United Daughters of the Confederacy
Ransom-Sherrill Chapter #653 Organized: March 18, 1903 Chartered: June 16, 1903
Newton, North Carolina
About Us
North Carolina Division Pin
Official Chapter Pin honoring 117 years of Ransom-Sherrill UDC Patriotic service
The United Daughters of the Confederacy is the outgrowth of many local memorial, monument, and Confederate home associations and auxiliaries to camps of United Confederate Veterans that were organized after the War Between the States. It is the oldest patriotic organization in our country because of its connection with two statewide organizations that came into existence as early as 1890 -- the Daughters of the Confederacy (DOC) in Missouri and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee.
The National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy was organized in Nashville, Tenn., on September 10, 1894, by founders Mrs. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett of Nashville and Mrs. Anna Davenport Raines of Georgia. At its second meeting in Atlanta, Ga., in 1895, the Organization changed its name to the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on July 18, 1919.The objects of the organization are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic:
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To collect and preserve the material necessary for a truthful history of the War Between the States and to protect, preserve, and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor
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To assist descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper education
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To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivor of the War and those dependent upon them
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To honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States of America
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To record the part played during the War by Southern women, including their patient endurance of hardship, their patriotic devotion during the struggle, and their untiring efforts during the post-War reconstruction of the South
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To cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the Organization
Emblem and Motto
The emblem of the UDC is a cotton boll superimposed on a five-pointed star . At the tips of the points are the words of the motto:
With heart We LOVE, We LIVE, With soul We PRAY, We THINK, We DARE to remember...
"White of the Southern cotton boll
Over a blood-red star,
Upon whose points we see the roll
Of virtues we stand for:
With heart we LOVE,
With soul we PRAY,
Neither live nor THINK without DARING goal--
That is the light of the star,
That is the touch of the boll."
(Written by Mrs. R.F. Pray for the UDC Magazine, March 1944)
Insignia
The insignia of the UDC is a laurel wreath encircling the Stars and Bars Flag (First National Flag of the Confederacy) and "UDC" in monogram under the flag: the whole is tied with a ribbon inscribed with the dates "1861-1865"
The name United Daughters of the Confederacy and the insignia are registed trademarks.
The Stars and Bars (First in the Confederacy) was designed by Oren Randolph Smith of North Carolina as decided by the four Confederate organizations.
Our Motto: Loyalty to the Truth of Confederacy History
Our Colors: Red and White
The United Daughters of the Confederacy recognizes the “First National Flag of the Confederacy”.
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The UDC does not honor the "Battle Flag of the Confederacy"
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The thirteen stars stand for the thirteen states that were admitted to the “Confederate States of America”.
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The 13 star flags may appear in any one of a host of configurations.
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The recognized flag of the UDC shows stars arranged in a circular wreath of 12 with a single star in the center.
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This basic configuration, whether oval or circular, has come to be known as the “3rd Maryland Pattern”.
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Normally we count only 11 states in the Confederacy but many flags show 13.
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The 12th and 13th stars on the "First National Confederate Flag" of 1861-1865 represent, respectively, Missouri and Kentucky who joined later in the conflict.
