Camp Awards

Each year the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans bestows several awards to achieving camps. To find out more about these awards and how your camp can enter competition, please read below. Congratulations to our recent winners:

2008 Col. Leonidas LaFayette Polk Newsletter Award is awarded to Pvt. Lorenzo Bennitt - Pvt. Robert Duke No. Camp 773 in Durham, NC for its newsletter "The Forefront!"

2008 Lt. Col. Tazewell Lee Hargrove Distinguished Camp Award is awarded to Col. Samuel McDowell Tate Camp No. 836 in Morganton, NC.

Newsletter Award:

Each year the North Carolina Division gives the Col. Leonidas LaFayette Polk Newsletter Award for the best local camp newsletter. Camps wishing to compete for this award must submit a minimum of three (3) hard copies of its newsletter to the Division 2nd Lt. Commander by March 15.

Mail to:

Harold Dagenhart
378 Liledoun Road
Taylorsville, NC 28681

The newsletters are judged on the following: Content, Layout, Pictures, and Prose. The judging is done by an independent entity - UDC, Battle of Bentonville Chapter No. 818, Mooresville, NC. A special "Thank You" to Ms. Kay Jones of Chapter 818 for all of her hard work each year.

Distinguished Camp Award:

The Lt. Col. Tazewell Lee Hargrove Distinguished Camp Award is given to the camp that accumulates the most points throughout the year (April 1st to March 31st). Points are assigned to different activities carried out by members of camps during the year. Camps wishing to compete for this award should document all of its activities throughout the year. Names of members participating along with dates and locations should be maintained and this information will be copied to an application at the end of the year. Applications are mailed to all camps in early spring and must be completed and mailed to the Division 2nd Lt. Commander by April 15.

Mail to:

Harold Dagenhart
378 Liledoun Road
Taylorsville, NC 28681

Points are assigned to the various activities such as: Erecting grave markers (50 pts. each), sponsoring a Confederate Banquet or Ball (15 pts. each), Parades displaying colors (5 pts. each), Cemetery cleanup and/or maintenance visits (25 pts. per visit), and other activities receive points. Camps wishing to compete for this award should maintain accurate records listing members participating along with dates and locations so that the info can be transferred to the application. The camp with the most total points wins.