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Friday, December 10, 2010

Commemorative Ceremony for Battle of Kingsport

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Subject: SCV holds commemorative ceremony for Battle of Kingsport
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December 9, 2010
Sons of Confederate Veterans ceremony

Commemorating the Battle of Kingsport

         Living history event this weekend

  

The John S. Mosby Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp in Kingsport is hosting a Commemoration Ceremony at the Battle of Kingsport Site  Monument on December 10-11, 2010. 

 

On December 10, members and re-enactors will establish a living history encampment fully established by 7 p.m. and pull guard duty of the monument and area until 10 a.m. on December 11th.  A formal Commemoration Ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.  Kingsport SCV Commander John Byington will open the ceremony, followed by historian Scott Smith who will present a summary of the battle.  The Color Guard will do a presentation of colors and a volley salute.

 

The general public is cordially invited to attend.  For further information, please contact John Byington.


 

 

See our Sullivan County Calendar of Events for other exciting events!
  
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