From time to time, we are called upon to do our civic duty, to take part in those institutions that make our home a civil place to live. Although, in recent decades, the structure that has kept our society cohesive for nearly 400 years has deteriorated. Apart from the unpleasantries thrust upon us by that ape of a man, whose name I shall not mention among our honorable readers, our society has been steadfast in maintaining order and decency. Part of that structure has been in the maintenance of honoring our heroes.
In my childhood, we still paid homage to great men from the past, those that had distinguished themselves among us. George Washington’s Birthday was celebrated throughout all the United States as our Founding Father. No one knew what a “Presidents’ Day” was in the South, until I was well into my pre-teen years. Some places even memorialized Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, the author of our first secessionist document. All over the South, we had Lee-Jackson Day celebrations, especially among the old families and institutions of Dixie. And if you were a politician, to miss a Lee-Jackson Day ball would be political suicide, for those events were where kings were made, connections were maintained, and money was raised to fuel the next generation of leaders.
So, my mind predisposed to such celebrations, I was puzzled when a colleague of mine reminded me, when I was scheduling an absence from my obligations, I was doing it on a holiday. “Well, of course, it was a holiday,” said I. “It was Lee-Jackson Day!” At those words, she cringed and rolled her eyes as some kind of involuntarily attempted alert mechanism, seemingly warning me that I had said something awkward, possibly offensive. It took only a split second to catch the hint.
The holiday she was referring to is no holiday to me, nor any true thinking person of any character. So, I doubled down and began to name the actual days that each state had celebrated Lee- Jackson Day. Not once did I utter that disgusting man’s name, that usurper, that anti-Christ, to whom the Christless American Empire now bows down to in idolatrous worship, and unfortunately to their eternal shame, many in the Church. I shall never take part in desecrating this day of remembrance of two of our godliest and most noble heroes, true servants of our people and Our Lord, by mentioning the name of that plagiarist, that apostate, on the same day, nor even in the same breath, and shame on you if you do.
But what would be terrible, my brothers and sisters, if you fail to remember Lee or Jackson at this time, and worse, if you fail to instruct your children of these two pillars of Dixie.
Those of you who will be taking part in celebrating the glorious lives of Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jackson, I tip my hat to you. And if I may, a special thanks to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Virginia Flaggers for your constant faithfulness in memorializing our fallen heroes. May Christ bless both these organizations, and may the years ahead find them more diligent and more problematic to the empire which Lee warned us, and of which we now witness crumbling before us.
Let me finish by sharing two of my favorite quotes by these men.
“Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.”
Robert E. Lee
“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit.”
Stonewall Jackson
Deo Vindice!
Happy Lee-Jackson Day!
Service to God and honor to the South.
Two of the finest Christian men to ever grace this continent with their presence and example. It’s why they’re so offensive to the enemies of all that’s honest and exceptional! Thanks for the timeliness of your post. I’d expect nothing less from Identity Dixie!
The ultimate just–for-fun troll: have a bunch of Southerners show up outside the door where that fat, African (self-described) queen Sheila Jackson Lee enters Congress with signs reading, “Sheila, make Lee-Jackson day a national holiday!” and see how long it takes her to figure out that the crowd is not actually a bunch of adoring fans who just don’t know how to spell her name.
Very good, Sir! Apropos to your post, and extracted from the May, 1908 edition of the Confederate Veteran magazine (Nashville, Tn), by Mrs. Tennie Pinkerton Dozier, historian of her chapter of the U.D.C., to wit:
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I did not know today was Lee- Jackson Day. Now I can look forward to this day with joy instead of dread. Happy Lee Jackson Day everyone.
Great to learn about this wonderful day.Thanks for teaching me about all the great things our South once was.I looked it up and see the scum Northam(fitting name for him) and the Jewess in the House of Delegates removed it as an official holiday.They hate Christ and they hate the White race made in Gods image.We were warned in the Bible that they would treat us this way.How can all the liberal traitor White women justify their own people being destroyed when they would defend some primitive mud people in the Brazilian rain forests and their non-culture.Eve never really died and she takes every chance to stab her man in the back.And of course there are Satan’s own children the Jews to tempt and lead her.But hey lets think happy things and celebrate our heroes Jackson and Lee.I did get a chuckle when someone online mentioned James Earl Ray Day in place on Martin Luther Coon Day.God bless you most excellent Father Dabney.