CONFEDERATE HISTORY AND HEIRTAGE MONTH
APRIL 1-30, 2002 IN GRIMES COUNTY
WHEREAS: April is the month in which the Confederate States of America began and ended it's four year struggle for States Rights, individual freedom, and local control, as did America's founders in the first American Revolutionary War, and
WHEREAS: Confederate History and Heritage Month is a time for Grimes County to honor the men and women who endured the hardships and death of this monumental struggle, and
WHEREAS: Grimes County sent ten companies of her sons to defend their homes and fledgling nation, spilling the blood of over 700 of these youth, and
WHEREAS: Grimes County played a vital support role with the Dance Brothers Munitions and Arms factory, the Piedmont Hotel for rest and relaxation, quartermaster facilities in Navasota and Anderson, hide tanning operations in the east and south areas of the county, and
WHEREAS: It is fitting that Grimes County reflect on the heritage of the past and respect the devotion of the Southern Leaders, Soldiers and Civilians to the cause of Southern Independence, now
THEREFORE: be it resolved that the Commissioner's Court of Grimes County hereby designates the month of April 2002 as "Confederate History and Heritage Month". And as a token of recognition hereby authorizes the display of the First National Flag of the Confederacy beneath the Texas flag at the Courthouse for the Month of April, 2002. And encourages the citizens of Grimes County to become more knowledgeable of the role of the Confederate States of America in the history of our great nation.
Ira E. Haynie, County Judge
Larry Snook, Comm., Pct. 1
Frank Glass Comm. Pct. 2
Zac H. Falkenbury, Comm. Pct. 3
Marcus Mallard, Comm. Pct. 4
Passed and approved this 25th day of February 2002