Sons of Confederate Veterans
The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is an American neo-Confederate nonprofit organization of male descendants of Confederate soldiers: 6–9 that commemorates these ancestors, funds and dedicates monuments to them, and promotes the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding white supremacy.
| Abbreviation | SCV |
|---|---|
| Established | July 1, 1896 |
| Founder | R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans |
| Founded at | Richmond, Virginia |
| Type | nonprofit |
| 61-1522953 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Elm Springs, Columbia, Tennessee: 29 |
| Coordinates | 35.584750°N 87.031250°W |
Area served | Worldwide |
Membership (2019) | c. 30,000 |
| Jason Boshers | |
| Donnie Kennedy | |
| Dan McCaskill | |
| General Executive Council: 17–19 | |
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| Publication | Confederate Veteran |
| Website | scv |
Formerly called | United Sons of Confederate Veterans |
The SCV was founded on July 1, 1896, in Richmond, Virginia, by R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1 of the Confederate Veterans. Its headquarters is at Elm Springs in Columbia, Tennessee.: 29
In recent decades, governors, legislators, courts, corporations, and anti-racism activists have emphasized the increasingly controversial public display of Confederate symbols—especially after the 2014 Ferguson unrest, the 2015 Charleston church shooting, and the 2020 murder of George Floyd. SCV has responded with its coordinated display of larger and more prominent public displays of the battle flag, some in directly defiant counter-protest.