South Carolina’s official Christmas tree has made its way to the State House. It will officially be lit at the 57th Annual Governor’s Carolighting Ceremony on November 19th at 6 p.m.
Known as one of the largest in the Southeast, Columbia’s Veterans Day Parade kicked off at the corners of Sumter and Laurel Streets, with Vietnam Veterans serving as this year’s Grand Marshals.
“It’s a bridge back to a lost world, and today when we’re hearing about so much violence and anti-Semitism, it’s so important to focus on culture and the cultures that remain. This is an artist who revives musical traditions and keeps them going and at times like this I think we all need that,” says Executive Director of USC’s Anne Frank Center Doyle Stevick.
As part of the tribute, members of the eighth grade band played a medley of Armed Forces songs honoring each branch of the military, and original drawings were given to each Veteran in attendance by a Fulmer Middle School art student — proving that patriotism isn’t just for adults.
“Your actions have consequences. It doesn’t really matter how you feel afterwards, those actions still happen. And those consequences are still real. And that’s true for me as well as Jamon. You know, he’s facing the consequences of what he did that day and I’m dealing with them and have been dealing with them everyday since the incident just in a different capacity,” says Investigator Merriman.
The 35-foot-tall Norway Spruce that traveled from Henderson Tree Farms in Morganton, North Carolina will become a celebrity of sorts, and for many will mark the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season across the state.
Leaders held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Sanctuary at Boyd Island, located just across a scenic footbridge, on the Saluda Riverwalk.
Just a year ago, the fifty pod homes on Calhoun Street were being assembled. And now officials say 34 people have found permanent housing through the program.
“Whether they are sick or not, they’re still children. So we want to make sure that we’re still celebrating that and we’re taking every opportunity that we can to bring festivities to them,” Fink says,
City officials along with members of the River Alliance and The Darnall W. & Susan F. Boyd Foundation held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Sanctuary at Boyd Island, located just across a scenic footbridge on the Saluda Riverwalk.
