Military Order of the Stars and Bars

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Military Order of the Stars and Bars
AbbreviationMOSB
Formation1938 (1938)
Founded at Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Website www.mosbihq.org

The Military Order of the Stars and Bars (MOSB) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the United States that is based in Woodbridge, Virginia. [1] It is a lineage society founded in 1938 for men who are descended from military officers or political leaders in the Confederate States of America (CSA).

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History

The order was founded in 1938 in Columbia, South Carolina, at a meeting attended by 17 former Confederate officers and 47 male descendants of Confederate officers. They voted to begin a new CSA veterans society, with a commitment to hold annual meetings, and chose the name of the "Order of the Stars & Bars". [2]

The organization changed its name to "The Military Order of the Stars & Bars" at the 39th General Convention held in Memphis, Tennessee in 1976. [2] It adopted the Confederate battle flag as the official insignia of the order. [2]

Organization and activities

The group's handbook defines it as a non-political educational, historical, patriotic, and heritage group. The executive director is called the "Commander General of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars". [2] The current executive director (as of 2022) is Jon E. Trent. The organization awards scholarships and literary awards for books about Confederate history. [3]

At the initiation of new members, and at the beginning of meetings, members pledge to "commemorate and honor the service of leadership these men rendered in the cause of the fundamental American principles of self-determination and States' Rights and to perpetuate the true history of their deeds for the edification of ourselves, our society, and for generations yet unborn" and salute the Confederate flag "with affection, reverence and undying devotion for the Cause for which it stands". [2]

The group is loosely affiliated with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, another neo-Confederate group. [4] Some people are members of both organizations. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 MOS&B Chapter Handbook (PDF). Military Order of the Stars and Bars. May 2010.
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  4. 1 2 "Sons of Confederate Veterans in its own Civil War". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 5 September 2023.