Crew of Hunley to be buried April 17

The State ^ | 22 February 2004 | The State

[aomagrat]

As many as 50,000 people are expected to come to Charleston in April for what organizers are calling the last Confederate funeral — the burial of the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley.

The Hunley was the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship.

The vessel with its crew of eight sank on Feb. 17, 1864, after sinking the Union blockade ship Housatonic off Charleston. The sub was raised in 2000 and brought to a conservation lab at the old Charleston Naval Base.

About 2,000 people, many of them Confederate re-enactors, have signed up to make the almost five-mile funeral march on April 17 from Charleston’s Battery to Magnolia Cemetery. There, the crew will be buried next to the remains of two other crews who died in earlier sinkings.

“We are into the home stretch now,” who Hunley Commission chairman Glenn McConnell, also the leader of the state Senate. “Very shortly, we will reunite all three crews in port.”

During the week leading up to the April 17 funeral, facial reconstructions and biographies of the crewmen will be unveiled. There also will be lectures, ceremonies and vigils.

The public will be able to pay their respects to the crew at the aircraft carrier Yorktown at Patriots Point on April 12 and 13, at John Wesley United Methodist Church on April 14, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on April 15, and the Church of the Holy Communion on April 16.

The day of the funeral, the remains of each crewmen will be loaded onto a separate horse-drawn caisson for the funeral procession.

“It is a funeral, not an event, not a flag rally,” said Kay Long, a member of the burial committee. “It will be done with the dignity and honor that these men so richly deserve.”

[aomagrat]

[Old Sarge]

Thought this might be of interest PING.

[Tax-chick]

Ping?

NC road trip? I'll be checking my calendar ... what an experience for the kids!

[Dante3]

There was an excellent film -- I believe made for TV -- "THe Hunley" that is available in VHS, maybe by this occasion also in DVDs.

[jonascord]

SOUTH Carolina. Magnolia Cemetery is a treat in itself, old, historic, pretty, well maintained, worth a trip all by it's lonesome. The Bonnie Blue Flag still flies, down there, and the best part is that so few Dims are educated enough to realize what it means, while pitching a hissy fit over the Stars and Bars.

[SAMWolf]

[jonascord]

SOUTH Carolina. Magnolia Cemetery is a treat in itself, old, historic, pretty, well maintained, worth a trip all by it's lonesome. The Bonnie Blue Flag still flies, down there, and the best part is that so few Dims are educated enough to realize what it means, while pitching a hissy fit over the Stars and Bars.

[archy]

About 2,000 people, many of them Confederate re-enactors, have signed up to make the almost five-mile funeral march on April 17 from Charleston’s Battery to Magnolia Cemetery. There, the crew will be buried next to the remains of two other crews who died in earlier sinkings.

Quite a few submariners too, I'd reckon, based on the number of announcements about this I've gotten from submariners' e-mail lists.

[TomServo]

Dixie Bump!

[Reddy]

Excellent movie, you could almost feel the claustrophobic interior while watching it.

Brave men, wish I could be at this event.

[BenLurkin]

Maybe its just me, but I thnk these sailors are both brave Confederates AND brave Americans .

[Lion in Winter]

I am just a little concerned that some liberal-ignoramus types of people may try to mar the funeral by calling it: "supporting the racist Confederates".

In this rotten pc climate, I think it may well be a possibilty.

Wish I were able to attend as well. Even though one of my ancestors was a leading opponent of the Confederacy, I find saluting ALL veterans of the sad conflict, which was the Civil War, to be a NOBLE VENTURE.

In fact I would really like to attend... with all due respects. But, present health concerns prevent such a journey, I am sorry to say.

I do hope some good Freeper will provide us with photos online, of the solemn event.

[Between the Lines]

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs;
no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies,
or can die. --Thomas Carlyle

[Rebelbase]

"In this rotten pc climate, I think it may well be a possibilty. "

A certainty, guaranteed

[yarddog]

Their bravery seems to me to be off the scale.

I think I have as much courage as the next guy but there is no way you would have got me into that thing, especially after the first two crews died.

[Tax-chick]

Thanks, I knew it was in SC - just wanted to ping our NC people since it's pretty close.

I love old cemeteries. If we can't get to this event, I'll have to plan a trip another time when there aren't 50,000 people there.

[mykdsmom]

Sounds interesting, but the 50,000 people don't sound like fun to me either. I bet CD would be interested in this though.

MKM

[jonascord]

As a G'G'G'G'son of a Union Veteran, part of me says that they were the Enemy of Freedom, but the rest of me asks what would I do, knowing about the American Federal Government, PC run amuck, the Assault Weapons Ban, Gay Marriage, Illegal Immigration, Affirmative Action, and I would have to ask who is the Bigger Enemy?

[Constitution Day]

Oh yes, I'm VERY interested!

But, from what my SCV compatriots have said, you can't find a hotel room down there at all!
Someone told me they estimate the parade will be 5 mi. long.

CD

[stainlessbanner]

Hurrah!