Thank you all for coming out. What a Beautiful Day to make history again. Inthis very day 50 years ago this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king street to deliver his march on ballot boxes speech. 8, 1966,nday, may mothers day, just as it is today, and now we gather on these hallowed grounds, 50 years later, to remember that important day in the history of king street and williams gstree and williamsburg, South Carolina. Thank you for being here for this importance occasion. When dr. King spoke your on may a rainy afternoon as you will see it was his first major public appearance in South Carolina. Speeches in three the state of South Carolina and defined not mistaken, the other two locations were in charleston and orange. Ree firstme to kingst and he came here after the passage of the Voting Rights act of 1965. He came as a result of mr. Virgil dimly of the funeral home who came to atlanta, camped out, took up residence outside dr. King pro office for three days, hounded
She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded the 54th regiment. And to see here today reenactors of the 54th regiment participate in this program and reflect back on that day, this day has significant meaning to me in the way that you would not believe. [applause] heres what i want to say about today. I dont know if i ever thought, while standing on these grounds 50 years ago, that i would be back here 50 years later, as your representative to the United States congress. But i am. And its because of what was launched that day. Remember wat
Afternoon. Thank you all for coming. [applause] what a Beautiful Day to make history again. Ago,is very day, 50 years in this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king to deliver his march on ballot boxes day. It was may 8, 1966. Mothers day, just as it is today. And now, we gather on these hallowed grounds 50 years later to remember that important day ree ine history of kingst Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Thank you for being here to make this stage such an important occasion. [applause] when dr. King spoke here on may 8 in 1966 on a rainy sunday afternoon, as you will see, it was his first major public appearance in South Carolina. He only made three speeches in the state of South Carolina. And if i am not mistaken, the other two locations were in charleston and orangeburg. But he came to king street first. And he came here after the passage of the Voting Rights act of 1965. He came as a result of mr. Virgil demaray of the funeral home, who went to atlanta, camp out,
The Williamsburg HomeTown Chamber held a ribbon cutting for Styles N Smiles new location on 141 N. Academy Street on Thursday, January 25. The hair salon is owned by Kingstree