Students get books on Gen. Francis Marion

Brittons’ Neck Elementary Principal Tammy Martin; Denley Caughman, of Marion, a Revolutionary War era reenactor; and Superintendent Everette Dean are shown above. Caughman was out in the county helping to distribute two books on the Revolutionary War hero Gen. Francis Marion. The books were presented to Marion County third graders recently for use in class, just before this Friday’s Gen. Francis Marion Memorial Day.

McCormick Elementary School Principal Rebecca Ford, William Rogers and Cindy Gibbs, third grade lead teacher, are shown with their books.

Third graders in the state study South Carolina history. On Friday the county will have its first Gen. Francis Marion Memorial Day celebration on the square in Marion at the Francis Marion momument. The remembrance event and wreath laying, which begins at 9 a.m., is free and open to the public.

Marion Intermediate School Principal Tim Felder is shown with students Russell Morgan, Taviion Williams, Jada Wilson, Brianna McDowell. The children’s books “Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox” and “Almost Invisible: Black Patriots of the American Revolution” are by Kate Salley Palmer. 

Pee Dee Academy students and teachers, from left, are Kelly Richardson, teacher; Joshua Elliott, Tana Jackson, Wilson Sarvis, Taylor Hardwick, and Barbara Fulmer, teacher.