Confirmation from the City of Richmond obtained under the Freedom of Information Act - The City of Richmond and the International Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans have absolutely no agreement in force and effect with the City of Richmond. The old agreement, which was poorly devised, expired way back in 2010 and was never, ever, renewed. Hence, recently, the Oakwood Restoration Committee has desecrated two of the soldier's graves by placing donated headstones down into the soldiers remains between the soldier's feet and knees. This, in itself was an unspeakable act of desecration. To make matters even worse, the grave marker for the first soldier to be buried at Oakwood in grave number one was misplaced and placed on another soldier's grave in grave # 37. A new agreement needs to be drawn up that will authorize the SCV to only correctly and accurately mark the graves with upright granite Confederate grave markers, period! The false and defective burial list (the Litterest List) needs to be disavowed as false and the accurate list provided by John Kindred, the world's foremost researcher of Oakwood used in conjunction with ground penetrating radar to begin the work at Oakwood. The words, "Capital Improvement" need to be deleted from any such agreement and that responsibility should rightfully fall upon the city of Richmond.
So after All the monies wasted on non-owned Gazebo, Entrance Gate, Wrought-Iron fencing, Lies continue to dominate the order of business being thrust upon the good members in all the Camps in the Virginia Division. Instead of doing the one thing that matters...Up Right Markers on Graves!
