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The SCV works in conjunction with other historical groups to preserve Confederate history, historic sites, and other artifacts. The SCV also publishes books and other media, including the Magazine ''Confederate Veteran''. HISTORY AND HOME OFFICE The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans and is the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers, having been organized at Richmond , Virginia in 1896 . The SCV's home office remained at Richmond for many years, but was in recent times relocated to Columbia , Tennessee , where it is housed in an Historic Antebellum mansion, ''Elm Springs.'' The same building also served as the home office for a similar organization for the descendants of commissioned Confederate officers, the Military Order Of The Stars And Bars (MOSB) until 2005 when SCV Commander-in-Chief Denne Sweeney paid $67,500 to sever relations as part of the on-going purge of moderates and/or anti-racists in the SCV . CRITICISM During a 1999 radio interview the Civil War historian James M. McPherson offended many southern heritage organizations when he associated the SCV with the Neo-confederate movement and described board members of the Museum Of The Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia as "undoubtedly neo-Confederate." He further said that the SCV and their equivalent for female descendants, the United Daughters Of The Confederacy (UDC), have " White Supremacy " as their "thinly veiled agendas." The incident made McPherson a controversial figure among Confederate genealogy groups and prompted a UDC boycott call and letter-writing campaign against him.[http://users.erols.com/va-udc/mcpherson.html LICENSE PLATES In Georgia North Carolina [http://www.rtbrandon.com/blankplates/USA/nc/socv.jpg , Alabama Maryland [http://www.marylandmva.com/bin/c/o/Sons-of-Confederate-Veteran.gif , Mississippi Louisiana [https://web01.dps.louisiana.gov/omv1.nsf/0/d1b467080f3fbd4586256a0a00728b66?OpenDocument , South Carolina Tennessee[http://www.tennessee.gov/safety/plates/misc/confedvet.jpg , and Virginia vehicle owners can request a License Plate from the state featuring the Sons of Confederate Veterans logo, which incorporates the square Confederate Battle Flag. The North Carolina appellate court upheld the issuance of such license plates in [http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/coa/opinions/1998/971563-1.htm SONS OF CONFEDERATE v. DMV (1998) and noted: "We are aware of the sensitivity of many of our citizens to the display of the Confederate flag. Whether the display of the Confederate flag on state-issued license plates represents sound public policy is not an issue presented to this Court in this case. That is an issue for our General Assembly." NOTABLE MEMBERS
The Political Graveyard website list of SCV members SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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