Virginia War Memorial

Virginia War Memorial

Presentation of our camp wreath at the ceremony on Veteran\\\'s Day at the Virginia War Memorial. more >>

Wreaths Across America

Wreaths Across America

Memorial service presented by our camp in conjunction with the Wreaths Across America program at Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond Virginia. Our color guard presented the colors at the event. more >>

Mattie Clyburn Rice Memorial Dedication

Mattie Clyburn Rice Memorial Dedication

For those of you who were not able to attend - video of the service is available by clicking on this photo. more >>

Adopt-A-Highway

Adopt-A-Highway

Compatriots gathered early on a Saturday morning to clean up our designated section of highway. more >>

Sally Tompkins Birthday Outing

Sally Tompkins Birthday Outing

The Captain Sally L Tompkins Order of the Confederate Rose Chapter 2 and compatriots from the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp #3000 traveled to the burial site of Capt. Sally L Tompkins. more >>

Mechanicsville Christmas Parade

Mechanicsville Christmas Parade

The Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters and Color Guard participated in the 2014 Mechanicsville Christmas Parade. more >>

 

Supporting Our OCR Chapter

September 27, 2016   Uncategorized

The Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters sponsors the Captain Sally L Tompkins Chapter 2 OCR. Out ladies have put together a calendar of the “Men of the OCR” as a fund-raiser for their ongoing Tombstone Project. Learn more about their project by clicking on the image below.
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September Newsletter 2016

September 27, 2016   Uncategorized

The September edition of The First Shot is now available. Download your copy now!.

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Katherine Mason Rowland Marker Dedication

September 2, 2016   Uncategorized

Color Guard –

We are providing the Colors for the below mentioned ceremony:

Katherine Mason Rowland Marker Dedication, Sunday September 11 at 2 PM.  Please be there by 1:30 at the latest.

Location: Loudon Park Cemetery

3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229

There will be directional signage posted at the cemetery.

Some background information on her:

Katherine nursed at hospitals during the War in Virginia.

When the United Daughters of the Confederacy was born, Katherine helped form many Chapters in Virginia and Maryland.  It was Katherine’s work that helped form the Virginia Division and was elected Division Historian for 1895.  She was elected Corresponding Secretary General in 1896.  She also served as Vice President for the Board of Managers in Maryland.  She was a noted author on her ancestors George Mason and editing the first edition of Minor’s “The Real Lincoln”.  She was an unreconstructed Confederate lady.

This cemetery is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the South with statuary that is outstanding.

Many dignitaries from UDC General, Division, and Chapter levels will be attending.  There will also be another Color Guard, The Harry Gilmor Camp of Baltimore, representing Maryland at this event.  All are welcome at this event.

I need to know who is coming so that all needed equipment and flags are there.

Joe

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August 2016 Newsletter

September 2, 2016   Uncategorized

The August edition of The First Shot is now available! Download your copy here!

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September Meeting 2016

September 2, 2016   Uncategorized
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is a very important document and announcement!  Do not lose this Very Special and Personal Invitation to attend the next Fire Eaters meeting on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm. at Anna’s Italian Restaurant on Mechanicsville Turnpike across from Lee Davis High School.
If you are unable to produce this Invitation at the door, the Sergeant At Arms may scrutinize your SCV membership card, or your UDC card, or your OCR card, or your ANV Mechanized Cavalry card or your VA Flaggers card before allowing you to enter this Very Special Event.  So keep this Invitation in your possession at all times.  This Invitation will allow you, your family members, your friends, your visitors, your guests and anyone you happen to pick up by the side of the road on your way to the meeting, to enter our hallowed hall to participate fully in all of our ceremonies.
If you have heard of the ridiculous and outrageous local, state and national media reporting of our last meeting, please do not be afraid to attend the September 7 Fire Eaters meeting.  Everyone knows how the media gets everything wrong, exaggerates everything, and produces sensational headlines and news stories to gain attention.  The local, state and national media have been absolutely out of control in attempting to besmirch the reputation of the Fire Eaters and one table at our meeting in particular.  I am here to officially announce to you that there is absolutely no truth to the vicious rumor appearing nationwide in the media that a certain boisterous table at our last meeting (EVERYONE KNOWS WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT!) was ejected by force from the meeting room, including the table, chairs, meals, drinks, silverware, condiments and napkins, and that all participants at the involved table were required to sit and remain outside in the parking lot for the duration of the meeting due to their loud laughter and festive atmosphere surrounding the table and adjacent areas.  This is untrue, and absolutely did not happen in any way shape or form!!  However, you never can tell what will happen at the upcoming meeting.  Frivolity and festive behavior, including loud laughter, are hallmarks of a successful Fire Eaters meeting.  So do not be afraid to attend, because you will really be missing out on something special and important.  Folks who laugh long and loud live longer than those who sit around frowning and displaying a gloomy attitude.  It is a scientific fact!
To insure that this type of scandalous reporting by the media is not repeated, our Judge Advocate has been instructed to file a vigorous protest and to issue a firm warning to the local, state and national media to refrain from such activity in the future.
 
You are special and you are invited to attend our next meeting.  Here is what you need to know:
 
What:  September Fire Eaters Camp #3000 meeting.
 
When:  Wednesday, September 7, 20016 at 6:00 p.m. for dinner, and 7:00 p.m. for the formal meeting.
 
Where:  Anna’s Italian Restaurant, Mechanicsville Turnpike, Mechanicsville, VA, across from Lee Davis High School.
 
Speaker:  Byron Brady, speaking on the escape route of John Wilkes Booth.
 
This is an important meeting, and we need everyone to attend.  Please plan to be there.
Our Camp Commander has promised fireworks, so let’s get there to fill the room and enjoy a fantastic Southern down home get together, and have some fun.  The  Governor is out of town, so we won’t disturb him for a change.
See you there this coming Wednesday.
Joe Howard
1st Lt. Commander
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Division Newsletter – August

July 30, 2016   Uncategorized

The August 2016 issue of the Old Dominion Voice, edited by Travis Toombs, has been posted on the Virginia
Division Website.

This issue is very informative in contains information concerning the reunion and other happenings that membership may find interesting.

Old Dominion Voice

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July 2016 Newsletter

July 28, 2016   Uncategorized

ERFE_Volume3_Issue27_webThe July edition of the First Shot is now available.

Download your copy now!

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2016 Camp Survey

July 28, 2016   Uncategorized

We are a member camp and we want to make it the best one possible for everyone and keep the camp moving forward and growing. We will be utilizing this information to help when selecting speakers/programs and in helping our individual compatriots enjoy the SCV experience.

2016 Camp Survey

Thank you for taking the time to respond to our first camp survey.

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Secret Meeting Reminder

July 28, 2016   Uncategorized
Compatriots, Friends, Associates, Ladies, Guests and Prospective Members:
ORDER IN THE COURT!!  ORDER IN THE COURT!!  ORDER IN THE COURT!!
 
HERE COME DE JUDGE; HERE COME DE JUDGE; HERE COME DE JUDGE; ORDER IN THE COURT!!
Actually, as far as I know, there will be no judges attending our next Fire Eaters meeting on August 3, 2016.  I plan to check with the Judge Advocate to see if it is even legal for judges to attend Fire Eaters meetings!!!!!  (Based on some recent court decisions, well, you know!)
DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION YET????!!!
If you fail to get your buns down to the August 3, 2016 Fire Eaters Meeting at Anna’s Italian Restaurant you will miss out on all of the festivities, frivolity, fun, camaraderie, hoot’in, holler’in, laughter and food of the renowned Fire Eaters Fellowship and Dinner hour.  Rumor has it that our Fun Bunch (you know who you are) was so loud and boisterous last month that the Governor had his State Dinner totally ruined all the way downtown in the Governor’s Mansion!!!  You have got to be a part of this wild event coming up next Wednesday right up Mechanicsville Turnpike, across from Lee Davis High School. During that pre-meeting hour we do not have Order in the Court, we are proud to have DISORDER IN THE ROOM!!!  You have got to get in on this stuff.  Come on down and join in the fun.
Seriously, the Fire Eaters have a great time together because we enjoy each other’s company.  Additionally we have educational speakers making presentations about aspects of Southern history during and around the time of the War for Southern Independence.  We need to know the true history of the South and the Cause to be able to counter the PC stories that are taught in schools.  Our keynote speaker on August 3 will be Bert Dunkerly, of the National Park Service, talking about the battles and NPS battlefield parks around the Richmond area.
The members of our Camp are dedicated Sons of Confederate Veterans.  We are fortunate to have tremendous support from the OCR members, the ANV Mechanized Cavalry and the Virginia Flaggers.
You really are missing out on something important and special when you do not attend our Camp meetings.  We need your participation and ideas to help us grow and continue the work needed to support the Cause, fly the Flag and and defeat those who want to tear down everything and anything Southern.
COME ON DOWN.  WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.  YOU NEED TO HAVE FUN JOINING OR JUST LISTENING TO THE FIRE EATERS’ FUN BUNCH!!!
BE THERE AUGUST 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., which is when the fun starts.  (The food is good too!)
I look forward to seeing you all then.
Joe Howard
1st Lt. Comander
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July Meeting!

July 3, 2016   Uncategorized
Hey Y’all:
“It’s Summer Time and the Living is Easy!!”  Or as we used to sing when I was a little boy:  “It’s Supper Time and the Liver is Greasy!!!”
It is July already, 2017 is half over and it is time for Fire Eaters, Friends, Associates and OCR Members to gather to break bread together.
Are you bored?  Are you craving excitement?  Are you searching for adventure?  Do you feel there is something missing is your life these days of Summer?  
 
Hey, have I got the solution for you!!!!!  O Yeah!!
GET YOUR BAD SELF DOWN TO ANNA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. FOR DINNER, LAUGHTER, EXCITEMENT, ADVENTURE IN SOCIALIZING WITH OUR WILDEST MEMBERS, AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.  AND THAT’S BEFORE THE MEETING OFFICIALLY STARTS!!!!!!
Support your Camp, and your ancestors by attending the July 6 Fire Eaters Camp Meeting.  Our keynote speaker will be Will Glasco, who will speak on the Richmond Blues and the Battle of Roanoke Island.
It is well known fact of life, documented by numerous officially sanctioned scientific studies, that those who attend Fire Eaters Camp Meetings have more fun that the Government’s Recommended Daily Allowance!!!!  You know you want to be a part of that!!!!
So Come on Down and Enjoy Yourself.  Bring your family as well.
We have about 60 members in our Camp.  I look forward to seeing every one of you there to fill the meeting room, wave the FLAG, and demonstrate that SCV members are here to stay.
Take care.
Joe Howard
1st Lt. Commander
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We Need You!

May 18, 2016   Uncategorized

We NEED your help. We will be taking the flags up at Oakwood Cemetery, at 11:00 am tomorrow (May 19, 2016).

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April Newsletter

April 28, 2016   Uncategorized

ERFE_Volume3_Issue24_Page_1Hot off the presses the April 2016 edition of The First Shot is now available for download.

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Adopt A Highway Clean Up

March 16, 2016   Uncategorized

REMINDER!! – Adopt a Highway Cleanup
THIS SATURDAY

Meet at the Valero on Cold Harbor Road this Saturday at 9:00 am.
Bring your work gloves and join us in cleaning up our adopted highway.

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February 2016 Newsletter

February 29, 2016   Uncategorized

ERFE_Volume3_Issue22_Page_1The new edition of The First Shot is now available.

Download your copy now!

ERFE_Volume3_Issue22

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February Meeting

January 29, 2016   Uncategorized
Hey Everyone:
Now that we have had some melting of the ice and snow, and hopefully have dug out from the Blizzard of 2016,
we all must have cabin fever, and must be ready for a fantastic February meeting of the Fire Eaters!!!!
Next  week is February if you can believe it!
The Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters will meet this coming Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Anna’s Italian Restaurant, 7009 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Mechanicsville, VA, in the shopping center across from Lee Davis High School. 
Join us at 6:00 p.m. for good food and good fellowship.  Or come for the formal meeting at 7:00 p.m.
This month our speaker really will be Sherry Graves, and she has an entertaining presentation prepared for us.
Let’s pack the meeting to also hear the accounts about the successes at Lexington for the Lee Jackson services and parade, from those camp members who were able to attend those important events.
See y’all next Wednesday, February 3.   BE THERE!!!!
Respectfully,
Joe Howard
1st Lt. Commander
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