United Daughters of The Confederacy - Objectives

Objectives

According to its original founding, the objectives of the organization are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic:

• To collect and preserve the material necessary for a truthful history of the War Between the States and to protect, preserve, and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor;
• To assist descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper education;
• To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivors of the War and those dependent upon them;
• To honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States of America;
• To record the part played during the War by Southern women, including their patient endurance of hardship, their patriotic devotion during the struggle, and their untiring efforts during the post-War reconstruction of the South; and
• To cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the Organization.