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Aiken Council to consider Hitchcock Parkway actions Monday
Aiken City Council will review two Hitchcock Parkway items on Monday. A resolution to modify widening plans by removing sidewalks and narrowing the center median is paired with a request to commit Capital Project Sales Tax funds for the project.
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Aiken Kite Festival Draws Families For Annual Event
The seventh annual Aiken Kite Festival at Citizens Park featured a variety of kites, a quad copter video pilot, tattoos by Kiwanis, pet adoptions, rock climbing, inflatables, and live shows. Organizers credited National Kite Month and praised sponsor support from Lobster Races and WBBQ.
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Sons of Union Veterans expand with Aiken encampment
The Georgia and South Carolina Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held its annual encampment in Aiken as it seeks growth in the region. Camp 10 commander Brian Pierson notes about 100 members and a mission to honor Union veterans while promoting patriotism, citizenship and history.
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We're all Americans. The Civil War shows failed politics.
Brian Pierson, camp commander, remarks on national unity and the Civil War as a lesson in political failure. He argues that leaders failed to prevent conflict and emphasizes the enduring impact on the nation.
Civil War echoes Shape Civil Rights Debate Says Pierson
Pierson a U S Air Force colonel urges memory of Civil War impacts as a link to Civil Rights era. He notes the deep South has Union ties and warns forgetting history could condemn us to repeat it while promoting broader U S engagement in Georgia and South Carolina.
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