What you are about to read is from my Brother, Lance Spivey – posted today. His writing I believe goes beyond who and what he has chosen to address. It is a subject that ALL Americans need to pay attention to. We are fighting many battles in this nation today, but – WHERE is the Peace? WHERE is that willingness by ALL to work together for the common good? Righteous and heartfelt commentary Lance. It could have easily been titled “Unity and Heirs to America.” ~ Ed.

I sat down here to write about the need for unity between the many pro-Confederate/Revolutionary groups that exist in this country today, but the word itself has become synonymous with the radical leftists and groups like ANTIFA that are doing their damnedest to destroy this country by tearing down historical monuments, erasing history, and attacking those with whom they do not agree. That word, “unity,” has been violated; sullied by its association with that particular demographic, a demographic consumed by a misguided hatred which is founded on false education, misinformation, and anti-American propaganda; in short, it is founded on lies. So I’m not gonna talk about it, at least not yet. Instead, I think I’ll tell you about some folks you may or may not know, folks that have become invaluable to me as friends, colleagues, and family. I think I’m gonna tell you a little about myself, the pro-Confederate/Revolutionary group Heirs to the Confederacy, and the Board of Directors of Heirs (of which I am Chairman). I know I’m going to because there’s a lesson there.

I founded Heirs to the Confederacy in mid-September of last year, in order to try and get more folks to turn out for pro-Confederate/Revolutionary events. I did so after seeing the low numbers of supporters that turned out for a rally for “Silent Sam” The Boy Soldier, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I can’t say that we’ve made a large deal of progress in that endeavor as of yet, but we have made some. We have also managed to work well together, even though we may have different opinions on different issues; we have managed to set those differences aside and work together toward a common goal. Yes, we have often had disagreements about what we, as a group, should do about issues that affect us as a group, but we work them out like responsible adults.

I wanted to help protect this country from itself; to protect monuments and memorials of all kinds, to preserve my Confederate and Revolutionary heritage (because make no mistake; that will be soon to follow suit), and to get people to open their eyes and bring about a real change by using their votes to clean up politics. I did not want to be in the public eye; ever. I did feel that I should practice what I preach, so I slipped out from behind this keyboard and I took my flag, my precious flag, and I went to a rally. That first time got me hooked, but I was shocked by the low turnout, so much so that I created Heirs to the Confederacy. We attended a couple of events hosted by others, and before we knew it we were hosting support rallies ourselves, then a prayer service, one that drew some media coverage; one reporter even contacted me, wanting to follow us in and stream it all, live and uncut, and then interview me at the end. I was happy to accommodate him. The day after the service, the mayhem started. Contact after contact being made, other groups interested in working with us, people wanting to get involved, projects to work on; it got downright hectic. Then, something happened. A decision had to be made by the Board of Directors; one that was not easy to make. Over the course of the discussion, the board members informed me that because of the way things are moving they wanted me to be the recognized leader of the group. Another thing I didn’t want; ever.

I’m about as anti-social a person as you’re likely to find. I had a massive stroke nineteen years ago last September, and that’s when the anti-social anxiety started. I try to be nice to folks, but being around even small bunches of people I don’t know is damn nigh to impossible for me, even with Doctor prescribed sedatives. In a way, I guess you could say that my activism is therapeutic.

Anyway, I reluctantly accepted, with the understanding that they act as my Advisory Council. Any man who thinks he can undertake such a thing alone is a damned fool, and I’m hoping that I’m a little bit smarter than that. The Board still acts as a body. We listen to what every board member has to say about any given issue. We have protocols. We vote on each issue we face. We have adopted a Code of Conduct to be followed at events we host. Now, you know a little about me, the group, and, in a nut-shell, how we got here, to this piece of literary chaos. Well, that and my daddy’s home-made wine…

Including myself, there are thirteen members on the Board of Directors, people from different walks of life, people from different parts of the country, several of them Administrators of, or officers in, other groups. Thirteen people who have put aside what differences of opinion they have in order to work together towards the common goals of not only of preserving our Confederate heritage and the true history of America, but of restoring the Republic as our Founding Fathers set forth. Thirteen people to whom the struggle to save our heritage and our country is more important than Facebook numbers. Thirteen people who are determined to win this war that is being waged upon the memory of our ancestors; thirteen people taking a stand for the Thirteen Stars of Freedom.

The Confederate Monument at Arlington National CemeteryWikimedia

Heirs to the Confederacy has, at the present time, seventy-eight members aside from the Board of Directors. That number would be higher but for the protocols we have in place for membership approval; we are trying to be careful to whom we grant membership, at least for now. That will change in time, depending on how quickly things progress. Those seventy-eight members are, like those on the Board, from different groups, walks of life, and parts of the country. And like the board members, they are willing to set aside personal differences and beliefs to work towards the fruition of our common goal.

The lesson to be learned here, the lesson I spoke of, is that if we can set aside our differences and work together, we can accomplish our common goal of the preservation of history and heritage; the lesson is Unity. It is this which gives our opposition strength; it is this which gives them courage, courage that they do not have otherwise. We, however, do not suffer from a lack of personal courage, as do they. We have the courage of our convictions, and that which we know is right. We make our stands, though few in number we may be, against far greater numbers of “protesters” who scream obscenities and try to incite violence against us. Unity is what we need in order to win this war; unity between all the different groups of people that, whatever else they may disagree about, share the common goal of preserving history and heritage. It worked for the nomadic Mongol tribes of northeast Asia, who, once unified by Genghis Khan, built the largest contiguous empire in history. It worked for the Clans of the Scottish Highlands, who, having been united by William Wallace, were the deciding factor in the Scot’s victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297. It’s working for our opposition now, and it can work for us, if we are but willing.

23 January 2019

K. Lance Spivey
Chairman
Board of Directors
Heirs to the Confederacy
Deo Vindice… [x]