MS Division UDC

UDC MAGAZINE

Published monthly (with the sole exception of a combined June/July issue) by the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the UDC Magazine includes messages from General Officers and news about Division and Chapter activities around the country.

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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION

UNITED DAUGHTERS

OF THE

ORGANIZED 1897 CONFEDERACY@ DEO VINDICI

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WHAT IS THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY?

Our organization is made up of more than 20,000 women nationwide who are lineal or collateral blood descendants of the men and women who served honorably in the Army, Navy, or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America or who gave material aid to the cause. Our objects are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic, and our work is concentrated in these areas.

THE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION UDC

Organized in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 27,

1897, the Mississippi Division United Daughters

of the Confederacy has hundreds of members

in many Chapters located throughout the state.

Mississippi Daughters work diligently to

carry out the objects of our Organization.

DAYS OF OBSERVANCE

According to the Standing Rules of UDC General all bodies of the UDC are to observe annually, when possible, the following special days:

January 14 Birthday of Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury

January 19 Birthday of General Robert E. Lee

January 21 Birthday of General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

April 27 Confederate Memorial Day (last Monday of April in Mississippi)

June 3 Birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis

Sept 10 Founders Day

Sept 16 Birthday of Admiral Franklin Buchanan

Sept 27 Birthday of Admiral Raphael Semmes

OUR HERITAGE NEWSLETTER

Believed to be the oldest continually published Division Newsletter in the General Organization, Mississippi's OUR HERITAGE is published four times each year (February, May, August, and November) and is provided to each member of the Mississippi Division UDC as a benefit of her membership dues.

The deadline for submission of material

for publication in the November 2024 issue

is midnight on October 31, 2024.

Newsletter will be published on or

about November 15, 2024.

Questions regarding the newsletter

may be sent to the Division Editor.

All material not specifically stated to be in the public domain or to be the work of others is copyrighted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Mississippi. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission.

This page was last updated on: 11/6/2024

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