The 6th Cavalry Museum Christmas card for 2011.6th Cavalry Museum Christmas Card Prices• One card: $5• 15 cards: $20• 25 cards: $30• 50 cards: $40• 100 cards: $70To order cards, call 706-861-2860.
FORT OGLETHORPE – The 6th Cavalry Museum’s Christmas card, featuring a Christmas message from Gen. George S. Patton, has made it all the way to the general’s grandson.
George Patton Waters said the card is a “great honor to the Patton family” and he plans to send out a few dozen to his close friends this year.
“With every good wish to each of you for a very Happy Christmas,” the card states, an excerpt from the general’s seasonal greetings to his chaplains dated Dec. 9, 1944, just before the Battle of the Bulge.
The card features a holly-adorned excerpt from the letter on one side, an image of a stoic Gen. Patton and another quote on the inside and an explanation of the letter’s context on the rear panel.