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    Slave Cemetery Marking

    2:00 PM-3:30 PM
    February 04, 2018
    Rehobeth United Methodist Church
    9297 Sherrills Ford Rd, Terrell, NC 28682, USA

    The Mecklenburg chapter is joining chapter member and Eagle Scout David Miller (Troop 327, Lakeland District, Piedmont Council) to honor and mark the site of an original slave cemetery at Rehobeth United Methodist Church. David’s Eagle Scout project was to clean the cemetery and identify where the people were buried. We are now honoring those people with a service on February 4, 2018. Color Guard is encouraged to participate. Please email Jim Tatum to participate or for more information at .

    Schedule of Events

    12 – 1:30pm – Come early and join everybody for a soup, stew and variety lunch/fellowship

    2:00pm – The program begins at the site of the slave cemetery

    2:30pm – Eagle Scout program will begin inside the Church Family Center (all are invited)

    Light snacks will be served following the Eagle Scout program.

    The church is located diagonally across from the Jayco Camping Center on Sherrills Ford Road.
    From I-77 North:
    – Take Exit 36 West on Hwy 150 approximately 7 miles.
    – Turn left on Sherrills Ford Rd. and the church will be on the right approximately 300 yards
    From Hwy 16 – It is a 4-lane road north
    – Right turn on Hwy 16 across business 16. Drive approximately 6 miles from business 16
    – Turn right on Sherrills Ford Rd. and the church will be on the right approximately 300 yards
    Chapter member Jim Tatum will be smoking his famous pork BBQ!

Annual NCSSAR Events

See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.

 

1 February 1781 Battle of Cowan’s Ford Huntersville, NC
27 February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Currie, NC
15 March 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Greensboro, NC
12 April 1776 Adoption of the Halifax Resolves Halifax, NC
16 May Battles of Alamance County Burlington, NC
20 May 1775 Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence Charlotte, NC
20 June 1775 Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves Fayetteville, NC
20 June 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Lincolnton, NC
21 July 1780 Battle of Colson’s Mill Norwood, NC
29 July 1781 Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Deep River, NC
2 August 1781 Battle of Rockfish Creek Wallace, NC
14 August 1775 Issuance of the Tryon Resolves Bessemer City, NC
25-27 August 1774 Issuance of the New Bern Resolves New Bern, NC
1 October 1780 Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford Morganton, NC
7 October 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC
14 October 1780 Battle of Shallow’s Ford Huntsville, NC

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