Westminster Abbey of the South project at Fletcher North Carolina
A controversial plan to honor Jefferson Davis and other Southern leaders with a proposed outdoor Westminster Abbey of the South at Old Calvary Church in Fletcher North Carolina is described. Founder Clarence McClellan envisions a grand memorial garden converting the church grounds into a shrine drawing visitors from across the South and beyond, with markers for notable Confederate figures and artists. The piece highlights the church's history and the landscape featuring pines, boxwood, and oaks along the Blue Ridge foothills near Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
Conwas
Fletcher
N. C
United Pwenes
South
Clarence Stuart McClellan
Jeewinster Abbey
McClelhha
Monumetts
McAlan
Westminster Abbey
Dixie
McClellan
Old Calvary Church
North Carolina
Asheville
Middle- West
Florida
South Carolina
Rutledges
Blakes
Sharehoard
Rob
Mr. McClellan
Lee
Robert E Lee
Les
Washington and Lee College
Revival and Westminster Abbey of the South Plan
Revival services begin at the Wesleyan Methodist church with Rev. M R Harvey assisting Rev J L Bolen. The article details plans for an Open Air Westminster Abbey of the South featuring granite grave markers honoring Southern figures, with a Lee monument and a life-size statue of a Southern Negro Mammy, plus a reading garden and paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Methodist Church
M. R. Harvey
Cherryville
J. L. Bolen
Florence Mill News Highlights and Local Visits
Florence Mills notes a busy weekend with visits across Sunshine Shelby and Asheville. Families and neighbors gathered for birthday dinners and social calls while several residents listed sick. M G Godfrey of Kingsport Tennessee stayed with family for several days. Golf at Dixie Golf Course recommended for recreation and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Mills
Frank Toney
E. M. Toney
Sunshine
Everett Toney
W. H. Whisnants
Lawrence Penson
Weldon Lowery
Roy Raymond
Towery
Odum Rupp
D. Taylor
Neighbors
M. G Godfrey
Kingsport Tenn
Charlie Phillips
J. P. Richards
Charlotte
Dixie Golf Course
Also Mentioned on This Page
Slasorate Abbey
Calvary Churchyard
Westminster Abbey of the South
J. B. Hicklin
Confederate Sites of America
Fairview, Ciy
New Orleans
Louisiana
Southern Artists
Herr Timrod
Dhederacy
Robert Loveman
Orren Randolph
Mr. Harvey
Mary Hudler
Pennsylvania
Washington and Lee University
Frank L. Stanton
Paul Hamilton Hayne
George Denison Prentice
Philip Pendleton Cooke
Richard
Henry Wilde
James Mattews
Gare
Henry Rootes Jackson
Mirbeau Boonaparte Lamar
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Alexander Beaufort Meek
Theodore
James Whitcomb Riley
Stephen Collins Foster
William Sydney Porter
O’henry
Sidney Lanier
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Francis Ohrerry Ticknor
Georgia
Francis Scott Key
Edgar Wilson
Bill
Nye
John Fox
McClellian
George B. McClellan
New York University
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
California
Texas
Norgan P. Bodie
Blanton’s Cafe
Forest City, N. C
Biltmore Ice
Florence Mill News
Esper Sisk
Shelby
A. C. Hudsow
Claude
Horace Hardin
J. D
Charlie Greene
Earl
Mrs. Green
Quaker State
Pennzoil
Forest City Motor Company
Romina
Forest City
Philip Barry
Lewis Stone
Doris Kenyon
Charles Butterworth
Una Merkel
Tom Keene
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!