Welcome!

So I'm not so sure about y'all, but it seems like whenever I mention that I'm in the UDC, I get some strange sort of looks.  It seems, to me at least, that many people just don't know about our little organization and what we stand for. 

Mostly we are a group of women that have came together because we have a few very important things in common. 

First of all, we are all the decedents of known Civil War Patriots who fought for the Southern States honorably.  Secondly, we are a group of women who honor our ancestors by completing service projects in and around our community for the betterment of our world and our society. 

As members of this organization you may find us fundraising to preserve local historic sites or monuments.  From time to time you'll see us planting flowers or cleaning up a cemetery.   And some weekends you'll find us volunteering at the Bentonville Battlefield, especially when the site has a special event.  We like to help out at the local veteran's hospital by donating needed goods.  This past year and for the last several years our chapter has given two scholarships to two local high school seniors who have shown an interest in history.

I think it is pretty great that there are organizations like the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  It takes a brave person to stand up and fight for what they believe in, and I for one, am proud to come from such people-- even if all the things our ancestors fought for were not the most savory of causes.  That being said, how grand it is to know that their sacrifice is not going unnoticed 150 years later.

I challenge everyone to take a look back at your history... you never know what you'll find out about your past!

Below are some photos from our April 2010 meeting where we planted flowers at the Bentonville Battlefield Museum.

The Harper House is located on the campus of the  Bentonville Battlefield State Historic State.  The Harper House was built in the mid-1850s by John and Amy Harper.  During the Battle of Bentonville, the Union Forces used this home as a field hospital.  Soldiers from both the North and South were treated throughout the first floor of this Greek Revival Style home while the Harper Family lived on the second floor.

Planting flowers for the Site...