Plot

In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He writes a letter to the editor in the local newspaper and attacks those who would do away with with traditions, especially those moving to tear down the old city hall and those who wish to rename Confederate Square after a local politician.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

This story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry into World War II, an Army Colonel retires to his small Southern town, and discovers there is a plan afoot to tear rename Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.—frankfob2@yahoo.com