EMANCIPATION DAY CELEBRATION

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Freewoods Farm

9515 Freewoods Road

Myrtle Beach (Burgess), SC 29588

            The Fifteenth Annual Emancipation Day Celebration will be held on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Our theme for the Celebration is: Remembering The Past While Planning Our Future.   It will be a day of remembrance and education.

            Join us at 10:00 A.M. for a Tour of Freewoods Farm (9515 Freewoods Road, Myrtle Beach (Burgess), SC). At 11:30 A.M., join us for a Fireside Chat in the Farm House on Freewoods Farm with Mrs. Annie S. Plowden, a lifelong long resident of Freewoods, a retired school teacher and community historian. .

            There will be NO PROGRAM AT ST. JAMES MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JANUARY 1, 2014. Our Emancipation Day Program at the school is held every other year. No program on January 1, 2014.  Nonetheless, we need your contributions to help in operating Freewoods Farm. We have daily ongoing operating expenses.  Please make a contribution. Your tax deductible contributions will be acknowledged. Mail contributions to: Freewoods Farm, 10546 Freewoods Road, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588.

            Get ready for our Black History Month Program on Freewoods Farm on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 10:00 AM. See how the old farmers made lime. It’s also a Fish Fry. More Info. on this later.

                                   

           Information: Smalls 843 650 2064; e-mail:oneal8072@yahoo.com  Freewoods Farm is off Highway 707 in Burgess. From Highway 707, take Bay Road to Freewoods Road. See also www.freewoodsfarm.com/    for directions.