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Christmas Dinner
For Those Who Wore
The Grey
Louemma Moffett
Vying for space in our newspaers and for the thoughts of people all over our land, are the plans for the "New Administration” and the “Confederacy”, often referred to as “The Lost Cause.” _ If the people of Rappahannock could find their old newspapers of December in the early nineteen hundreds they would certainly find an account of the Annual Christmas Dinner that the Daughters of the Confederacy always served those who wore the Grey. They never forgot and it was the event of the year until the older members of the Organization passed on and the chapter had to fold.
Rut it was an active and devoted group that erected the monument ori'-the Court House lawn, fed, entertained, cheered and honored 1 those old men who fought so bravely for what they.''believed to be right.
There was always an address by a visitor, either at the Court House or the Methodist Church, followed by dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Baggarly. A dinner that included turkey, duck, (Mrs. Eugenia Dudley’s roast ducks were always in demand) old Virginia ham, roast pork and, beef and gallons of oysters; and off course all the trimmings.
Children of the Daughters helped.they sang, recited poems of the Confederacy and waited on the tables and did all they could in their youthful way; to entertain the “()Id Soldiers.”
Mrs. C. H. Dear, wife of one of Moseby's men, was the president of the Society for many years. .• Other members who always helped were Mrs. Emma Moore Baggarly, Dora Menefee, Mrs. Eugenia Eastham Dudley, Mrs. William Andersob. Mrs. Horatio Gates
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