BURYING THE
HUNLEY’S CREW
Organizers plan six days of events, starting Monday and
concluding with Saturday’s burial of the submarine’s final crew.
Some highlights include:
Monday, Tuesday
6-10 p.m. — Bodies lie in state at Patriot’s Point Naval
Museum, Mount Pleasant
Wednesday
9 a.m.-5 p.m. — Bodies lie in state, John Wesley United
Methodist Church, 626 Savannah Highway
10 a.m. — Presentation on the Hunley, Charleston
Museum
2-5 p.m. — Living history presentation on artillery,
including cannon firing and discussion, Patriot’s Point
Thursday
9 a.m.-5 p.m.— Bodies lie in state. Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Charleston, 120 Broad St.
1-2 p.m. — Lecture and fashion show on mourning,
Charleston Museum
7 p.m. — Memorial service, Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, 120 Broad St.
Friday
9 a.m.-5 p.m. — Bodies lie in state; Church of the Holy
Communion, 218 Ashley Ave.
7 p.m. — Hunley Lantern Tour, Patriot’s Point; tickets are
$25 a person
Saturday
8 a.m. — Staging for funeral begins at White Point Gardens
at the Battery
9:15 a.m. — Memorial service at the Battery
10:30 a.m. — Funeral procession departs.
12:15 p.m. — Procession arrives at Magnolia Cemetery.
1:30 p.m. — Funeral begins.
2:30 p.m. — Interment
8 p.m. — Grand ball, McAllister Field House, The Citadel;
tickets are $80 a couple or $50 a person.
To find out more
• See http://www.hunley.org/ or call
(843)
722-2333. |