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| Volunteers from the 3rd Brigade of the SC Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SC SCV) at the site of Old Stone Cemetery near Landsford Canal State Park in Fort Lawn, SC. |
On Saturday, October 23rd, about 20 volunteers from the 3rd Brigade of the South Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCSCV) came together to clean up Old Stone Cemetery near Landsford Canal State Park in Fort Lawn, South Carolina.
The 3rd Brigade volunteers included about 20 members of SCV camps from Chester, York, and Union Counties in upstate South Carolina who brought their own tools to clear out overgrown brush and a couple of fallen trees from the neglected cemetery, reclaiming it once again from the surrounding woods. They also made special efforts to locate and place U.S. and Confederate flags on the graves of American Veterans buried on the site -- one veteran in particular, the grave of a Revolutionary War colonel buried deep in the cemetery.
The following are photos I took of the cemetery cleanup.
The 3rd Brigade volunteers included about 20 members of SCV camps from Chester, York, and Union Counties in upstate South Carolina who brought their own tools to clear out overgrown brush and a couple of fallen trees from the neglected cemetery, reclaiming it once again from the surrounding woods. They also made special efforts to locate and place U.S. and Confederate flags on the graves of American Veterans buried on the site -- one veteran in particular, the grave of a Revolutionary War colonel buried deep in the cemetery.
The following are photos I took of the cemetery cleanup.
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| The graves of American militia Colonel Robert Patton (1737-1807) and his wife, Sarah (1744-1829) covered in weeds and brush. Patton served under Patriot militia General Thomas "Gamecock" Sumter as a partisan fighter during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War in 1780-81. Patton is the highest ranking American veteran buried in Old Stone Cemetery. |
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| At least one large tree was uprooted by heavy storms recently. Thankfully it didn't cause further damage to any of the headstones. |
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| Well folks, time to get to work! |
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| "Come and get it!" A nice warm hot dog and chili lunch is served. |
Colonel Patton and his wife's graves before and after the cleanup.
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special thanks to those members of the 3rd Brigade, SC SCV camps who
volunteered. These include: Walker-Gaston Camp #86 (Chester, SC);
General States Rights Gist Camp #1451 (Union, SC); Private Thomas
E. Caldwell Camp #31 (York, SC); Brigadier General Micah Jenkins Camp
#1569 (Rock Hill, SC); and also thanks to Miss Michelle Jackson of
Charlotte, NC also representing the Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR) for helping with the cemetery cleanup.
Well done, y'all!
1 comment:
Nice to see you're still preserving what needs preserving, C.W. Not that I would expect anything less from you and your Confederate team of heritage preservationists.
A math-related heritage tidbit that's worth you knowing about is that a pretty obscure set of math theorems says that our ancestral pie chart DNA percentages act as a cross-cultural-assimilation data storage device of immense magnitude and complexity. Where for example a 100% Japanese ancestry person when sufficiently exposed and assimilated into US culture would exhibit an otherwise inexplicable, yet measurable percentage of Turtle Island indigenous ancestry within his or her Ancestral Pie Chart. While it still needs scientific verification outside of the US, which could take like forever, it makes for some interesting sci-fi story line possibilities.
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