Love Our Volunteers
A big thank you to ALL who continue to give their time and talents to preparing the expansion of our community garden.
Women’s History Corner
Honoring Rosalee Williams
Washington, Zelma Ravenel Fielding, and Zanziea T. Kinloch Dickerson.
Celebrating 100 Years!!
Lincolnville Elementary – A Rosenwald School
It is time for unity and to celebrate the legacy of our hometown and our school! The Town of Lincolnville was founded in 1867, 156 years ago, two years after the Civil War ended. In 1923, Lincolnville Elementary School was built to provide an education for Black children, who were being denied across the South an opportunity to learn to read and write.. Lincolnville Elementary, with a few dedicated teachers, in spite of filthy, used books from the white school and lower pay, produced global, national, regional and local leaders in every field – educators, physicians, attorneys, engineers, scientists, academic scholars, politicians, artists, veterans, electricians, farmers, carpenters, domestic workers, plumbers, welders, and more.
With enormous pride, let’s come together to celebrate the legacy and history of our beloved “Lincolnville”. REGISTER NOW at www.lincolnvillesc.org
On Saturday, July 1 @ 10AM – 3PM: All persons who attended Lincolnville Elementary are requested to attend an important Lincolnville Elementary School History Harvest Program. With support from the USC-Department of History, Lincolnville students will be interviewed to collect oral histories regarding their classes, teachers, families and all “things remembered”. Please bring your collection of
photos (school & family), yearbooks, report cards, etc. Your items will be scanned and returned to you on site. The Lincolnville Preservation & Historical Society, Inc. is working to establish an exhibit, which will be housed in one of the original classrooms of the school.
The exhibit will be an important component of a national collection of stories, which will acknowledge the accomplishments of the vision of Booker T. Washington, Founding President of Tuskegee University and his dear friend, Julius Rosenwald, son of a German immigrant who rose to become president of Sears & Roebuck in 1908. » page
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Mr. Rosenwald built over 5,357 Rosenwald Schools throughout the South between 1913 and 1932. Lincolnville Elementary is one of more than 500 schools built across the State of South Carolina.
All Lincolnville Students who register for the event will receive a Certificate of Achievement! More program details to be
announced. Lunch will be served. The event is free!
On Sunday, July 2nd @ 3pm – 7pm, Lincolnville Family Reunion –Sunday Dinner will be held under the big tent in the Bishop Richard Harvey Cain Community Garden located at 112 Dunmeyer Hill Road. You are requested to wear All-White!
Sunday Dinner will be prepared by
Award-Winning Gullah Chef and Author, Charlotte Jenkins. More program details to be announced. Tickets go on sale May 1, 2023, at www.lincolnvillesc.org. Individual Seats: $85; Table of 10: $750.
Together, we will Celebrate Our History, Our Legacy, Our Families! Our Ancestors! Ourselves!!
Join Us!! Lincolnville Family Reunion Ambassadors!
We would love to have you join us to make the Lincolnville Family Reunion, July 1 & 2, 2023 A BIG Success! For information on our next meeting: pcseele@lincolnvillesc.org or Rev Anna Ruth Williams Gleaton: 843-871-7989.
If you know anyone who attended Lincolnville Elementary School, please let us know.
From left to right: Myra Washington Dyson, Elizabeth Salley Bennett, Mary Bennett Ladson, Victoria Douglas Singleton, Joan Williams, Yolanda Hutchinson Boller, Mamie Singleton Seward, Pernessa Seele, Anna Ruth Williams Gleaton, Christine Williams Hampton, Elaine Glover, Rosalee Williams Washington. Back Row: Sam Bennett, Tyrone Aiken, and others.
Love Our Volunteers!
A big thank you to ALL who continue to give their time and talents to preparing the expansion of the Bishop Richard H. Cain Community Garden. The entire parcel, donated for community activities by Pernessa Seele, has been cleared for a season of exceptional fun and memories. The rows in the traditional garden have been set and ready for spring planting. The addition of the new hydroponic greenhouse will use a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil for growing vegetables and herbs. The entire garden is now equipped with a water system to support the expansion and vision of a beautiful greenspace in Lincolnville where children and adults gather to relax, harvest food, share stories and find unity and connectedness in coming together to laugh and provide support to one another.
Our volunteers: from left to right: Rev. Jack Lewis, Pastor of Ebenezer AME, Councilman Tyrone Aiken, Anthony Gathers, Rev. George Hurd, Pastor, Wesley Church, Monique Rye, Edwin R. Heard, Hattie Baylock, Perry Patrick, Curtis Patrick, and Val Patrick. Not shown in the photo: Scott Inabinet; Bobby Robinson, Roger Butler, Ralph Bailey, Dakari Brown, Patrick Posley Shannon, Ray Oberg, Victoria Douglas Singleton
