By Katie Northcott, News Director
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have announced a dinner meeting. Below is a press release with more details.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham Camp 72 will have their regular dinner meeting at 5:00 P.M., Thursday, January 22, 2026, at [Medley’s] at the Oak Restaurant in Manchester. The meeting will start at 6:00 P.M.
The program by will be by Gene Andrews, who will discuss facts about Gen. Forrest’s re-interment. Gene is the Director of Forrest’s boyhood home.
Meetings are open to the general public and all War Between the States buffs have a
special invitation for the program.
Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all males 12 years of age and above who had an ancestor that served honorably in the Confederate Armed Forces or the Confederate Congress and can prove kinship either lineal or collaterally. Help is available to anyone interested in finding and proving kinship.
