Black Mountain, NC - Black Confederate activist H.K. Edgerton will begin a 160 mile march, carrying a Confederate flag, from Littleton, North Carolina to Richmond, Virginia starting on Monday May 17. Edgerton the veteran of a 1600 mile March across Dixie and a recently completed 260 mile march to attend the Hunley funeral.

Edgerton who is the immediate past President of the Asheville, NC NAACP feels driven to march.

"In Richmond, Virginia the DuPont Company has banned Confederate symbols from their plant and have ignored requests to honor Confederate soldiers buried on their property, and this in the former Capital City of the Confederate States of America," explained Edgerton. "DuPont employees have been staging a weekly vigil in front of the plant for the past 4 years that has been completely blacked out of the media - I intend to change that,"
Edgerton added.

Edgerton will also march to raise awareness of other issues of importance to Confederate Southern-Americans and to raise defense funds for the Southern Legal Resource Center, Inc.

Edgerton chose to begin the march in Littleton to honor Confederate Private John Leach, a pioneer in Southern race relations between white and black.  His monument in Littleton, depicting a black hand shaking a white hand, reads: This is what he meant - All men up! Erected by his Colored Friends.  Edgerton will begin his march at the Leach monument.

Edgeton's march at 15 miles per day, 5 days per week will take him through Henrico, NC; Brunswick, Lawrenceville, Edgerton, McKenney, DeWitt, Dinwiddie, Sutherland, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Chester, Bensley and Richmond, VA.

H.K. Edgerton is the Chairman of the SLRC's Board of Advisors.

The SLRC is a non-profit tax exempt South Carolina public law firm that advocates on behalf of Confederate Southern Americans. See our website at www.slrc-csa.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING.

KNOW YE THAT H. K. EDGERTON has defended the rights of the people of the South and the Sons of Confederate Veterans to honor their Confederate Heritage and has been a faithful friend of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and defender of the Confederate flag.

THAT H. K. EDGERTON has spoken the truth openly, without regard for his own personal safety fearing it far worse for the people of the South to forget their social and Christian Heritage, while remaining cordial to all who wish him good or ill.

WHEREAS H. K. EDGERTON now plans to embark on a journey from North Carolina to Richmond, Virginia being the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the former capital of the Confederate States of America on May 17, 2004; and

WHEREAS this trip is being made to raise awareness in the public’s mind of the vicious and escalating assault on our Confederate heritage; and

WHEREAS H. K. EDGERTON'S journey will lead him to the sacred halls of the oldest legislative body in America being the Virginia General Assembly; and

WHEREAS H. K. EDGERTON plans to proclaim the truth of our Confederate Heritage at Tredegar Iron Works, the armory of the Confederacy; and

WHEREAS H. K. EDGERTON will march to DuPont to join the vigil of employees and their supporters in protesting the discriminatory and bigoted practices of DuPont in banning all display of Confederate symbols on their property while allowing other groups to display symbols of their national heritage and ancestry.

Therefore, I, Brandon D. Dorsey, Commander of the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans do request that all members do all that they can to aid, succor and assist H. K. EDGERTON on his March To Richmond.  I further request that H.K. EDGERTON and any Compatriots who may join him be given food and shelter, that Compatriots insure their safe passage through this state, county, and community, that special meetings be held for them so that they can speak along the March and raise money for their worthy endeavor, and, that every Compatriot, Camp, and Brigade consider pledging as much as they can to raise money for H. K. EDGERTON 'S march for Heritage Defense.

Signed this 12th day of May in the year of our Lord 2004 A.D.

Brandon D. Dorsey,
Virginia Division Commander