Re-interment of 14 Revolutionary War Soldiers at Camden, SC
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 8:30 AM - 11:00 PM EDT
Category: OUT OF STATE SOCIETY
Host/POC: Overall coordination by the South Carolina Battleground Trust/Doug Bostick Location: Historic Camden Battleground, vicinity 222 Broad St., Camden SC (TBC)
PROGRAM UPDATES: (1) As a matter of priority, Compatriots planning to attend this event are requested to register with Compatriot Doug Doster no later than April 15 (click on this link): Registration
Overview: The event honors 12 Patriot and 2 Crown Soldiers who died and were buried in unmarked graves where they fell on the Camden battlefield (August 16, 1780). The remains will be carried in a funeral cortege led by the US Army's Old Guard along a one mile route to the same Church where Maj Gen Baron de Kalb is buried: Bethesda Presbyterian Church (502, Dekalb St., Camden). Following service, the Soldiers' remains will be re-interred.
More details at these links: (a) SCSSAR Camden Re-interment (b) Camden Funeral
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