April 25, 2026 Spring Adopt a Highway Pick up Completed
Today our camp completed our spring Adopt a Highway pick up along the Rt 301/Peaks Rd corridor. We believe in preserving and keeping our Hanover community beautiful!
April 24, 2026 Yellow Tavern Site Maintenance
Today we were at Historic Yellow Tavern doing some site maintenance. This is ongoing work we do to keep the area looking nice.
April 21, 2026 VA Division Convention Guest Speaker Meet Up
Over the weekend we enjoyed meeting and talking with the VA Division convention guest speaker Michael C. Hardy. He gave us a great talk on the important role the Confederate food supply had during the War. Bought three of his books including ‘The Battle of Hanover Courthouse’.
April 18, 2026 Outstanding Camp Award to Hanover Dragoons SCV Camp 827
Today we received another Outstanding Camp Award ribbon for our camp flag.
March 28, 2026 Living History Event in Windsor, VA
People take notice when our guys show up with the cannon. This was at the Living History event at Carraway Homestead 43 E. Windsor Blvd. (I 460) on 3/28-29/2026.
March 28, 2026 Oakwood Cemetery Headstone Project Completed
Last year our camp started a project of installing upright headstones for ALL Hanover County soldiers buried in previously unmarked graves at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. The project is now complete with last two being installed yesterday. These young men lived and worked among our ancestors here in Hanover. They deserve to be remembered with a proper headstone and their stories told. Thank you to Brig General W. C. Wickham Camp 2250 for their funding assistance.
March 25, 2026 New April is Confederate History and Heritage Month Billboard
This year our camp with assistance from the Virginia Division purchased a “April is Confederate History and Heritage Month” billboard on Rt 1 (near the Ashland Mill). It is now up. Our billboard contains a photo of Hanover native Brig General W.C. Wickham.
Hanover County is very rich in Civil War history. Several famous generals and many important battles were fought here on our soil. Beaverdam, North Anna, Hanover Courthouse, Cold Harbor, Gaines Mill, and Mechanicsville just to name a few. We hope our billboard encourages county citizens to explore their LOCAL Hanover Civil War history, research the county’s people, and the prevailing sentiment that existed here during the period.
March 7, 2026 Confederate Flag Day/Headstone Dedications/Oakwood Cemetery
Our camp participated in the SCV Virginia Division’s Confederate Flag Day Event at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond. 93 headstones (since last year) and the new Texas Monument were dedicated. Past Texas Division Commander Michael Hurley and his wife Tami came here from Texas. They told us the story of the Texans buried here and placed Texas soil and a yellow rose along the base of the obelisk. The weather was great and it was a very nice event. Attached are a few pics. Had to include one of Howie, our camp photographer. He was born in San Antonio, TX.
March 6, 2026 Oakwood Cemetery New headstone installations
Today we were at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond assisting the SCV VA Division’s Oakwood Committee. Our camp has members on this committee that installs headstones for Confederate soldiers laying in unmarked graves. Here are some pics of a few headstones we installed today.
February 18, 2026 Camp Meeting/New member Induction
Last night we had a packed meeting room, a great guest speaker and we inducted a new member.
February 14, 2026 Stuart graveside birthday ceremony
Today we were at the General JEB Stuart gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery attending a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of his February birthday. This annual event is put on by JEB Stuart Camp 1343. Today’s guest speaker was Tom Perry of JEB Stuart Preservation, Inc.
We presented our camp wreath as part of the ceremony. Other camps presenting wreaths today along side us include General James Longstreet Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans, Clinton Hatcher Camp 21, and Robert E Lee Camp 1589.
February 3, 2026 New Immortal 600 headstone installed
Thanks to the efforts of two of our compatriots two new headstones for Clinton and Emmett Depriest are now up in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Emmett is one of the Immortal 600.
January 23, 2026 Annual Banquet
We had our Annual Banquet last night. The guest speaker was Sam Winkler portraying CSA President Jefferson Davis. Sam did an excellent presentation and even participated with us during the swearing-in ceremony of our newly elected officers. It was a wonderful night and everyone had a great time.
January 17, 2026 Lee Jackson Park Brick Laying Ceremony
Yesterday we traveled to Fairfield VA to dedicate and place our memorial brick at the Lee Jackson Park flag plaza. Since we were near Lexington, we took time to visit Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s gravesite.
