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South Carolina Ladies Auxiliary's Photo
Gallery:
February 17, 2002, Sullivan's Island,
Charleston County, South Carolina
"Hunley Day"
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Hunley Day - Memorial Service to the
crewmen lost on February 17, 1864 from the Hunley Submarine and the USS
Housatonic.
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| Sunrise
Presbyterian Church at Breach Inlet, 3222 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island |
 | The service was preceded by a 3.6 mile march by an honor guard
carrying the flags of the US and CS. |
| The Snowden Chapter of the Order of Confederate Rose served light
refreshments after the march. |
| The service began with the Invocation by Reverend Vance Polley of
the Sunrise
Presbyterian Church. |
| We didn't take photos during the church service, but it was a moving
ceremony. The Welcome was given by John Jowers, Steve Riggs read his
poem about Confederate dead, and Kathy McCants sang a beautiful solo.
A haunting bell rang as Randy Burbage read the names of the dead from
both ships. As each name was read, the bell tolled, and a soldier
picked up a long-stemmed red rose to give to a veiled mourner. |
| The soldiers escorted the ladies in mourning to the beach at Breech
Inlet, near the point where the Hunley was launched. |
| The wreaths for the Hunley and the Housatonic were made by Jeanne
Weil. Local members of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (SubVets)
tossed the wreaths into the waves. |
| Each of the 13 mourners tossed a rose into the surf. |
| The soldiers fired their muskets and a cannon salute. |
| Sgt. Jay Walker played taps on the bugle. |
| Everyone sang Dixie! |
| Many of the participants visited local establishments to share food
and drinks, and exchange information the old-fashioned way - without a
mouse! |
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| These photos were taken with SCLA's digital camera. If
anyone has photos they would like to have posted here, send them to the
Webmaster
and let me know if you want me to show your name with them. |
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