Thanks for the bump - nice work on the website, Shuck. Keep it up!
Entered South Carolina on Old Highway 25 at 9:45 AM greeted by Melissa Capps and her young son and Robert Owings of the Pickens Camp. Proceeded down Old 25. Seven miles down the mountain, our host in Flat Rock, Michael Arrowood and his friend Christie met us and walked 2 miles with us. Another Gentleman and his wife joined us at the 10 mile marker and walked a couple of miles with us. Lots of people stopped along the way to give us water, support and love. A man from the Pickens Camp and his son brought us lemonade.
When we arrived on New Highway 25 we met 3 ladies, Becky Westmoreland, Claire Cummins and her daughter Mary Jo, brought us water and crackers and a donation, took 20 pledge forms.
The ladies and I were interviewed by WYFF TV in Spartanburg and Bob Dill of the the Times Examiner stopped to take pictures and drop off copies of the Times with my handsome self on the front page. Greenville News also came by for an interview and because of the abysmal ignorance of the reporter, I delivered to the young man a free history lecture - no charge.
We then walked into Travelers Rest and was stopped by several people including a student at Greenville High School, Chelsea, who will report on the march to her school. At a local gas station, Liza Henson and her friends threw an impromptu party for us. Dimples & Bentley Willis, lifelong Black residents of Travelers Rest, told us how very proud of us and our March they were, and wished us Godspeed. We walked half a mile further to the stopping point, the intersection of Highway 25 and Highway 123. Total miles for the day was 22.
A young man from Camp 1987 Capt P. D. Gilreath from Greer, SC brought a donation from his Camp and his Mother. We will publish his letter on the webpage - but my warmest thanks to all my compatriots in Greer.
Thank you Robert Owings of the Pickens Camp for all your help & support.
TOMORROW: Easley and Liberty SC.
Respectfully Submitted,
HK Edgerton
PLEDGE TODAY!