Recreating history at Battle of Aiken reenactment weekend
Spectators can relive the 1865 clash as Confederate and Union reenactors mark the 149th anniversary on February 22 and 23. About 2,000 students visit February 21 for School Day, with 3,000 to 4,000 expected if weather holds. Gates open 8:30 a.m. with 9 a.m. presentations.
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Battle of Aiken schedule and details for 149th anniversary
The Battle of Aiken events run February 21 to 23 at 1210 Powell Pond Road Aiken with school days tours gates open for public viewing parades drills and tactical reenactments. Admission is 10 for 13 plus 5 for ages 6-12 with free entry for under 5. parking is first come, first served. Pets and coolers not allowed.
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Students gift art to Aiken School District Board
Caroline Weaver a Lever Elementary third grader and ten other student artists presented works to the School Board during a Tuesday meeting. The annual tradition sees pieces hung in the board room with a board member sometimes taking a prior work home.
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Caroline Weaver
Georgia O'Keefe
van Gogh
Caroline
J.D. Lever
Aiken
Beth Everitt
Levi Green
Silver Bluff High
Stu Tamayo
Cameal Hall
Silver Bluff
Jack Bell
Green
Woodside secretary known as heart of club shot dead
Geraldine Gerri Johnson 71, longtime Woodside Plantation Country Club secretary, was killed in her Clem son Drive home after a family quarrel with nephew Michael Lynn Thompson Jr., 39, who is charged with murder. Investigators say Thompson brandished a weapon during the dispute. Johnson’s funeral was held midweek.
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Geraldine “Gerri” Johnson
Clemson
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Michael Lynn Thompson Jr
Aiken County
Thompson
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Charlie Hartz
Galbreath
Jason Tufts
Woodside
Tufts
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