Thanksgiving?

     In the Fall of 1862 after the Great Battles of The Seven Days that saved the Capital from the the Northern Hoarde, citizens back to a "normal" route noticed a horrible sight at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery.

     Many bodies of our sacred dead were lying in the open!  The buzz of the City was to fix this disgrace.  In the end it was due to lack of resources to bury so many Fallen Heroes; so the City made it right.  In the heat of Battle all around them our Fore-Father's thought enough of Their Dead to do the best They could to remedy the situation.  It was Their Brothers, Sons and Fathers lying naked in the Sun.  

     What has happened to us? Where is our outrage?  How can we just blot out of our minds the current disgrace happening in Oakwood Cemetery?

     We have the resources to fix this outrage of dishonoring our Boys buried without markers, but The Oakwood Restoration Committee of The Virginia Division refuses to respond to their charge to place makers, even when 3 are standing ready to be placed, why?  Why during this Thanksgiving Season we still have men refusing to do the right thing with our scared dead?  

Hearing Cricketts at Oakwood Cemetery

Why do we hear nothing from the Virginia Division's Oakwood Restoration Committee? After all the promises that comes out of the Chairman of The Oakwood Restoration Committee, Commander Mike Pullen; the proof is right in front of us. No Action is his response, silence; not even a call or email to acknowledge the THREE Markers ready to be set over the graves of our Soldiers. This is the norm from him. Of course, we have SCV members ready and competent to properly place these markers. So sad these men of The Oakwood Restoration Committtee treat our sacred dead this way....

Answer from Virginia Division SCV to groups trying to get information on Oakwood Cemetery

                                                  Photo @ Chesterfield Flag raising 2013
                                                    Cliff Troutman(1943-2014) Original
                                                    Member of Virginia Flaggers until his
                                                    death. Sergeant Marine Corp.,Combat
                                                    Veteran, Vietnam, SCV Member.
                                               (Apparently, The Resolution included him too.)
                                                       

      After years of trying to get simple answers to Monies spent at Oakwood Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery; this is one of the extremes They went through to silence us:

 RESOLUTION: Adopted Unanimously at the June 14, 2015 Executive Council Meeting of the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans in Williamsburg, Virginia Whereas the Sons of Confederate Veterans is not affiliated with any organization, and Whereas the Constitution of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Article 3.2 regarding Conduct requires that “Members shall at all times conduct themselves as gentlemen so as to bring credit and respect upon the Sons of Confederate Veterans and upon the memory of our Confederate forebears “, and Whereas the Sons of Confederate Veterans is a gentlemen’s organization charged by our forefathers with, among other things, emulating their virtues, and Whereas, except for Jesus Christ himself, the Son of God, no more perfect examples can be found than Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, et al, whose virtues of gentlemanly character and behavior should be emulated, now, therefore, be it Resolved that on this 14th day of June 2015, the Executive Council of the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans does hereby condemn the actions of all other organizations purporting to represent Southern History and the Confederate Soldier, including, but not limited to, the Virginia Flaggers and the Army of Northern Virginia Mechanized Cavalry, which, although they may be well intentioned, nevertheless serve to damage the reputation of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and, indeed, the Confederate Veterans themselves. We, therefore, call on the members of those organizations, especially those who are also members of the SCV, to search their hearts, humble themselves, and cease and desist from all false, negative, petty, rude, damaging, and dishonorable public activities and pronouncements. Tracy Clary, Virginia Division Commander 

***What kind of Leadership is this?