Keep on Going !

The small items I make are still getting around ---

"Your coin placed at Stonewall Jackson's
 grave in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery,  Lexington VA today." 
(located on wrought iron fence)

I'm still placing rocks out several times a week !

I never know what folks will do with them.

I'm still counter striking pennies !

Sometimes I combine the two !

More folks are stamping pennies since I posted the location of a distributor.
I got this pic from Jack !

Good Work Sir, !

And two pics from Charley.

 
So watch your change folks, ya never know.

And this goes out to all !

Get your Penny stamp !

Every time I post a picture of a stamped penny I get hundreds of likes and many requests for pennies and questions about where to buy a stamp.

The original supplier has been out of stock for years.

But someone located a new supplier, to contact them  click Here !

I've just ordered a back up stamp in case mine wears out !

Good Luck Folks !

Dave Tatum

UPDATE !

Since I made this post yesterday the Ad for the stamp has been removed.

I did order one and got shipping confirmation !

I don't know what to tell ya folks.

I'll keep you posted !

UPDATE  II

I got several messages on Face Book from people who successfully ordered the stamps.

I guess the supplier is out of stock !

DT.

Pennies !

Over time I've found out that stamping pennies with the CBF gets one of two reactions.

People love it or hate it !

People that love it often ask for one and I'll send them one.

People that hate it accuse me of criminal activity !

One hater / Valentine Leiker / went off on me on Face Book -

David Tatum; Run away, run away. It is against the law to deface United States coins, section 331 of title 18. There are criminal penalties.

Well he edited his comment, it actually reads --

Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who ‘fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.

 This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent. (Source U.S. Mint)

( my source = https://www.ecommercebytes.com/guides/coins-paper-money/cutting-coins-is-it-legal/ )

And you can go to Disney World and do this --

So Mr Valentine tough crunchies no fraudulent intent on my part.

( And Monica would like her Beret back !)

Moving right along ---

Ronnie Tatum is doing something with coins that is Fantastic --

Ronnie sent me one --

Thank you Ronnie, I don't wear jewelry but will put it in my coin display ! 

OK folks that's it Contact Ronnie and have him make you a ring !

I got Busted !

Well at work the other day my company's VP showed up.

He was doing a security audit.

He checks documentation,  uniforms and a few other things.

I had a violation. The buttons on my windbreaker were not regulation !

I've had them on for 5 years or so and finally got busted !

He called me aside and asked me about the buttons.

 I told him I had two ancestors who were members of the Richmond Howitzers.

I was expecting a uniform violation write up !

He told me that his GG Grandfather also fought for Virginia and was killed in Pickett's charge.

Well the buttons are still on and I did not get a write up !

God Bless Dixie !

Rebel Rocks !

At second Manassas, during the crisis of the struggle for the famous railroad cut, Hill sent a staff officer to inquire of brave old Maxey Gregg how he was getting on. “Tell him,” said the old hero, “that our ammunition is exhausted, but rocks are very plentiful, and we will hold our position with them until we can get ammunition.” Sending his staff and couriers to fill their haversacks and pockets with cartridges and distribute them to the men, Hill himself galloped to the line and excited the wildest enthusiasm as his clarion voice rang out: “Good for you, boys! Give them the rocks and the bayonet, and hold your position and I will soon have ammunition and reinforcements for you."

Colonel LeRoy Stafford -- "They made repeated charges upon us while in this position, but were compelled to retire in confusion, sustaining heavy loss and gaining nothing. It was at this point that the ammunition of the brigade gave out. The men procured some from the dead bodies of their comrades, but the supply was not sufficient, and in the absence of ammunition the men fought with rocks and held their position. The enemy retreated. We pressed forward to the turnpike road, there halted, and encamped for the night."

General Bradley Johnson -- "The men fought until their ammunition was exhausted and then threw stones. Lieut. Lewis Randolph, of the battalion, killed one with a stone, and I saw him after the fight with his skull fractured. Dr. Richard P. Johnson, on my volunteer staff, having no arms of any kind, was obliged to have recourse to this means of offense from the beginning."

Federal General Fitz-John Porter -- "Many of the enemy, hard pressed, had not time to reload, and received us with stones, severely wounding many and killing some of our men."

( Text courtesy of Eddie Innman )

" With a Little Help From My Friends "

The Remembrance coins I make are still spreading --

Father Abram Joseph Ryan "Poet Priest of the Confederacy". Memorial 

Elmwood Cemetery Norfolk VA.

 Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, Elmwood Cemetery Norfolk VA

 Oakland Cemetery Hampton VA

Thanks to Chris Tichacek for placing the coins and sending me the pictures.

Time Out !

I got an E-Mail the other day asking why I'd not been making post at this blog.

It's not that I don't care about Confederate honor.

But my focus has changed.

I'd rather read books to my Grandson's, build Lego houses and just spend time with my boys !

3 months ago my Blood Pressure was 192 / 124 so I'm having a time with this stop smoking effort.

I went to the cardiologist a week ago and my BP was 122 / 88 so it's working

My son recently had a heart attack and I'm worried for him.

I still care about our Confederate ancestors but right now I just want to concentrate on my family that's alive. 

I was Walking through the house and  my Grandson said " Paw Paw come play" 

It hit me like a brick ! 

Yep I think that's what I need to do !

So for now I'm changing course and concentrating on family things.

So I'm cutting back on Blogging and Facebook.

God Bless you all !

DEO VINDICE !

D.T.

One at a time ---

The Silent Sam fiasco
A sad situation that should have been prevented !

Somebody had to have known something was afoot !
But no one acted to stop the unlawful act.


I can only do what I can do, and with the help of many others I continue to Honor
all who wore the Gray, ( One at a Time)

They are just small tokens left to thank and honor
Thanks to all who help me by placing the coins !
Thanks to Chris Tichacek for the Pictures from Hollywood.
D.T.

A mini time capsule -----

I decided to make a mini time capsule.

It's made out of a small tobacco can !

It's painted and adorned with a few coins I reproduce 

Inside are a few items 

A stamped Penny and Lincoln Dollar, A Battle Flag, an Unreconstructed VA State Seal.

as well as A small picture of me at William Henry Tatums Grave

A copy of JC Tatum's Parole

and a story about him from the local paper

It is sealed with epoxy and inside a stout plastic bag,

It should survive a long time.

Maybe it will be found and maybe not !

But it's out there !

 Someplace !

DT.

This one came home !

Well it had to happen !

I've been stamping pennies for over a year, I've done thousands.

Today one came home. I stopped at a 7/11 in Portsmouth VA.

My Grandson had an emergency appendectomy ( Successful )

Thanks to the Dr's and staff at CHKD.

JC should be home soon !

My wife and I stopped at a 7/11 for a few items.

Guess what was in the change ?

I'm sure it was one I've done !

I was tickled to have it come home !

So I put it in a frame !

DT.

The Survey Says -----

The Results of a recent poll by Quinnipiac University

Shows This ---

 57 percent of Virginia's voters oppose removing 

Confederate monuments from government property across the state.  

 33 percent supported removal with 10 percent undecided.

Nonwhite voters favored leaving the monuments alone 48 percent to 42 percent.

With white voters, 63 percent supported the monuments 

while 27 percent supported removal."

I like the results, but then again the polls had Hillary winning !

We have to maintain the fight to keep our Monuments !

Poll source - Here

No Greater Tribute.

Sometimes in our day to day lives we are blinded by repetition.

Last night one such event happened, but I took notice !

It wasn't on the 6:00 news, no hero had saved someone from a fire.

Not a war hero with a chest full of medals at the White House.

Nope it was my Son just coming in from work.

The absolute joy in the voices of my Grandson's voices as they raced to the door to greet "Daddy" !

No Hero on earth has ever gotten a better greeting.

It's the small things folks, that make our lives worth living !

I think the Grim Reaper took a swipe at me last week,
My B/P was 192/124. That has made me make a few changes.

I've put down cigarettes and cut back on salt & sugar.

I'm gonna take more time to read with the boy's !

Yep I wanna hang around a bit longer - if for no other reason - antagonise Yankees !

have a Dixie Day Folks !

DT.

To Remember & Honor.

John S Mosby

"Posted one of your coins at the grave of the Gray Ghost,

 John S Mosby this past weekend in Warrenton VA"

"One of your coins at the Manassas City Cemetery this weekend."

Thanks Chris !

Not just for placing the coins, but for taking the time to Remember and Honor.

UPDATE

More coins have been placed --

Blandford Cemetery Petersburg VA.



and  at marker commemorating the spot of AP Hill's death in Dinwiddie County VA.



I'm sure more will follow !

Honestly Abe ----

One of the huge lies that Lincoln propagandists love to tout, is that despite all of the many racist quotes by Lincoln against black people, he really was against slavery because he forbade the extension of slavery into the new territories. They could not be more wrong! In Lincoln’s own words we find out the REAL reason he forbade the extension of slavery. He wanted these new territories and states to be white paradises, and he knew that if slavery was allowed to spread, the white slave owners would bring their black slaves with them and ruin that plan. He didn’t give a crap about black people! The refusal to extend slavery was NOT an act of benevolence for the black people. It was a strategic power play for keeping them OUT of the new territories. PERIOD!