[PLMerite]

“Sons of the Confederacy”

It’s Sons of Confederate Veterans (of which I used to be a member) that does the license plates. “Sons of the Confederacy” is a different outfit, and IIRC, Klan-ish.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thank you very much for the correction. I meant Sons of Confederate Veterans, and not the other. I am not a member, although I qualify - one of my 2-greats grandfathers, John R. Brison, was a corporal in the 1st Virginia Light Artillery. The man who became his father-in-law was Cpl William Murphy, Battery "C" 5th U.S. Artillery, who was wounded by shrapnel at the Clump of Trees, Gettysburg, 3 July 1863.

I have been researching my family history for almost 40 years. When I come to the passenger lists, most of my immigrant ancestors came over in steerage - iow "coffin ships."

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."