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JB Kershaw UDC Chapter Hosts Annual Lee-Jackson Luncheon
- By Jennifer Sawyer
The Joseph Brevard Kershaw Chapter #205 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held their annual Lee-Jackson Luncheon with a fashion show on Saturday, January 21 at 12 noon in Hunter Hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Laurens. This is the fourth year of the luncheon and, having grown each and every year, the chapter had to continue to move the location for the luncheon.
The chapter members had held the event in the Simpsonville/Mauldin area for a couple of years in an effort to draw ladies from the Greenville area. Finally, after crowded conditions last year at the 2011 event, the chapter decided to bring the event home to Laurens. Everyone was extremely pleased with the location of the event in Laurens. Perhaps a few people did not attend due to the change in location, but most people did not seem to mind, particularly since the venue was so much roomier for the event.
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Banquet Honoring Generals Lee and Jackson
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
General Robert E. Lee was born January 19, 1807, at Stratford Hall, Virginia. General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was born January 21, 1824, at Clarksburg, Virginia. These two Virginians became officers in the United States Army, distinguished themselves in service to their country during the War with Mexico, chose to defend their homeland during the War of Southern Independence and are considered worldwide to be two of the greatest military leaders the world has known.
Jackson died of wounds May 10, 1863, and is buried in Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia.
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National United Daughters Leader Joins Sons to Honor Generals
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The Sixteenth Regiment, Sons of Confederate Veterans was honored with the presence of Mrs. Martha Van Schaick, President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, above center, at their Annual Lee-Jackson Banquet. From left to right, the President General is accompanied by Dr. Julia Barnes, Piedmont District Director, UDC; Mrs. Pam Evans, 3rd Vice President, Winnie Davis # 442; Mrs Eloise Verdin, SC UDC Division President; and Pam Durham, Treasurer, Winnie Davis # 442.
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Point Lookout, Prison Camp for Confederate Soldiers
- By Elaine Thorp
Point Lookout, Union POW camp for Confederate soldiers, was established after the Battle of Gettysburg and was open from August 1863 to June 1865. It is located along the coast of Maryland only five feet above sea level, on approximately 30 acres of level land. It was the largest Union POW camp and one of the most secure, as it was surrounded on three sides by water from the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, with Union cannons pointed at the Confederate prisoners from Ft. Lincoln and Union gun ships anchored in nearby waters. There were only an estimated 50 successful escapes.
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Stan Clardy Closes out 2011 Christmas in Dixie Series
Joined by Terry Grissop with a True (more or less) Grizzly Bear Story
Stan Clardy closed out the fifth and final Special Friday Celebration titled Christmas in Dixie at the Museum and Library of Confederate History in Greenville.
The annual event sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Order of Confederate Rose, is free and open to the public and attracts hundreds on Friday nights each December.
A different program is presented each week. This year, the musical programs were presented by Leeanne White, TheReeves Family, Mark and Donna Simpson, The Joyful Harps and Stan Clardy. Each program begins with a children’s hour from 6 to 7 p.m.
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Christmas In Dixie by Joyful Harps
- By Bob Dill & Gilbert Scales
The Joyful Harps with parents Ray and Holly Sheen.
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OCR Ladies Host Annual Christmas Reception for SCV
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Event Held in Newly Renovated Museum Expansion
The Varina Howell Davis Chapter, Order of the Confederate Rose, provided food and served as hostesses for the Annual Christmas Reception honoring members of the Sixteenth Regiment, Camp 36, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The Confederate Rose Chapter is auxiliary to the Sixteenth Regiment, SCV.
Mosie Marlar is president of the OCR Chapter. Other members assisting with the event were Cheryl Rude, Sally Wheeler, Linda Hamilton, Pamela Durham and Pam Evans.
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