10 Sept 1894 Jahr - United Daughters of the Confederacy Founded

Beschreibung:

The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American hereditary association of Southern women established in 1894 by Caroline Goodlett and Anna Raines. The stated purposes of the organization includes the commemoration of Confederate soldiers and the funding of the erection of memorials to these men. Their stated intention was to "tell of the glorious fight against the greatest odds a nation ever faced, that their hallowed memory should never die." Many historians have described the organization's treatment of the Confederacy, along with its promotion of the Lost Cause movement, as advocacy for white supremacy.

In 1896, the organization established the Children of the Confederacy to impart similar values to younger generations through a mythical depiction of the Civil War and Confederacy. According to historian Kristina DuRocher, "Like the KKK's children's groups, the UDC utilized the Children of the Confederacy to impart to the rising generations their own white-supremacist vision of the future." The UDC denies assertions that it promotes white supremacy.