The January meeting this year payed tribute to General Robert E. Lee in a  lecture given by John Karel. John is one of our most gifted speakers, and all in attendance agreed that it was an honor to be there. Confederate Memorial Day was held on Saturday April 22 this year, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, and the Division Reunion was hosted by the A.C. Riley Camp at Sikeston, Missouri. The Camp Jackson Memorial Dinner was held on Friday, May 5th at Jo Hannon’s Restaurant, featuring SCV Commander-in-Chief Robert L. Hawkins III. Adjutant Colonel James Speicher initiated a project to erect a monument on Winsted Hill at Franklin, Tennessee honoring the brave Missourians who gave their lives in that heroic struggle. The memorial was named in honor of our fallen comrade Gaylord Patrick O’Connor. Sterling Price Camp also donated a considerable amount of money for the restoration of McGavock Cemetery in Franklin where 133 Missourians are buried. Compatriots Major Jeff Smith and Captain Doug Harding were both on Reserve duty in Panama, and while there, started the “Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson SCV Camp”, claiming the it to be the “Southernmost” SCV Camp in the Confederacy.  Monthly meetings were still being held at the Olive Garden Restaurant this year, however there was some dissatisfaction with the manager’s disrespectful attitude toward the display of our Confederate Battle Flag. It became obvious that a more suitable location was in order in the near  future. The annual Sterling Price Birthday Dinner was held on September 15th at Jo Hannon’s Restaurant featuring Phil Gottschalk, author of In Deadly Earnest. The Camp also attended an” ‘Ol Time Southron Bar-B-Que Eatin Contest” in Fayette, Missouri hosted by the Little Dixie Camp #1673. Winner of the contest was Commander Ollie Sappington who “scarffed down copious amounts of hawg and hen meat”. First prize was a years supply of Gas-Ex. In November the Camp participated in the rededication of the Cape Girardeau Confederate Monument, and its relocation on the Courthouse lawn.