Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans Murfreesboro Camp No. 33 will host the 117th SCV National Reunion beginning Wednesday at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center.The Sons of Confederate Veterans is the oldest Confederate Veterans descendant organization with more than 30,000 members worldwide. Membership is available to any male descendant of a Confederate soldier that served honorably in the Confederate military. With a membership of 180, Murfreesboro SCV Camp No. 33 is the second largest in the Tennessee Division and ranks among the top 10 camps nationally.
The reunion has been in the planning stages since 2007. With this being one of the sesquicentennial years of the War Between the States, some 1,500 SCV members and guests are expected to attend.
The reunion also conicides with the 150th anniversary of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Murfreesboro raid and Battle of Murfreesboro.
The event includes a Civil War show open to the public on July 13-14. For more information, call James Patterson at 615-812-0206 or mboroscv33@aol.com.
