Decoration Day Celebration
Sat, May 24
|Morning Glory Homestead Farm, LLC.
Come meet the author of As We Remember: A History of the Women’s Relief Corps in Beaufort SC. “This unit's origins based on Civil War era activities of Black women who taught, nursed, fed and led during this period in Beaufort District's local history.”
Time & Location
May 24, 2025, 5:00 PM
Morning Glory Homestead Farm, LLC., 42 Robert And Clara Trail, St Helena Island, SC 29920, USA
About the event
This excellent excerpt is from the blog written by Grace Cordial, manager and archival director or the materials housed in the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library System. Our program is based upon the importance of the information and research gathered for the publication of the book and its author.
“This year, I am choosing an 83 pages, small press published history book about an enduring small, but mighty, local African-American woman's group as the BDC's "Best Book of 2023" selection.
Every war has its veterans; and every veterans group tends to have its auxiliaries. The Civil War period is no exception. Confederate veterans had several such associations and as the veterans died off, their descendants became eligible for membership in similar associations. The Union too had its Grand Army of the Republic posts from 1866 to 1956 when its last member, Albert Woolson, died. Civil War veterans…
Schedule
45 minutesUSCF Grave Decoration
Coffin Point Cemetery
1 hour 55 minutesDecoration Day Program and Meal
Morning Glory Homestead Farm
Tickets
Decoration Day Celebration
Sale ends
May 24, 5:00 PM
Admission
From $15.00 to $65.00
$65.00
+$1.63 ticket service fee
$40.00
+$1.00 ticket service fee
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
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