Georgia Society Order of Confederate Rose
The Georgia Society Order of Confederate Rose is dedicated to honoring Southern heritage and culture while welcoming members of all ages and backgrounds. Through inclusive participation, we strive to preserve and celebrate the traditions of our shared history.
About Us
The Order of Confederate Rose is an independent support group to the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. It assists the SCV with historical, educational, benevolent, and social functions with special emphasis placed on the preservation of Confederate symbols. This program has been created to ensure that southern heritage and culture is deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of future generations.
We are a nonprofit, nonracial, nonpolitical, and nonsectarian group and ancestry is not required for membership. Men, women, and children are all welcome to join. We encourage all ages to participate. Our little ladies are labeled “Petals”, our young gentlemen are labeled “Rosebuds”, and our gentlemen are labeled “Thorns”. Please see the Chapters & Officers page to find details of members near you. Membership into a Chapter is not required if there is not one near you, there is the option to be a “Rambling Rose” and to join as a Member-At-Large. Membership to be a Rose is $20 for the year or $150 for a life membership. Please see our Georgia OCR By-Laws and Membership page for more details.
About Us
The Order of Confederate Rose is an independent support group to the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. It assists the SCV with historical, educational, benevolent, and social functions with special emphasis placed on the preservation of Confederate symbols. This program has been created to ensure that southern heritage and culture is deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of future generations.
We are a nonprofit, nonracial, nonpolitical, and nonsectarian group and ancestry is not required for membership. Men, women, and children are all welcome to join. We encourage all ages to participate. Our little ladies are labeled “Petals”, our young gentlemen are labeled “Rosebuds”, and our gentlemen are labeled “Thorns”. Please see the Chapters & Officers page to find details of members near you. Membership into a Chapter is not required if there is not one near you, there is the option to be a “Rambling Rose” and to join as a Member-At-Large. Membership to be a Rose is $20 for the year or $150 for a life membership. Please see our Georgia OCR By-Laws and Membership page for more details.
The idea for the Order of Confederate Rose came to Jane Latture of Birmingham, AL, after a Robert E. Lee birthday dinner in January 1993, when the speaker, Charles Lunsford, told Mrs. Latture of an Order of Robert E. Lee that had been reactivated in Georgia. Knowing that other ladies in Alabama felt the need to help combat the growing attack on their Confederate Heritage, Mrs. Latture proposed the idea of their own order to some ladies, including Ellen Daniel, Sharon Dasinger, and Harriet Outlaw. All responded positively. The first name to occur to Mrs. Latture was The Order of the Confederate Rose, based on the movie “The Rose and the Jackal” about Rose O’Neal Greenhow, a Confederate Spy. History of Rose O’Neal Greenhow.