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History of the Order of Confederate Rose

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.

On May 1, 1993, eleven wives and daughters of Alabama Division SCV members met by a picturesque pond in Alabama City during the SCV state convention and organized the order. The ladies amended and approved the name Order of Confederate Rose, and everyone agreed it was perfect.

In July 1993, the first application and a short history of the order appeared in the “Alabama Confederate” offering charter membership to those whose applications came in by August 1, 1993. As a result, 65 applications were received and a charter signing ceremony was scheduled at Cahaba, the first capital of Alabama, on 16 October 1993, to coincide with the fall muster of the MOSB.
Great interest in the order was expressed by women from other states at the 1993 SCV National Convention in Lexington, KY., so the Alabama ladies put up a sign and handed out applications.
Now, today this is where the order stands. The next steps in its history and preservation of our heritage are up to the members. The ideas, support and talents will determine the direction of the OCR’s future.

Then, using ideas from the Georgia order, they mapped out the purposes and the structure of the organization. One evening late in May, Ellen Daniel and Jane Latture met by chance at the home of Sharon Dasinger, where they wrote up a tentative constitution and by-laws for the organization.

​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.