Those eligible for active membership are women no less than 16 years of age who are blood descendants, lineal or collateral, of men and women who served honorably in the Army, Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America, or gave Material Aid to the Cause. Also eligible are those women who are lineal or collateral blood descendants of members or former members of UDC. The most current and complete requirements can be found at the General website. Click the link for the UDC site above.     Admission to the Organization is by invitation through a UDC Chapter. Whether or not you live in Rocky Mount, NC, the Bethel Heroes Chapter would like to encourage you to contact us about membership. For additional information, please send your name, address, and telephone number to our Chapter Registrar.                 or     write to: Bethel Heroes, PO Box 64, Nashville, NC 27856 The motto of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is LOVE, LIVE, PRAY, THINK, DARE Its objectives are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic:     To collect and preserve the material necessary for a truthful history of the War Between the         States and to protect, preserve, and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor     To assist descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper education     To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivor of the War and those dependent         upon them     To honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the         Confederate States of America     To record the part played during the War by Southern women, including their patient         endurance of hardship, their patriotic devotion during the struggle, and their untiring efforts         during the post-War reconstruction of the South     To cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the Organization Why I Am a Daughter of the Confederacy     I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I was born a Daughter of the Confederacy. A part of my heritage was that I came into this world with the blood of a soldier in my veins...a soldier who may have had nothing more to leave behind to me and to those who come after me except in heritage...a heritage so rich in honor and glory that it far surpasses any material wealth that could be mine. But it is mine, to cherish, to nurture and to make grace, and to pass along to those yet to come. I am, therefore, a Daughter of the Confederacy because it is my birthright.     I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I have an obligation to perform. Like the man in the Bible, I was given a talent and it is my duty to do something about it. That is why I've joined a group of ladies whose birthright is the same as mine...an organization which has for its purpose the continuance and furtherance of the true history of the South and the ideals of southern womanhood as embodied in its Constitution.     I am a member of The United Daughters of the Confederacy because I feel it would greatly please my ancestor to know that I am a member. It would please him to know that I appreciate what he did and delight his soldier love to know that I do not consider the cause which he held so dear to be lost or forgotten. Rather, I am extremely proud of the fact that he was a part of it and was numbered among some of the greatest and bravest men which any such cause ever produced.     I am a Daughter of the Confederacy because I can no more help being a Daughter of the Confederacy than I can help being an American, and I feel that I was greatly favored by inheriting a birthright for both. Written by Mary Nowlin (Mrs. John) Moon A member of Kirkwood Otey Chapter 10, Lynchburg, Virginia First read at a Chapter meeting on June 2, 1915

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