244th Commemoration of the First Siege of Augusta

Name: 244th Commemoration of the First Siege of Augusta
Start: 2024-09-28T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-28T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Salvation Army Kroc Center Auditorium, 1833 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia

Schedule

Sat Sep 28 2024 at 09:30 am to 02:00 pm

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Location

Salvation Army Kroc Center Auditorium, 1833 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia | Augusta, GA

Schedule of Events:
1. 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM. We will host a combined meeting of the Georgia and South Carolina C.A.R. in the Kroc Center Auditorium.
2. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. The local SAR chapters with assistance from the Augusta Chapter, NSDAR, will host a luncheon consisting of BBQ sandwiches, potato salad, and tea provided by Larry Sconyers BBQ in the Kroc Center Lunchroom. There will also be dessert. You must sign up for the luncheon in advance and the cost is $16.00 per person.
3. 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM. We will conduct the commemoration ceremony in the comfortable 300-seat Kroc Center Auditorium. The ceremony will consist of bringing greetings, a battle seminar by Historian Steven Rauch and wreath presentations.
4. Following the indoor ceremony, we will go out to the battlefield behind the Kroc Center to watch a mock battle reenactment demonstration to be conducted by our militia and artillery sections firing black powder muskets and six black powder cannons.