Video: Bells Ring, Cannons Boom on Constitution Day in Watkinsville
Video: Bells Ring, Cannons Boom on Constitution Day in Watkinsville
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Cannon detonation in Watkinsville only recognizes DAR Celebration @ 4:00 p.m.
The Daughters of the American Revolution are coming to celebrate Constitution Week today around 4:00 pm with a cannon fired hopefully away from Eagle Tavern. Sincerely, Dan Matthews Subject: DAR Celebration @ 4:00 p.m. Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:42:27 -0400 From: jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com To: This afternoon at 4p.m. or shortly thereafter, you may hear a cannon being fired in the downtown area in recognition of Constitution Week as part of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebration. Thank you. Julie Julie A. Sanders, CMC City of Watkinsville 191 VFW Drive P. O. Box 27 Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 706-769-5161 (office) 706-769-4760 (fax) jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com
A War of 1812 Bicentennial Rememberance Proclamation in Watkinsville | Online Athens
One of my direct descendants, General David Blackshear, fought in this war as a brigade commander as well as the Revolutionary War as a mere child. A War of 1812 Bicentennial Rememberance Proclamation in Watkinsville | Online Athens
Looking for help
The Oconee County Historical Society and the DAR will be sponsoring a float in the Watkinsville Christmas Parade December 4. We plan to have people in historical costume accompanying the float to hand out 'old fashioned' candies and a flyer. The flyer will have information about the society, some historical information about Christmas trees and we hope information about the upcoming campaign to restore the chairs in the auditorium at Central School House. We need folks willing to help with the candy and fliers. Do not worry about the 'historical costume' part. The history that the society covers goes from the beginnings of settlement in the area up to the present day so thinking of a costume might not be as difficult as you think. If you need help with ideas we will help you figure out something. Please let me know if you are willing to join in the fun. Peggy
Christmas Float for Parade on Sat. Dec 4
Period costumes and old time musicians are sought out for this collaboration between the Oconee Historical Society and the DAR. Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 9:56:31 AM Subject: Christmas Float for Parade on Sat. Dec 4 Dear OHS members - We will partner with the DAR on a Christmas Parade float. Please read the email from Emily Givens concerning the details of the float. If you would like to participate, please let me know as soon as you can. It should be fun and I hope to see you there. - Ben ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emily Givens < emily14@bellsouth.net > Date: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:22 AM Subject: Christmas Float for Parade on Sat. Dec 4 Ben and I have been brainstorming the Christmas Float and here is what we propose to do: Playing off the theme of Holly Jolly Christmas. We want to have two banners on either side of the float that say: The Oconee County Historical Society and the Rev. John Andrew Chapter...
Overflow crowd for Sunday DAR dedication of Patriot Park
The Reverend John Andrew chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated the new Patriot Park in Watkinsville Sunday before an overflow audience of several hundred people in the side yard of Mike Thornton's property just across the business route of Highway 441 where it connects with State Route 15. The local chapter of the DAR is the youngest in the state, and at least 17 American Revolutionary soldiers have been identified with Oconee County ties, including a distant relative of mine in John Harris, buried on Barnett Shoals Road in Oconee County. Names such as Elder, Fambrough, Haygood, and Nunnally are represented on street signs, historic markers and the cemeteries all across Oconee County, Georgia and coming out of the town once called Big Springs coming from Creek Indian territory and home to Eagle Tavern and Elder Mill Covered Bridge, here honored in a duplex bird house to hoisted upon the small parcel of land soon in yet another wonderful award from th...
Patriot Park dedication scheduled this weekend in Watkinsville in front of Jittery's Joe's at Hwy. 15/441 business convergeance
People dressed in Revolutionary War period wear will highlight the Daughters of the American Revolution's dedication of the pocket park where the 441 Business Route meets Highway 15 at the 5 points style intersection in the heart of Watkinsville 2:00 pm Sunday. Patriot Park dedication scheduled this weekend || OnlineAthens.com