November 2005: We collected donations to help replace 800 Confederate Flags used to mark Confederate
graves at Beauvoir. The flags were destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
December 2005: We purchased gifts and wrapped them for the children in the Hope House in Fredericksburg and Social Services
children.
January 2006: We attended the Lee-Jackson-Maury Memorial hosted by the Culpeper Chapter UDC
February 2006: Our Chapter was re Chartered and we helped with cleaning a family cemetery where four Confederate brothers
were buried. A gravemarking a dedication event is planned for them.
March 2006: We attended the UDC 5th District Conference and began our fundraising with a raffle of a needlepoint of the
Flags. Congratulations to Mrs. Hosier or the Annie Coleman UDC in Florida who won it in November 2006.
April 2006: We participated in Park Day hosted by CWPT and the History Channel by planting trees at Lick Run at Chancellorsville.
May 2006: We assisted with the luminaria project at the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery and attended the memorial
service held on Memorial Day. We also attended a dedication ceremony hosted by the Stover Camp UDC.
June 2006: We attended CofC Division Convention in Staunton, VA where Jacob Miller was elected VA Division Historian
for 2006-2007 and Mackie Storage was elected to the Nominating Committee.
July 2006: We attended CofC General Convention in Charleston, SC.
August 2006: We held a gravemarking ceremony and dedication for five Confederate soldiers in Nelson County with the help
of the Fredericksburg UDC and Albemarle UDC
September 2006:New officers were sworn in and we planned projects for 2007
October 2006: We adopted seven veterans at a local nursing home and will bring them cards and gifts throughout the year.
We cleaned a family cemetery for a member of the Fredericksburg UDC.
November 2006: We presented cards to the Veterans. Donated $100 to the Civil War Preservation Trust to save Slaughter
Pen Farm in Fredericksburg and began working on our Christmas project.
December 2006: We visited our Veterans and gave them Christmas cards and cookies. We attended a play at a local church,
"A Civil War Christmas- Fredericksburg 1862"
January 2007: We presented almost $800 worth of products and gift certificates and cash to the Fisher House in Portsmouth,
VA. This is a home where families of wounded veterans can stay and be close to them while they are hospitalized. We also Paged
at the Lee-Jackson-Maury Commemoration hosted by the Fredericksburg UDC
February 2007: We made Valentine Cards and presented them to Veterans at local nursing homes.We donated 3 handmade blankets
to Project Linus to benifit children hospitalized long term.
March 2007: We visited the historic Warehouse on Sophia St in Fredericksburg and dug artifacts from the basement area.
We attended a gravemarking ceremony in Smyrna, VA
Volume I, Issue I of our first newsletter "The Dixie" was released!!!
April 2007: We marched in the Heritage Day Parade through the streets of downtown Richmond and attended an
event at Hollywood Cemetery honoring the 200th birthday of Robert E. Lee
May 2007: On Memorial Day, we layed a wreath in honor of those who lost their lives fighting for the freedoms they believed
in. We made cards and sent them to service men and women in Iraq.
June 2007: Attended Division Convention in Lexington, VA where we also visited Lee Chapel, the home of Stonewall Jackson,
the grave of the Jacksons, VMI and won lots of awards for our work throughout the year.
July 2007: Attended General Convention in Columbus, GA.
