Good Hope Picnic

Good Hope Picnic is a South Carolina historical marker in Lone Star, Calhoun County, dedicated 2008.

Calhoun County · dedicated 2008 · McCord’s Ferry Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 267), Lone Star vicinity, between Lone Star and Elloree, Lone Star

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The Good Hope Picnic, a celebration of the end of the planting season, is the oldest African-American event in the Lone Star community. Founded in August 1915 by farmers to market their produce and held on the second Friday in August, it has often included games and music. Members of several African-American churches in and around Lone Star helped found the picnic and still support it.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Good Hope Picnic

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