Good Work! Alabama Preserves Our Past
Historic Confederate Flag Conservation by the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Dragoon Tyrone Crowley attended a presentation on Flag Conservation made today at the Confederate Memorial Park Museum. The speaker, Ryan Blocker of the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), was introduced by Park Director Calvin Chappelle. She gave a brief history of ADAH, which was founded in 1901 by Thomas McAdory Owen, then proceeded to explain all the effort it takes to conserve the many flags from the War Between the States that are in the collection at the ADAH. She then described in detail the conservation of three flags used by Alabama units during the War. It was an interesting meeting and appreciated by all present, evidenced by the various questions during the Q&A that ended the event...
Why does the Confederate Memorial Museum close for the fake "holiday" Juneteenth? Last June 19th I took my sister there to see it, but it was closed for "Juneteenth". I left a note stating that nothing Confederate should ever shut down for a fake Yankee holiday. If people want to celebrate the abolishment of slavery in America, do it on the actual date, December 6. On this date in 1865 the 13th Amendment abolished slavery. Also, the War was not fought over slavery, but that is a topic for another time.
What unit is the flag? ANV, I assume. I had people in the 8th (ANV) and 33rd (AoT)