Events Calendar
Confederate Memorial Day, Higginsville, MO
Sat, JUN 01, 2019, 10:00am - 02:00pm
A Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter is arranging the ceremony this year.
Confederate Memorial Day Program:
- 10:00 a.m. Chapel-Joseph Shelby Camp 191 meeting
- 10:30 a.m. Chapel-William Clarke Quantrill meeting
- 11:30 a.m. Chapel-Confederate Home Chapter 203, UDC meeting
- 12:00 p.m. Bring your own lunch. Bottled water and cold drinks for sale
- 12:45 p.m. Line up for parade to the cemetery
Memorial Day Service:
- 1:00 p.m. Parade enters cemetery led by Sam Stanton, Hughes Camp 641, Commander of the
Color Guard, and the Elliott Scouts - 1:05 p.m. Color Guard presents colors, pledges, salute, and charges
- 1:08 p.m. Pledge to the American Flag
- 1:10 p.m. Welcome-Moderator, Paul Lawrence, SCV
- 1:15 p.m. Invocation-Robert Painter, MO Division SCV Chaplain, Joseph Shelby Camp 191
- 1:18 p.m. Recognition of Groups-Paul Lawrence
- 1:20 p.m. Responsive Reading-Cindy Taylor, William Clarke Quantrill Society president
- 1:25 p.m. Why we gather-Paul Lawrence
- 1:30 p.m. Two Stories of Confederate Veterans-Chris Fritsche
- 1:40 p.m. Confederate Memorial Friends Association-Arlene Long
- 1:45 p.m. Missouri Division SCV Comments-Paul Lawrence
- 1:50 p.m. Missouri Division UDC Comments-LaDonna Scott, president
- 1:55 p.m. Recognition of Confederate Ancestors-Handing out flowers by the Children of the
Confederacy led by Gay Nau, president - 2:05 p.m. "Dixie"
- 2:07 p.m. Benediction-Robert Painter
- 2:10 p.m. Retire Colors
Location Confederate Memorial State Historic Site, 211 W. First Street, Higginsville, MO