Each year, we the descendants, make our annual pilgrimage to Point Lookout, MD to the hallow grounds where over 52,000 of our family were imprisoned and over 14,000 died, between 1863-1865. We make this pilgrimage to mourn our dead, present a memorial tribute in their name, present a living history with a prison portrayal and have our descendants' meeting. In addition this year, we will be dedicating Confederate Memorial Park!

The nearest motel from the park is approx. 17 miles away in Lexington Park. Call the Days Inn Motel (21847 Three Notch Road) at 301-863-6666. Their rooms include a fridge, coffee maker, microwave, hair dyer, TV, newspaper, and a hot complimnetary breakfast buffet. They also have a pool, free high-speed internet, and a gym/fitness center.

Point Lookout, Maryland is found on the southern tip of St. Mary's County. Click here to see a state map with Pt. Lookout Highlighted. 

Click Here for Google directions to Confederate Memorial Park for our 2008 Pilgrimage.

All Lee's Miserables muster in camp to erect tents/shebangs, prepare area and practice until 4 pm for Saturday's performance. Dan Kesler is in charge of our POW re-enactors. (confedpow@comcast.net)

All Lee's Miserables re-enactors please muster on Friday with any of the following that you can bring (however, it is imperative if you don't have a tent, that each LM bring a sheet, poles and blanket): bales of hay, firewood, haversack, beef jerky (rat meat), dried fruit, hardtack, beans, oyster/crab shells, checkers, dominoes, wooden dice, worn out deck of cards, tattered books, newspapers, letters, bones, ball/chain, tin type photos, whittling knife, etc. Don't forget to wear your black arm-bands. Attire ~ worn, ragged, dirty, patched clothing. Do not shave. Please do not wear tennis shoes or sunglasses.

Supper at Bon Buffet, Lexington Park
21800 Shanghai Dr. N.

Located in the same parking lot as Days Inn Motel. Everyone is invited: members, family, guests, re-enactors.

The meeting will be held at the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, 13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, MD 20680. This is near the intersection of Rt. 235 + Rt. 5. Click Here for Google directions to the meeting location for our 2008 Pilgrimage.

Family day in Confederate Memorial Park

Displays from heritage, historical and civic organizations. Vendors, authors on site, re-enactors, encampments and our own POW living history! Our living history provides many areas of interest. This is a Family Day at Confederate Memorial Park. We also encourage all local school and scout groups to visit and learn more about Maryland's historical significance during the War of Northern Aggression and especially the role that St. Mary's County played during a divisive era of turmoil in our country.

	Back by popular demand! The Brunswick County SCV boys will be cooking their famous homemade brunswick stew! Bring your appetite! If you can't eat it all there, there will be pints and quarts for purchasing to take home! They will also be selling bread crackers,snacks, sweets, water and soft drinks.
	Striblings Battery will be giving our cannon dedication salute. They will also be giving artillery demos in the living history area as well as reenacting a historically accurate prison exchange of their men who were in Pt. Lookout!
	Gary Walker, Confederate Author
	Confederate Memorial Park, Inc.
	Clan Wallace Scottish Society
James E. Stallings, Sr. SC soldiers who were imprisoned/died at Point Lookout, MD	Order of Confederate Gray
Capt. Vincent Camalier SCV Camp #1359 Will have a display showing pictures/info on local Confederate Veterans. This should especially be of interest to local Marylanders. Commander Rob Long invites everyone to stop by and visit their display and learn how you can join this prestigious descendant organization and help preserve Maryland's history! Also, be sure to check out the times that they will be conducting cemetery tours! Here you will learn the history of the 85' federal monument, the history of the smaller state monument , about the mass grave (moved 3 times before ending there), about their camp being the guardian of the prisoners' flag that's not allowed in the cemetery and much more.

Saturday, September 6th at 9:00 am:
Confederate Memorial Park Dedication Ceremony

Bring your Confederate state flags and your Confederate battle flags

9:00 Entrance: POW Honor Guard.

Invocation: Rev. Fr. Alister Anderson

Welcoming Remarks: PLPOW President Patricia Buck

Dedication of Flagpoles & State Trees:

• 1st CSA National Flag…Franklin Rifles SCV Camp #310…Wade Harris
• 2nd CSA National Flag…Capt. James I. Waddell SCV Camp #1608…Cmdr. Stephen LaPlanche
• 3rd CSA National Flag …
• National Flag of Scotland…Michael Virts
• Cherokee Braves National Flag…
• Bonnie Blue Flag…James N. Langley, III

• South Carolina Flag…Betty B. Mann
• South Carolina State Tree…SC Div. UDC, Theresa G. Pittman, SC UDC Div. Pres.
• Mississippi State Flag…..MG E. C. Walthall SCV Camp/MS Div SCV, Dr. Christopher Cummins
• Mississippi State Tree…
• Florida State Flag….Jack Crowell
• Florida State Tree…Thomas Walden
• Alabama State Flag…AL Div. UDC, Pat Godwin, Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's Heroine
• Alabama State Tree… Russell Darden
• Georgia State Flag…GA Div. SCV, Charles Lott, Div Cmdr.
• Georgia State Tree…Eliana, Isabella, & Sarah Grace Cummins
• Louisiana State Flag…Dr. Robert Griffon
• Louisiana State Tree…Judge R. B. Abell
• Texas State Flag…Texas Southern Heritage Ball, David Whitaker
• Texas State Tree…Pris Squires
• Arkansas State Flag…Louis R. Fritz
• Arkansas State Tree…Patrick Murphy
• Virginia State Flag…Old Brunswick SCV Camp #512…Tracy Clary
• Virginia State Tree…Steve DeFreytas
• Tennessee State Flag…TN Div SCV, Dr. Michael Bradley
• Tennessee State Tree…John, Joyce and Doug Nash
• North Carolina Flag...Bob Hester & Vance Forbes
• North Carolina State Tree…Sgt. Ivy Richie SCV, Cmdr. Joel Fesperman
• Missouri State Flag…
• Missouri State Tree…Jim & Zenda Benton
• Kentucky State Flag…Simpson Nurseries, Fred Beshears
• Kentucky State Tree…John B. Stober, Jr.

• Pt. Lookout POW Flag…Jerry Wells
• Confederate Battle Flag…Betty Mann
  Please stand for the national anthem of the South, Dixie

Special Music: presented by Fran Towberman, Wade Harris, and Piper Jay Barringer, Terry Klima, and Jay Moore.

Statue Unveiling:

• CMPI Officers and sculptor Gary Casteel

Remarks:

• James B. Dunbar, CMPI Chm.
• Rick Griffin

Special Guest Speaker: Pastor John Weaver from Fitzgerald, GA

Presentation of Memorial Tributes

Artillery Salute: Striblings Battery

Taps

Benediction: Rev. Herman White

Amazing Grace

• In Memory of Grace Pratt