruction of the South.
~To cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the Organization.
Annual General Convention, Rogers, Arkansas. Group picture of Arkansas members taken after President's Evening, with President General Janice K. Langford in the center, next to Arkansas Division President, Dora Kate Lee. Photo provided by Convention Photography Services, Inc.
The War Between the States
A war waged from 1861 to 1865 between two organized governments: The United States of America and the Confederate States of America. These were the official titles of the contending parties within the same government. It was not a "War of Secession", for the Southern States seceded without a thought of war. The right of a state to secede had never been questioned. It was not a "War of Rebellion", for sovereign, independent States (co-equal), cannot rebel against each other. It was a War Between the States because twenty two non-seceding States made war upon eleven seceding States to force them back into the Union of States. It was not until after the surrender of 1865 that secession was decided to be unconstitutional.
The Congressional Record of March 2, 1928, reports Senate Joint Resolution Number 41 wherein Congress recognized the title "War Between the States" as proper.
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