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Greer Heritage Museum – Black History Month Event

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Just received this via email and am posting it immediately since it’s scheduled for tomorrow.

The Greer Heritage Museum at 106 S. Main St. announces its programs for Black History Month during February. Unless noted the programs run during the regular hours of 10 am to 4 pm.

February 27 Fashion Show courtesy of Gregory’s Boutique: The show will feature traditional African dress to current fashions from Gregory’s Boutique on W. Poinsett St. Included will be models showing the hats worn at African American churches on Sundays.

For children there is a scavenger hunt to locate artifacts related to Greer’s black history.

There is no admittance fee to the museum. All programs are free. For information, call the museum at 864-877-3377.

Press contact: Director Joada Hiatt 877-4626 or Program Coordinator Maria Dowell 268-5073.

Getting Close to the Holidays

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

I guess most of us think about family around the holidays. Whether it’s the childhood memories or the new memories we create as we get older. It’s not too late to think about a genealogy related holiday gift for your wife or family. (Not that the microwave oven or duvet cover wouldn’t be appreciated. I’ve probably mentioned lulu.com before. They are a self publishing site. In fact, it’s almost scary how easy it really is to get your writings in print there.

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