Annie Coleman Chapter - UDC

As I mentioned in yesterday's posting, I was invited to speak about my recent book at the regular meeting of the Annie Coleman Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy today.

I really had a good time, and made the acquaintance of some really neat people--including one of my dad's old high school classmates.

It was particularly interesting for me to learn what the UDC does beyond their role as a social organization. They really do a lot for charity. Most notable is their work to provide scholarships. The local chapter currently sponsors three students, two at that unmentionable institution up in Tallahassee and the other is literally studying rocket science up at Princeton. Pretty cool, huh?

Anyway, it was a great way to kill time on a Saturday since it was a bye week for the Gators. Hopefully, they're licking the wounds inflicted by Auburn last weekend, and Urban is re-tooling things in preparation for the upcoming Cocktail Party with Georgia.

Oh, yeah, and the BC victory over FSU was icing on the cake this evening. BTW, what was Bobby thinking, having his heathens play in black uniforms during a heatwave?! Just another example of why he needs to retire, I guess . . . doesn't this loss put them at the bottom of the ACC for the first time in school history?! Love it.