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  United Daughters of the Confederacy - South Carolina Division
The UDC is a historical, educational, benevolent, patriotic and memorial organization.
I am a daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a daughter of the Confederacy.
I am a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy because I feel it would please my ancestor to know that I appreciate what he did and delight his soldier love to know that I do not consider the cause which he held so dear to be lost or forgotten.
www.scudc.org   (535 words)

  
  United Daughters of the Confederacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is a sororal association dedicated to honoring the memory of those who served and died in service to the Confederate States of America (CSA).
UDC began as the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy, organized in 1894 by Caroline Meriwether Goodlett and Anna Davenport Raines.
He further said that the UDC and their equivalent for male descendants, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, have "white supremacy" as their "thinly veiled agendas." The incident outraged members of the UDC and the SCV, who accused McPherson of using a slur against them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy   (530 words)

  
 United Daughters of the Confederacy Home Page
The United Daughters of the Confederacy placed memorials to General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in 1957.
At the beginning of World War I, the President General of the UDC wrote to President Woodrow Wilson and offered the loyal support of the 100,000 United Daughters of the Confederacy in whatever capacity their services would be needed.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy honors men and women of Confederate descent who have served their country in time of war by bestowing a variety of military service awards.
hqudc.org /objectives   (1222 words)

  
 UDC Info
United Daughters of the Confederacy is the outgrowth of many local memorial, monument and Confederate Home Associations and auxiliaries to Camps of Confederate Veterans which were organized after the War Between the States.
The National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy was organized in Nashville, Tennessee, September 10, 1894, by Mrs.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on July 18, 1919.
www.knoxvillecmh.org /udc_info.htm   (497 words)

  
 udcpamlico43
The United Daughters of the Confederacy is an organization which developed from local memorial, monument, and Confederate Home Associations to Camps of Confederate Veterans which were organized after the War for Southern Independence.
The Pamlico Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was chartered on April 6, 1896.
The Pamlico Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is the
udcpamlico43.homestead.com /index~ie4.html   (467 words)

  
 Dixie's Daughters The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confed-Karen L. Cox- A new book from ...
The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confed
The Daughters, as UDC members were popularly known, were literally daughters of the Confederate generation.
UDC members aspired to transform military defeat into a political and cultural victory, in which states' rights and white supremacy remained intact.
www.upf.com /Spring2003/Cox.htm   (319 words)

  
 UDC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The group of Southern women, united by the desire "to instruct and instill into the descendents of the people of the South a proper repect for and pride in the glorious war history," sought to memoiralize both the Confederacy's military heroes and the women involved in the Confederate cause.
The Daughters hoped that by constructing grand memorials they could "tell of the glorious fight against the greatest odds a nation ever faced, that their hallowed memory should never die." As a part of their nationwide program, the Daughters led the movement to establish a monument at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The carving initiated by Gutzon Borglum bore the direct stamp of the UDC and was a clear manifestation of their single-minded goal to preserve and glorify the Confederate tradtion.
xroads.virginia.edu /~UG97/stone/udc.html   (504 words)

  
 Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was conceived in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.).
On May 24, 1941, at the instigation of the U.D.C., a monument marking the northwestern terminus of the Jefferson Davis National Highway was unveiled near the Peace Arch at Blaine, Washington.
There are over 250 named routes in the United States which have been sponsored by more than a hundred organizations of one kind or another and as they all have been unofficial in nature, that is, not recognized by the Government, it has not been felt necessary to secure detailed information regarding all of them.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/jdavis.htm   (2413 words)

  
 United Daughters of the Confederacy Home Page
The United Daughters of the Confederacy placed memorials to General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in 1957.
At the beginning of World War I, the President General of the UDC wrote to President Woodrow Wilson and offered the loyal support of the 100,000 United Daughters of the Confederacy in whatever capacity their services would be needed.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy honors men and women of Confederate descent who have served their country in time of war by bestowing a variety of military service awards.
www.hqudc.org /objectives   (1228 words)

  
 Insight on the News: 100 years after its founding, the UDC is going strong - United Daughters of the Confederacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
One of the largest of these organizations is the 25,000-member United Daughters of the Confederacy, which in October celebrated its 100th anniversary in Richmond - the capital of the Confederacy.
Originally, there were three large women's groups: The Daughters of the Confederacy in Missouri, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers, Home in Tennessee and the Savannah Auxiliary to the Confederate Veterans in Georgia.
The UDC has been called the monument-builder of the South: Nearly every court-house lawn in the South boasts a memorial erected by the organization - those that grace Arlington Cemetery and Richmond are of particular interest.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n49_v10/ai_15981020   (788 words)

  
 UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY: CHAPTER #1181, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The United Daughters of the Confederacy is the outgrowth of many local memorial, monument and Home Associations, which were organized after the War Between the States.
United Daughters of the Confederacy is, because of its connection with the previous organizations, the oldest patriotic organization in our country.
The emblem of the UDC is the five-pointed star with a cotton boll superimposed.
hometown.aol.com /khriscj33/page   (266 words)

  
 The Southern Independence Party Of Texas
The SIP correctly views the united States as the foreign power occupying the Confederate States of America by force.
Furthermore, the Constitution of the Confederacy, which is mostly a copy of the U.S. Constitution with the Bill of Rights included within the body of the document was legally ratified and has never been suspended nor rejected).
These fake State governments then applied for re-entry into the united States and their Statehood status was granted by Washington, of course, but with harsh reconstruction provisions allowing economic plunder of the southland which is still happening in more subtle ways today.
www.sipoftexas.org /patriotism.php   (1170 words)

  
 Confederacy - Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Confederacy - Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederacy of shamans The GOP policymakers who have intervened in the Schiavo case pose As in some tribal cultures, a confederacy of shamans -- Bush,
Wendat Confederacy ___This is the text of the document which formed the Wendat Confederacy.
pagesfind.com /psfd/confederacy.html   (422 words)

  
 Joanna Waddill UDC
Joanna Waddill Chapter No. 294, Louisiana Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy ® was organized on 8 April 1899, the first Chapter in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Objectives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy ® are
UDC and United Daughters of the Confederacy are Registered Trademarks and are used with permission throughout these pages.
millennium.fortunecity.com /blyton/772/UDC/jw.htm   (288 words)

  
 The Anniston Star - The Confederate Dames United Daughters of the Confederacy met recently
The Confederate Dames United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 1786 met Jan. 21 at Classic on Noble in Anniston with 16 present.
Appreciation was expressed to member Betty Carlan who represented the Chapter at the Alabama Division UDC Winter Board Meeting, Jan. 18 at the Montgomery Country Club.
Confederacy required six million bushels of salt a year, and when the Union blockade shut off the usual sources of supply, salt production in the South became a necessity.
www.annistonstar.com /community/2003/as-nycu-0226-0-3b26c3038.htm   (381 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
The United Daughters of the Confederacy developed from local aid societies that operated throughout the South during the Civil War.
The three state groups united on September 10, 1894, into a single society with one name, one purpose, and one insignia for all women's organizations of the South with the purpose of honoring and serving the men and women of the Confederacy.
An auxiliary organization known as the Children of the Confederacy is sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/UU/vsu1.html   (791 words)

  
 The United Daughters of the Confederacy » Tour Period Rooms » The Period Rooms » Exhibits » Old ...
Despite the fact that most of state agencies which remained at the State House were to follow within a year, preservationists were unable to persuade the General Assembly to bring up the question of the landmark's fate.
The gallery of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is set up as a parlor of the 1860s.
On the secretary is a letter opener said to be made from wood taken from the staircase of the Confederate Capitol in Richmond.
www.oldstatehouse.com /exhibits/permanent/period-rooms/tour-period-rooms/united-daughters-confederacy.asp   (637 words)

  
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"It is my earnest prayer that it (United Daughters of the Confederacy) may continue to be the crowning glory of Southern womanhood to revere the memory of those heroes in gray and to honor that unswerving devotion to principle which has made the Confederate Soldier the most majestic figure in the pages of history."
All material not specifically stated to be in the public domain or to be the work of others © 2001 Tennessee Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The official UDC insignia is a registered trademark of the
www.geocities.com /tnudc   (143 words)

  
 United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Mattie T. Wright Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy UDC Mattie T. Wright Chapter
MATTIE T. The objectives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are historical, educational, benevolent memorial, and patriotic;
She was among the first to become a member
www.nefla.com /udc   (459 words)

  
 The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Fayette, Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Fayette, Alabama
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), is an organization made up of ladies who have an ancestor who either fought in the War Between the States or served in the Confederacy in some capacity during the war.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy(UDC) placed Memorials to General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. in 1957.
www.fayette.net /chamber/udconf.htm   (297 words)

  
 United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
There will be a meeting at the Library rooms at the Courthouse, Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock, to organize a chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The wives, daughters, sisters and other relatives of Confederate soldiers are urged to meet on that occasion with Mrs.
The Fredericksburg Chapter is proud of its history and the contributions the chapter had made both to the Virginia Division, United Daughter of the Confederacy and the General Organization.
users.rcn.com /johnonline/UDC163/UDCHisty.htm   (207 words)

  
 Market Hall Renovation
The Charleston United Daughters of the Confederacy Museum
Charleston's Historic Market Hall (See 1865 Photograph) functioned as the home of the United Daughters of the Confederacy's (U.D.C.'s) Museum from 1890's until 1989 when damage from Hurricane Hugo extensively damaged the building, forcing the museum to relocate to temporary headquarters at 34 Pitt Street in Charleston.
The U.D.C. museum is open in temporary Quarters at 34 Pitt.
www.awod.com /gallery/probono/cwchas/marketh.html   (650 words)

  
 Cleburne News - New United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter formed
The Major General Patrick R. Cleburne Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is the newest UDC chapter in Alabama.
Prior to organizing this chapter, she was a UDC member in Calhoun County and also was organizing president of a UDC Chapter in Oxford in 2000.
The southern part of Cleburne County was the northern portion of Randolph County during the War Between the States and the ancestors of several members of the new UDC Chapter served from that area.
www.cleburnenews.com /news/2003/cn-local-0731-wruple-3g31j0815.htm   (604 words)

  
 WHMC-Columbia--United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, Records, N.D. (C3188)--INVENTORY
WHMC-Columbia--United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, Records, N.D. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, Records, n.d.
Records of Missouri Confederate veterans, compiled for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, by local chapters.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, evolved in 1890 from the support of Missouri women for the Ex-Confederate Association of Missouri in their efforts to build and furnish a home near Higginsville for disabled Missouri Confederate veterans.
www.umsystem.edu /whmc/invent/3188.html   (885 words)

  
 Elizabeth Bate Williams 1911 United Daughters of the Confederacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Elizabeth Bate Williams 1911 United Daughters of the Confederacy
The Elizabeth Bate Williams Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was founded in 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee.
The name "United Daughters of the Confederacy" is a registered trademark of the General Organization and may not be used outside the Organization without the express written consent of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
home.earthlink.net /~ebwilliams1911   (270 words)

  
 United Daughters of the Confederacy California Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After a stint in the Army Nurse Corps, she moved to California where she became active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the San Francisco Civil War Round Table.
In the United Daughters of the Confederacy, she honors her three great grandfathers who fought for Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana.
She has held numerous offices in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, both at the State and General level since 1969.
www.vom.com /zino/mmf.htm   (145 words)

  
 Ann White Chapter No. 123
On the 11th day of March 1897 a chapter of The United Daughters of The Confederacy was organized in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to be known as the Ann White Chapter No.123.
May we as Daughters of the Confederacy take the best from the past and apply it to present and future so that we may meet the problems of today with the same faith, courage, and idealism which characterized our ancestors, and that we may be true to our heritage.
To the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Ann White Chapter pledges anew its unfailing devotion and loyal support.
web.cetlink.net /~bmassey/annwhite.htm   (401 words)

  
 LISNews.org | A Different United Daughters of the Confederacy Member
Cortez writes "In Southern public libraries the UDC is a very vocal and important means of support for genealogy and local history programs.
"But in Odom's case, she is held in highest esteem because she is a living, or ''real,'' daughter of the Confederacy, one of only a handful still alive in Tennessee.
Her father, Peter Vertrees, served with the 6th Kentucky Infantry from 1861 to 1865, where he witnessed the ravages of war at Shiloh and Vicksburg, among other engagements.
www.lisnews.com /articles/05/01/09/1321201.shtml?tid=30   (167 words)

  
 udc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
L.H. Raines of Georgia as Co-Founder.  The United Daughters of the Confederacy
Members of the Ohio Division, WV Division and the Children of the Confederacy in Washington D.C. In celebration of the anniversary of  the birthday of  President Jefferson Davis.
District of Columbia, to commemorate the 197th birth anniversary of Jefferson Davis, and the 91st anniversary of the dedication of the Arlington Confederate Monument, which was presented to the nation in 1914 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  Mrs.
ohiocofc.homestead.com /udc.html   (472 words)

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