Remembrances for March – 2026

 

Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family on the day they reposed.  Many thanks.

But one may ask:  ‘What good does it do to pray for the departed?’  An answer is offered here:  https://orthochristian.com/130608.html

Along with prayers and hymns for the departed:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6je5axPodI

March 3^rd

M. E. Bradford, one of the South’s best defenders in the latter half of the 20^th hundredyear:

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/review/remembering-mel-bradford/

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/author/m-e-bradford

March 7^th

Jean-Baptiste de Bienville

‘Canadian naval officer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, served as three-time governor of the French colony of Louisiana intermittently from 1702 to 1743. Bienville and his older brother, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville, traveled on an expedition that arrived in Louisiana in 1699. Together they explored the lower Mississippi River valley and established a permanent French settlement in Louisiana, Fort Maurepas. Bienville proved particularly talented, though not always successful, as a negotiator with local Native Americans. In 1718, he chose the site where New Orleans, named for the French Duc d’Orléans, was built.’

https://64parishes.org/entry/jean-baptiste-le-moyne-sieur-de-bienville-2

March 13^th

Elizabeth Madox Roberts, a gem of a writer from Kentucky:

http://emrsociety.com/Biography

March 19^th

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

‘French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, is perhaps best known for giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana. In 1682, while searching for a water route to the Gulf of Mexico, La Salle—accompanied by a small group of European and Native American explorers—arrived at the point where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. There, he planted a post and claimed the river and its basin for France, naming the territory La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV. In so doing, La Salle helped set the stage for the next eighty years of French rule in the new colony.’

https://64parishes.org/entry/rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-la-salle

March 20^th

Lewis Grizzard, one of the many good comedians Southern culture has produced:

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/its-a-trick-general-theres-two-of-them/

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/topics/lewis-grizzard/

March 21^st

Juan Leal Goraz, one of the leaders of the Islenos settlers in the South who helped establish San Antonio, Texas.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/the-forgotten-voyagers/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155528548/juan_leal-goraz

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/leal-goraz-juan

https://www.bexar.org/3673/The-Canary-Islanders

March 24^th

Frances Fisher Tiernan (Christian Reid, pen name) of North Carolina.  Another of the often-overlooked Southern authors.

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/frances-fisher-tiernan-north-carolinas-margaret-mitchell/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21026460/frances-christine-tiernan

March 25^th

Philip Ludwell III.  ‘He was born in 1716 in Virginia. After completing his education at the College of William & Mary and marrying, he sailed to London in 1738 in order to be received into the Orthodox Church. One of the largest landowners in the colonies, he remained true to the ancient Christian faith till the end of his days and earned the esteem of his peers, including many of the Founding Fathers of the future United States of America.’  Interestingly, he reposed on the Feast Day of the Holy Annunciation.

https://www.ludwell.org/

https://southernorthodox.org/philip-ludwell-iii/

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/25/100884-the-annunciation-of-our-most-holy-lady-the-theotokos-and-ever-vi

March 27^th

General Richard Gano, a good example of the kind of Christian soldier who fought for Dixie in the War with the Yanks:

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/gods-general/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9813/richard-montgomery-gano/photo

March 28^th

Margaret Junkin Preston, sister-in-law to Stonewall Jackson and a good poetess and novelist:

https://civilwar.vt.edu/margaret-junkin-preston-poetess-of-the-south/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Junkin_Preston#Bibliography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7737366/margaret-preston/photo

March 28^th

Earl Scruggs.  ‘Earl Scruggs, once compared to violinist Niccolo Paganini, not only pioneered the three-finger banjo but played it to standards of taste and technique unmatched by thousands of disciples over seven decades. He was an important figure in the birth of the bluegrass genre, and also brought his artistry to the fields of country, folk, and rock, to college campuses, and to television and the movies.’

https://www.bluegrasshall.org/inductees/earl-scruggs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOIqmlI65Y

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87507819/earl-eugene-scruggs

Also, to celebrate some of the saints of March from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands, follow these links on over if you’d like:

https://southernorthodox.org/orthodox-saints-for-dixie-march/

https://confiterijournal.blogspot.com/2020/03/happy-feast-for-saints-of-march.html

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

‘Why Good People Shun Politics’

 

It is a well-known saying:  Good people don’t get involved in politics.  There are several reasons for this; we will look at a couple of them now.  First is the hypocrisy of many elected officials.  The following is a report from Arizona:

‘State lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to two measures designed to promote public health — but not before exempting themselves from one of them.

‘Without dissent, the Republican-led Senate approved House Bill 2164 to eliminate certain artificial dyes and chemicals from what can be served and sold at public schools. That measure, already approved by the House, now goes to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

‘But HB 2165, a proposal to keep people from using their food stamps to purchase sodas, drew unanimous derision from Senate Democrats — particularly after their Republican counterparts refused to apply the same restrictions on the use of the taxpayer dollars they get in a daily allowance for their expenses while the Legislature is in session’ (Howard Fischer, ‘RFK Jr. praises Arizona legislation targeting processed foods, soda,’ tuscon.com).

Second is the petty hatred and accusations that flare up between officials, which is happening now in Louisiana:

‘When it comes to the high price of auto insurance, Governor Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple are pointing their fingers – not at the insurance companies or trial lawyers, but at one another.

‘When he announced the 20 insurance reform bills he’s supporting, Temple noted that he has not had a conversation with Landry about the issue in a long time.

‘“I have not had a conversation with the governor about insurance reform since May 7th of 2024, when we all met together in the press conference room to do the bill signing for property reform,” Temple said at a news conference in Ascension Parish. “I know there’s been other meetings that have taken place that I’ve not been part of. It’s not because I’ve said no, it’s because I wasn’t invited to be part of those.”

‘ . . . Landry issued a statement Friday on social media.

‘“At a time when Louisianans are suffering and seeking answers to their sky high insurance bills, our Insurance Commissioner (Tim Temple) hosted a media spectacle telling citizens he has all the authority he needs to fix our insurance crisis,” Landry’s statement reads. “Well, why hasn’t anything been done? He gave us a package of bills last year, yet we still have no relief.

‘“I’d remind him that we were not elected by insurance companies or trial lawyers, but instead were elected by the people who entrusted us to fix this mess,” Landry’s statement continued. “Data shows our package of bills will lower insurance rates for all Louisianans and I look forward to the day where our Insurance Commissioner can get on board”’ (Andrew Greenstein, ‘Landry, Temple in war of words over insurance reform,’ louisianaradionetwork.com).

Because of all this ugliness, the folks who want to live a virtuous Christian life, the very ones we need in government, run as far away from it as possible.  The results are easily predictable:  Leftists gain control of most of the levers of government power and force evil agendas upon the populace:

‘A bill in Colorado is making its way through the state legislature that would create legal grounds for the state to revoke custody of parents who misgender their children.

‘The bill is called the Kelly Loving Act, named after a 40-year-old transgender man killed in the Club Q mass shooting in 2022.

‘Its text states that “deadnaming, misgendering or threatening to publish material related to an individual’s gender-affirming health-care services” will be deemed “coercive control” and will influence the court “when making child custody decisions and determining the best interests of a child for purposes of parenting time”’ (Eva Terry, ‘Colorado bill could strip parents of custody for misgendering their children,’ deseret.com).

For those with knowledge of the broader plan of the satanists to overthrow Christianity, they will recognize this proposal as part of Alice Bailey’s ten goals that, once accomplished, would lead to the easy establishment of the anti-Christian, globalist, New World Order:

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The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2025/04/garlington-why-good-people-shun-politics/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

‘A Message for Spain and Dixie on Appomattox Day’

 

Appomattox –

A day of sadness for the South,

A day of rejoicing for her enemies.

I was greeted today (9 April 2025) by an article at the Abbeville Institute’s blog on the ongoing eradication of Southern culture and history at the Viriginia Military Institute.  This is a refrain that has grown all too familiar to traditional Southerners over the years.

Yet cultural genocide is not something Dixie bears alone.  Other Western countries are facing similar situations.  Spain’s Christian monuments in particular are being targeted by corrupt Leftists:

35 crosses have been removed by leftist officials across Spain, with many being destroyed, and more than 100 others could be headed for the same fate under the guise of an initiative to rid the country of symbols of the Francisco Franco dictatorship.

 

Another 12 crosses have also already been victim to ‘anonymous vandalism,’ resulting in their destruction.

 

 . . . Catholic groups report that thousands have gathered in defiance of Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist agenda in recent weeks at the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, which is home to the world’s tallest (492-foot) cross. They also insisted that “RECONSTRUIREMOS TODO LO QUE DERRIBEN,” or: “We will rebuild everything they demolish.”

 

The Spanish bishops’ conference also announced this week that this cross will stay standing—for now, at least—despite the government’s plan for “the deconsecration of the basilica and the departure of the Benedictines.”

 

This destruction has, in fact, been taking place for years, and has also seen dozens of statues, monuments and street names removed due to their links to Francoism. Vox’s Jorge Buxadé, recently interviewed by europeanconservative.com, described the destruction of crosses as “a true iconoclastic barbarism, which is hatred of history, culture, identity” (The European Conservative).

But just as the lamentations of both rise together, so too can both peoples rise to overcome the barbarians by the inspiration of their shared ancestors – for Spanish blood has for centuries flowed through the veins of the Southern people.

In particular, King Pelagius (Pelayo) of the Kingdom of Asturias in Spain offers an abundance of fiery hope.  On the Feast Day of the Spanish Icon of the Mother of God (8 April), we find the following recounted:

The appearance of this Icon dates back to the VIII century. With the help of the Mother of God, King Pelagius of Spain, won a brilliant victory over the Saracens in 718. In the same year, in the east, the Saracens were defeated by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. In remembrance of these events, a Feast Day for the Spanish Icon of the Mother of God was established. In this Icon, which is one of the "Most Pure" (Άχρáντου) type, the Mother of God is depicted seated on a throne with the Pre-eternal Child in her arms (Orthodox Church in America).

That brilliant victory occurred at the Battle of Covadonga.  Like the victories of the outmanned South in her battles with the Yankees, it is wonderful to read:

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The rest is at https://www.reckonin.com/walt-garlington/a-message-for-spain-and-dixie-on-appomattox-day.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!