Stainless Banner Camp #1440

Confederate Monument and Headstone Placements

Each flag marks the grave of a Confederate veteran.  The camp hopes to place a headstone for each grave.

The stone monument reads, "In memory of the Confederate Veterans buried here by Jefferson Davis Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy.

 
In 1931, the Jefferson Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy placed a marker at a burial plot for 11 Confederate veterans buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California.  For over 70 years since, the graves have remained unmarked and the stone monument has been weathered by the elements.

The camp's Heritage Officer Kevin Collins is working to place government issued headstones that will identify each man as a Confederate Soldier.  Although the headstones are free, the cemetery charges $200 to lay foundations.  The camp's goal is to raise enough money each year to place one headstone.  The Jefferson Davis Chapter has raised money to either resurface the stone monument so that it appears new or to place a bronze marker atop it.   Another UDC member has pledged to sculpt a statue of a drummer boy to be placed on the site.

If you would like to contribute to the fund, please send a check payable to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and mail to the following address:

Stainless Banner Camp #1440
1760 Airline Highway
Suite F
PMB 150
Hollister, CA 95023

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