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Holly Hedge Tour & The Immortal 600

A sizeable group of Society members, umbrellas in hand but unaffected by overhead clouds, enjoyed a delightful tour of one of Camden’s lovely historic estate homes, Holly Hedge, on March 24, 2013. The members-only tour followed a public program the

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A Veteran Recalls World War II

Frequent focus on Kershaw County’s Revolutionary struggles against the British does not overshadow local interests in modern historical times–such as World War II, when America and Great Britain were allied in freedom’s cause. On February 24, 2013, the Society’s program’s

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South Carolinians in Love and War

Nov. 4. 2012, at Camden High School Auditorium, Civil War historian Mac Wyckoff focused on members of Kershaw’s Brigade, CSA, in his informative and entertaining presentation. Wyckoff’s previous contacts with the Society and knowledgeable talks provided a well-anticipated program. Gen.

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Mary Chesnut’s Long-Lost Civil War Photographs

In a Society program Feb. 26, 2012, at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church, Camden, Marty Daniels discussed her family’s search and recovery of Mary Chesnut’s lost Civil War photograph albums. Daniels also described her work with archivist Barbara McCarthy at Mulberry

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Pre-Revolutionary History in Kershaw County

Our Jan.13, 2008, program at the Robert Mills Courthouse was well-attended, enjoyed by audience and panelists, and moderated by Don Terrell on the subject: Pre-Revolutionary History in Kershaw County. Some of the finer pre-Revolutionary area homes did not differ much

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The Elgin Centennial was observed in 2008!

We enjoyed our Oct. 2007 program Old Blaney to New Elgin – thanks to the Elgin Centennial Committee, our hosts.  Where Blaney began — A telegraph operator sits in the Western Union window of the Seaboard train depot at Blaney

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