WHY I SUPPORT THE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS REMEMBRANCE FUND – by John Henry Taylor

Years ago, I became acutely aware of the conspicuous absence of grave markers for the thousands of Confederate Soldiers buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Having visited many national military cemeteries and always being impressed with the beautiful and orderly stones that marked the final resting places of our nation's soldiers, I could not understand how, in Richmond, Virginia, a cemetery could exist as the final resting place of those Confederate Heroes who had fallen for our sake, and not even a tombstone to mark their passing and sacrifice. As a descendant of many Confederate Soldiers, I felt an obligation and a duty to right this injustice. Thank God for the Southern Soldiers Remembrance Fund. This organization made it easy for me to answer the call and right the wrong. Every time my wife and I can save up enough money to fund a stone for one of these forgotten soldiers and I see the stone actually installed, I get the satisfaction of yet another debt paid. It is the right thing to do.

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