About :
The National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy was organized in Nashville, Tennessee, September 10, 1894, by founders Mrs. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett of Nashville and Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines of Georgia.  At its second meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895, the organization changed its name to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  The organization was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia July 18, 1919.
Objectives
The objectives of the organization are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic:
To collect and preserve the material necessary for a truthful history of the War Between The States and to protect, preserve and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor.

To assist descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper education.

To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivor of the War and those dependent upon them.

To honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States of America.

To Record the part played during the War by Southern women, including their patient endurance of hardship, their patriotic devotion during the struggle, and their untiring efforts during the post-War reconstruction of the South.

To cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the Organization.
Why I Am A Daughter Of The Confederacy
I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a
Daughter of the Confederacy.  A part of my heritage was that I
came into this world with the blood of a soldier in my veins...a
soldier who may have had nothing more to leave behind to me
and those who come after me except in heritage...a heritage
so rich in honor and glory that it far surpasses any material
wealth that could be mine.  But it is mine, to cherish, to
nurture and to make grace, and to pass along to those yet to
come.  I am, therefore, a Daughter of the Confederacy because
it is my birthright.

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I have an
obligation to perform.  Like the man in the Bible, I was given a
talent and it is my duty to do something about it.  That is why
I've joined a group of ladies whose birthright is the same as
mine...an organization which has for its purpose the
continuance and furtherance of the true history of the South
and the ideals of southern womanhood as embodied in its
Constitution.

I am a member of The United Daughters of the Confederacy
because I feel it would greatly please my ancestor to know that
I am a member.  It would please him to know that I appreciate
what he did and delight his soldier love to know that I do not
consider the cause which he held so dear to be lost or forgotten.
Rather, I am extremely proud of the fact that he was a part of
it and was numbered among some of the greatest and bravest
men which any such cause ever produced.

I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I can no more
help being a Daughter of the Confederacy than I can help
being an American, and I feel that I was greatly favored by
inheriting a birthright for both.

Written by Mary Nowlin Moon (Mrs. John)
a member of Kirkwood Otey Chapter 10, Lynchburg, Virginia.
First read at a Chapter meeting on June 2, 1915.
The name 'United Daughters of the Confederacy' is a registered trademark of the General Organization and may not be used outside the Organization without the express written consent of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The official UDC insignia is a registered trademark of the General Organization and may not be used without
the express written consent of the President General.
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