Enthusiasm was high among the nearly 100 attendees at the KCHS’s first-time History Fair Jan. 26 which was planned to highlight the many historical interests of Society members as we celebrated passing 70 years of existence. Moving among the many individual exhibits set up by members for the occasion prompted conversations sharing mutual interests of presenters and viewers alike.
One of the exhibits—depicting members Lon and Donna Outen’s 2024 trip to London—is expected to carry over into another KCHS program to be scheduled later in 2025. Although they had contributed to exhibits, a “bug” the Outens caught just before the Fair was the culprit preventing them from being present to make remarks about what many were interested in hearing more about—their vacationing side-trip to the Camden History Society in Camden Town, London, England, which followed long-term KCHS participation with that Society’s global project seeking out origins of “Camden” placenames world-wide.
Fairs invoke fun activities for prize winners, and our History Fair was no different. Drawings rewarded some winners with prizes like vintage metal KCHS historical signs or special history books. No one had to leave this birthday party empty-handed, however, for a table of our local-history booklets written over the years invited each member to select a copy of a title of interest to take home or share with an interested person. Book sales also offered a selection of titles. Our goal as always is to keep history alive and its stories circulating! A large specially decorated birthday cake celebrated the Society’s passing its 70th birthday of doing just that.
Kershaw County Historical Society 
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