The 2011 National Convention of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in Montgomery Alabama. Montgomery is
where the delegates met to form a new country and Montgomery served as the first
capitol of the Confederacy 150 years ago in 1861.
"The focus of the sesquicentennial is not simply about the war. The focus is not
simply the individual battles or the individual events. Our focus should be on
the men who fought, and what they fought for, The Cause for Southern
Independence. The SCV's charge states our mission clearly: "the
vindication of the Cause for which we fought." It is NOT simply the WAR, but
rather "the CAUSE" that binds us as descendants of
Confederate Soldiers." J. Howard Chalmers III, Chairman