Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The Sons of Confederate Veterans is marking the 150th Civil War anniversary with events including an Alabama march and a "Secession Ball" in South Carolina. The organization held a march Saturday in Montgomery, Ala., to mark the sesquicentennial anniversary of Confederate President Jefferson Davis's inauguration and a "Secession Ball," a Confederate-themed party, was held in December in Charleston , S.C., The Washington Post reported Monday. Advertisement Meanwhile, the Mississippi wing of the Sons is campaigning to have the state issue license plates honoring Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, an infamous Confederate soldier who went on to help found the Ku Klux Klan, the report said. Other sesquicentennial events being planned by the Sons nationwide include re-enactments of Confederate-won battles, re-enactments of Davis's inauguration and membership drives.
