229th Anniversary of The Crossing of the Dan
February 20, 2010, at South Boston, Virginia
Tentative Schedule of Events
| 8:30 a.m. |
DAR/SAR Breakfast in The Prizery Banquet Hall - third floor. (Reservations needed.*)
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Opening Ceremonies at The Prizery - see map
• Welcome by Town Manager, Col. Ted Daniel, USAF Retired
• Keynote Address
• Guilford Court House Fife & Drums Corps
• Presenting the Colors - HC H.S. Jr. ROTC
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Invocation will be by the Reverend Larry Aaron
• Wreath Laying Ceremony
• Recognition of Poetry & Poster Winners
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| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch - Food available at The Prizery (Reservations needed.*)
• Book signings
• Pilgrimage to the crossing site
• Musket Demonstration
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*For reservations contact Anne Raab - tsraab@comcast.net.
or, print and mail this Registration form.
Aaron states:
"In February 1781 the greatest retreat in the American Revolution played out with British and American armies dueling across the Carolinas in a 230-mile chase."
"In magnificent maneuvers regaled even by his enemies, Nathanael Greene's ragged and destitute American Army crossed the Dan River on waiting boats ahead of the British."
"After finding safety as well as needed reinforcements and supplies in Virginia, Greene's strengthened army recrossed the Dan to engage British General Cornwallis."
"The consequences of The Race to the Dan were monumental and had Greene's army been defeated along the way, the results would have changed the course of history like no other Revolutionary War event."
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DAR/SAR breakfast and wreath laying:
Registration contacts are: Anne Raab and Larry Aaron.
Links:
Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution
North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
Pilgrimage to Boyd's Ferry:
If weather permits, we will also have a trek from The Prizey to the actual Boyd's Ferry landing site.
See this current photo taken during a recent freshet.
Photos:
See photos and news stories from the 2008 event here.
Sponsors:
The Crossing of the Dan Event is sponsored by DAR - The Berryman Green Chapter & SAR - Dan River Chapter
Co-sponsors are:
See The Crossing of the Dan exhibit
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