South Carolina Confederate Memorial Day Service 2022

 

The following are the photos taken by your favorite blogger during my attendance of the 2022 Confederate Memorial Day Services at historic Elmwood Cemetery in downtown Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

This service is put on annually every first Saturday of May by the South Carolina Divisions of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (SC UDC), Sons of Confederate Veterans (SC SCV), Order of the Confederate Rose (SC OCR), the Military Order of the Stars & Bars (MOSB), and the Palmetto Battalion Living History Reenactors to honor the memory of the Confederate soldier in conjunction with the Confederate Memorial Day State Holiday -- May 10th in South Carolina.

My attendance marks my 20th official Confederate Memorial Day service in a row as a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Members of the 16th SC Honor Guard on post at the Confederate
Soldiers Section of Elmwood Cemetery.

Members of the Palmetto Battalion, 2nd Regiment SC Volunteer
Infantry marching into the cemetery.

Members of the 16th SC Honor Guard lined up for the
Confederate Memorial Day 2022 service.

The Picken Pearls (from Pickens, SC) playing music for the event.

The 16th SC Color Guard posting of the colors.

Pinning of the new SCV Guardians -- individuals who look after
graves of the Confederate dead and volunteer to maintain them

Congratulations Gentlemen!

The laying of the wreath at the graves.

Palmetto Battalion Reenactors firing the musket slaute.

Cannon salute by members of the Santee Light Artillery &
Hart's Battery Artillery Reenactors.

Canteen Ceremony.

16th SC Color Guard retiring of the colors.

A view of some of the crowd in attendance.

A special thanks to all those who share our common Confederate ancestry for attending this year. Once again it was my honor and my duty to attend this event and respect the memories of those Southern men, regardless of their backgrounds, who defended their homes during the War Between the States (1861-1865).