Citizen Volunteers Do More Than FEMA
What follows is an interview by AFP’s James Edwards with John Hill, a blue-collar working-class American who has emerged as a hero in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation
AFP: First of all, please introduce yourself and tell us a little about the A.P. Hill Legacy Foundation.
John Hill: My name is John Hill. I am the closest living descendant of Confederate Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill. When corrupt and woke city officials in Richmond forced his grave to be moved, I exhumed Gen. Hill’s remains on Dec. 13, 2022. I was a pallbearer at his reinterment a month later in Culpeper, Va. I’m also his national guardian. I started the A.P. Hill Legacy Foundation in his honor, and I travel the country doing presentations about his life and military career. In between presentations, I also clean and flag hundreds of Confederate graves throughout the country. I give them all a salute, say their name and regiment, and play “Dixie.” I consider it to be my duty to honor and preserve our history and Southern heritage.
AFP: Like your Confederate ancestor, you saddled up and rode toward the danger. What motivated you to want to help the victims of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina who Hurricane Helene had so ravaged?
Hill: I just felt the need to do something to help these people. I live my life in a way that I hope would make my ancestors proud. I could not sit in a warm, dry house, while so many…