Of Pride And Dedication

From: Manning, Hiram G CONT DPTMS (PKI) [mailto:greg.manning@us.army.mil]
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:51 AM
To: 'H.K. Edgerton'
Subject: RE: East Tennessee State University

H.K.

You are certainly 'one of a kind'. I know that is incorrect even as I type it because, like T.K., I know that there are many black families with Confederate ancestry of which they are rightfully proud to honor. However, you take your pride to a new level that I find unequaled in most quarters whether black or white. I appreciate your dedication to duty, even in a rainstorm!

You need to send your good news to the SHNV so they can spread the good news.

V/R

Greg

H.G. Manning
Lieutenant Commander
Texas Division

"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision." --Gen. Pat Cleburne, CSA

The Sons Of Confederate Veterans is providing a valuable service to The United States Of America which we dearly love by standing up for our rights because the only rights that are passed down from generation to generation are the rights that good men are willing to struggle to keep.

"To me, the campaign by certain groups to remove all the symbols and memorials to our Southern past amounts to the same thing...a desecration of graves. Every flag or monument that is removed, every plaque taken down, every school or street or bridge that is renamed, is no different from a broken tombstone. It is wanton and hateful violence directed at the dead who can no longer defend themselves.'' -- John Field Pankow