Wilcox County True Blue Flag Returns Home
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James Drury Flowers Civil War
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Elkanah Burson's Speech on Memorial
day
First Alabama Muster Roll
The Confederate Soldiers with Houston
County ties
Wilcox True Blue Flag Returns home
Wilcox True Blues
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| The Knife carried by Benjamin Franklin Hardy of the Wilcox True Blues | Talbot home at Canton Bend, Wilcox County | Wilcox County Historical Society Group gathered to welcome flag home | Archivist Ed Shirley speaking on the flag | |
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| Bradley Turley with the Flag | Bob, Garland and Don Donald with Flag | Doug and Judi Talbot owners of the home in which the flag was made at Canton Bend.with a picture of the home | Restored Flag | |
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he Wilcox Historical Society met Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the Canton Bend home known as “River Bluff House”. This home is currently owned by Judi and Doug Talbot of New Orleans, and has been featured in several Pilgrimages. The Talbots graciously agreed to host this late afternoon meeting which started at 2:00 P.M. This meeting was jointly hosted by the Wilcox Historical Society and the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Bob Bradley, Flag Curator of the State of Alabama Department of Archives and History accompanied the “Wilcox True Blues” flag which was sewn on this very property in early 1861. The flag underwent several years of restoration in Maryland, and was returned to the Archives in 2007. This was the first time it has “come home” to Wilcox County since its return from Michigan in 1921. Following Mr. Bradley’s presentation on the restoration effort, refreshments were served. This no-charge event welcomed members and prospective members.