SCV Camp 458 4th of July Parade Float a great success!

Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 458 in the Pacific Northwest showed their Southern pride at a 2016 Fourth of July parade with a float of their own. The camp built the float on a 20-foot trailer and decorated it with banners and flags, while a member walked alongside handing out flyers about the SCV. By every account, it was a big success.

Celebrating the Fourth

Some people are surprised to see Confederate descendants marching in a Fourth of July parade, but it makes perfect sense. Southerners have always been proud Americans. Many of the Founding Fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were Southerners. Confederate soldiers saw themselves as defending the same principles of self-government that the patriots of 1776 fought for. Their descendants have served in every American war since, and many SCV members are military veterans themselves.

Confederate Veterans in the West

After the war, thousands of Confederate veterans moved west, looking for a fresh start. Many settled in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, where they farmed, logged, mined and raised families. Their graves can be found in cemeteries across the Pacific Northwest. SCV camps in the region work to find and mark these graves and keep the memory of these men alive, thousands of miles from where they fought.

Getting Involved

The Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to any male descendant of a man who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Members take part in memorial services, grave marking, reenactments, parades and educational events. Women can join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Parade floats like Camp 458’s are a fun way to introduce the community to the history these groups work to preserve.

Read more about how the South remembers its soldiers in How the South Remembers the War, and find flags for your next parade float in our Confederate flag collection.

Source: SCV Pacific Northwest: SCV Camp 458 4th of July Parade Float a great success!

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