Camp Member Burl McCoy Given the SCV's Highest Honor

Like any volunteer organization, the SCV is pretty good at handing out awards, occasionally to the point we make a few jokes about it. However, there are a few awards which are very noteworthy. The heritage defense award is only given to a few, for example. The SCV's second highest award is the Robert E. Lee. It is limited to a maximum of three each year. Only four Kentuckians have received this award in the 39 years it has been given.

The SCV's highest award is the Jefferson Davis Chalice. Only one is given each year, and to be eligible a member must have already received the Robert E. Lee award. Until now, only one Kentuckian (Frank Rankin in 1993) had received the Davis Chalice. Now there are two. 

Congratulations to Camp 100's own Burl McCoy, who has served as the SCV's JAG-in-Chief for 10 years! Those years included the coup and many other trying times. It is an honor well deserved!

Burl asked me not to tell anyone, but I told him that I wasn't going to keep this quiet!

Camp 100 Member Sam Hood to Appear on C-Span

Sam Hood's superb talk on evidence, some recently uncovered some that has been around for a while but seemed to escape the noted historians, which clarifies and even debunks many of the myths and controversies surrounding Gen. John Bell Hood is going to be aired on C-Span 3 July 26th at 6 p.m. and again at 10:00 p.m. EDT. Here is a link to a preview clip: http://series.c-span.org/History/Events/The-Civil-War-Confederate-Gen-John-Bell-Hood/10737444399/

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Camp 100 Now has a You Tube Channel

You Tube is a juggernaut which cannot be ignored; in many ways much more effective at reaching people than Facebook, Twitter and such. Our camp now has a You Tube channel. Our first channel posting is of Kent Masterson Brown's fascinating talk on the specifics of the first Confederate Battle Flag. You can see part 1 (it's posted in two parts) at http://youtu.be/r5cbhEEVEHs