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The Southern Cross of Honor was a commemorative medal established by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for members of the United Confederate Veterans. It was proposed at a meeting in 1898, with 78,761 crosses issued by 1913. [32] [33] The medal was never authorized to be worn on the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps uniform. [34]
Unidentified Civil War veteran in United Confederate Veterans uniform with Southern Cross of Honor medal. From the Library of Congress Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs The United Confederate Veterans ( UCV , or simply Confederate Veterans ) was an American Civil War veterans' organization headquartered in New Orleans ...
"In memory of the / United Confederate Veterans / Erected by Robert E. Lee / Chapter Number 885 / United Daughters / of the Confederacy / 1926″ [131] This monument was toppled on the July 4, 2020 weekend, by persons unknown (as of July 6, 2020).
The Cross of Honor is in the form of a cross pattée suspended from a metal bar with space for engraving. It has no cloth ribbon. The obverse displays the Confederate battle flag placed on the center thereof surrounded by a wreath, with the inscription UNITED DAUGHTERS [of the] CONFEDERACY TO THE U. C. V. (the UCV is the United Confederate Veterans) on the four arms of the cross.
United Daughters of the Confederacy was founded in 1894 and is open to membership by female descendants of individuals who served in the Confederate military or who “gave Material Aid to the ...
The museum received the Confederate battle flag that was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina State House in 2015. It also contains artifacts from various military eras, in addition to its Confederate artifacts. The current (2022) logo makes the words "Military Museum" larger than "Confederate Relic Room".
The United Confederate Veterans Memorial was a Confederate monument in Seattle's privately owned Lake View Cemetery, in the U.S. state of Washington.The memorial was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1926.
Confederate Monument (Ashville, Alabama) Confederate Monument (Franklin, Tennessee) Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery) Confederate monuments and memorials; List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Georgia; List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Mississippi; List of Confederate monuments and memorials in North Carolina