Reenactment Revisits Aiken Civil War Battles
Civil War reenactors staged the Battle of Aiken and the Battle of White Pond in downtown Aiken. Horns and cannons opened the event with Union forces pressuring Confederate troops, followed by a second day of reenactment detailing Kilpatrick’s 1865 raid and the White Pond engagement.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Battle of
White Pond
Richland Avenue
Baptist Church
Augusta
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Aiken County
Charles C. Crew
Joe Wheeler
Holly Ellington
David Challas
Gen
Robert E. Lee
Students to address Aiken School Board on budget concerns
Aiken High junior Aric Benning voices worry about budget woes and retiring teachers not returning as the Aiken County Board of Education anticipates a 12 million deficit for 2009 10. He plans to speak at the district office meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. with other students signing in to participate.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Brookhaven Drive
North Augusta
South Carolina General Assembly
Deaths and Funerals North Augusta Mary Deer Bath
Mary Deer of North Augusta and Nathaniel Landy of Bath are listed in the Deaths and Funerals notices. The brief item notes their passing and funeral details in the local obituary column.
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Mary Deer
North Augusta
Nathaniel Landy
Bath
Aiken NAACP Helps Unveil Civil Rights Stamp Series
The U S Postal Service debuts two Civil Rights Pioneers stamps in six designs as the NAACP marks its 100th anniversary. At Laurens Street, Aiken post office officials and community members celebrate with Brendolyn Jenkins and Kathy Jenks noting Southeast’s sole unveiling. The issue honors leaders like Medgar Evers Fannie Lou Hamer Mary Terrell Ovington Spingarn Villard Bates Baker Clifford and others.
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U.S. Postal Service
NAACP
Postal Service
Aiken
Kathy Jenks
Laurens Street
Brendolyn Jenkins
Walter White
Ella Baker
Ruby Harley
Ovington and Villard
Bates
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Baker
Clifford
West Virginia
Supreme Court
David Walker
Walker
Rob Novit
Aiken Post Office
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Brian Cook
Dawson
Stewart Reed
Noah Stedley
Medgar Evers
Fannie Lou Hamer
Ers
Mary Church Terrell
Mary White Ovington
J.R. Clifford
Joel Elias
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