Hi Group, EVENTS OF SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 11:00AM - JACKSON SWAMP CEMETERY, MERCER MILL RD, LUMBERTON, NC DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR VETERANS MARKER FOR SIMON ALLEN, CSA VETERAN. Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 - 11:00am at Jackson Swamp Cemetery on Mercer Mill Rd there will be a memorial service and dedication of a military marker at the grave of Simon Allen of the 36th Regiment. The 36th was composed of men from both Robeson and Bladen Counties. I plan to be there myself. If anyone else would like to join me feel free to come. This will be a simular service as we expect to have for Private Travis Watts in the cemetery walk next year in Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lumberton. The Drowning Creek Historical Re-enactment Society [Sons of Confederate Veterans] will be in charge of the service. They will be dressed in the Confederate attire and will be giving a twenty-one gun salute to Allen. Directions: From Lumberton, take Elizabethtown Rd / Hwy 41 towards Elizabethtown - continue several miles out of the city, pass Littlefield Middle School on the right, and continue 1-2 miles, turn right on Mercer Mill Rd, continue about 1 mile and cemetery is on the right beside road after crossing through Jackson Swamp. Directions: From Elizabethtown, take Hwy 41 towards Lumberton, go into Robeson County, turn left on second hard surface road to left, this will be Mercer Mill Road, continue about 1 mile and cemetery is on the right beside road after crossing through Jackson Swamp. ALSO: 11:00AM - 6:00PM AT HARMONY HALL IN BLADEN CO NC THAT SAME DAY: Come join us for an old time Christmas celebration at 18th century Harmony Hall plantation at 1615 River Road, White Oak NC from 11am 'til 6pm on December 2, 2006. You may bring family and friends to enjoy this interesting and fun afternoon with you. House tours with period decorations & Celtic Christmas music 18th century surgeon & apothecary Ox cart rides Blacksmithing Bladen Militia/musket firing Colonial guns & survey equipment Game cooking Candle making, colonial dolls & story telling Herbs used in cooking & medicine Santa Claus Artist at work Rose, the performing dog at 2:00 Barbecue and chicken bog at $5 a plate available from 11 am until ... A Colonial Family Christmas program in the chapel at 4:30 followed by Christmas carols, hot drinks, and candlelight at main house No admission is charged, but donations are welcome and appreciated.

Is Harmony Hall Plantation open for tours any other time? If you do the Christmas Celebration again, could you give us about 6 weeks notice so that we can plan to attend? I have to come about 250 miles to make it. We enjoy staying at the Sleepy Bear campground in Lumberton when we come up your way. No, it does not take me 6 weeks to make 250 miles but we do have to make advance plans. I know you will all have a good time and many thanks to the people who have given their time in making this event possible for the enjoyment of others. thanks, betty in ga ----- Original Message ----- From: "sam.west" <sam.west@ncmail.net> To: <NCROBESO@rootsweb.com>; <NCBLADEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: [NCROBESO] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 > Hi Group, > > EVENTS OF SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2006 > > 11:00AM - JACKSON SWAMP CEMETERY, MERCER MILL RD, LUMBERTON, NC > DEDICATION > CEREMONY FOR VETERANS MARKER FOR SIMON ALLEN, CSA VETERAN. > > Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 - 11:00am at Jackson Swamp Cemetery on Mercer > Mill Rd there will be a memorial service and dedication of a military > marker > at the grave of Simon Allen of the 36th Regiment. The 36th was composed > of > men from both Robeson and Bladen Counties. I plan to be there myself. If > anyone else would like to join me feel free to come. This will be a > simular > service as we expect to have for Private Travis Watts in the cemetery walk > next year in Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lumberton. The Drowning Creek > Historical Re-enactment Society [Sons of Confederate Veterans] will be in > charge of the service. They will be dressed in the Confederate attire and > will be giving a twenty-one gun salute to Allen. > > Directions: From Lumberton, take Elizabethtown Rd / Hwy 41 towards > Elizabethtown - continue several miles out of the city, pass Littlefield > Middle School on the right, and continue 1-2 miles, turn right on Mercer > Mill Rd, continue about 1 mile and cemetery is on the right beside road > after crossing through Jackson Swamp. > > Directions: From Elizabethtown, take Hwy 41 towards Lumberton, go into > Robeson County, turn left on second hard surface road to left, this will > be > Mercer Mill Road, continue about 1 mile and cemetery is on the right > beside > road after crossing through Jackson Swamp. > > ALSO: > > 11:00AM - 6:00PM AT HARMONY HALL IN BLADEN CO NC THAT SAME DAY: > > Come join us for an old time Christmas celebration at 18th century Harmony > Hall plantation > at 1615 River Road, White Oak NC from 11am 'til 6pm on December 2, 2006. > > You may bring family and friends to enjoy this interesting and fun > afternoon > with you. > > House tours with period decorations & Celtic Christmas music > > 18th century surgeon & apothecary > > Ox cart rides > > Blacksmithing > > Bladen Militia/musket firing > > Colonial guns & survey equipment > > Game cooking > > Candle making, colonial dolls & story telling > > Herbs used in cooking & medicine > > Santa Claus > > Artist at work > > Rose, the performing dog at 2:00 > > Barbecue and chicken bog at $5 a plate available from 11 am until ... > > A Colonial Family Christmas program in the chapel at 4:30 followed by > Christmas carols, hot drinks, and candlelight at main house > > No admission is charged, but donations are welcome and appreciated. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >