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Heritage Day earns state award for Beech Island society
Beech Island Historical Society won the South Carolina Local Historical Societies Award of Merit at the 18th Beech Island Heritage Day in Charleston on March 4. The May 22 2004 event at Granville Plantation marked the 80th anniversary of the first Sand Bar Ferry Bridge. Proceeds funded repairs to the barn at the Visitors & History Center. Between 1,500 and 2,000 attended. The 19th annual event is set for April 16 with a Savannah River steamboat theme and a 1800s drama reenactment. Contact Jackie Bartley.
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Beech Island Historical Society
South Carolina
Sand Bar Ferry
Georgia
Joan Harrison
Bartley
Estelle Mauldin
Beech Island Historical Society Visitors & History Center
Old Jackson Highway
Beech Island
Granville Plantation
Savannah
Jackie Bartley
John Moore
Impore
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