Wednesday, October 7, 2015
GHOST WALK RESCHEDULED
Due to circumstances beyond our control the Ghost Walk to be held October 9th and 10th has been rescheduled for November 13th and 14th. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope everyone will be able to adjust your schedules accordingly.
For more detailed information please click here or call (843) 571-3371.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
C OF C STUDENTS GO "BEYOND THE GRAVE"
Magnolia Cemetery was excited to have The Collage of Charleston's class "Beyond the Grave; What Old Cemeteries Tell and Teach the Living" visit with their professor Patrick Harwood September 21, 2015.
For more information about this class and what it is teaching the students click here.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
A WELCOMED ADDITION TO MAGNOLIA CEMETERY
Magnolia Cemetery is proud to welcome the addition of an
exquisite private mausoleum nestled among the
beautiful oaks and magnolias located in the Belvidere Section of the cemetery.
The Board of Trustees of Magnolia Cemetery recently approved the architectural/engineer drawings and style of the
building. The foundation has been poured and the first row of granite is in
place (pictured above). We congratulate the family building this mausoleum and
thank them for choosing our beautiful historic cemetery.
If your family
does not have memorial property and
plan to be buried at Magnolia Cemetery we
encourage you to do so while the options are still available. For more detailed information about
our services or offerings please contact the Magnolia Cemetery Office at the
above contacts or you can stop by the office and talk to one of our staff
members.
Magnolia
is a perpetual care cemetery. However, it wasn't always required that
you purchase perpetual care when purchasing memorial property. The
purchase of perpetual care has been mandatory since 1974 and lots that were
purchased prior to 1974 and remain without perpetual care are not sharing the
financial burden of the cemetery’s upkeep. We ask that you please check with
the cemetery office to see if your lot is in perpetual care. Money placed in
the perpetual care fund helps increase the dividends and interest needed to
fund the everyday operations of the cemetery.
SESQUICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
One Hundred and Fifty years after the Civil War
came to a close, we at Magnolia Cemetery stop to commemorate the tragic cost in
human lives during the War. The public is invited to join the United Daughters
of the Confederacy and the Sons of the Confederate Veterans this Saturday May
9, 2015, 10:00 AM at the Soldiers Grounds in Magnolia Cemetery for the
sesquicentennial Memorial Day Service.
South Carolina ranks third in lives lost on the
Confederate side. It has been said as many men died in captivity during the
Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War. Here at Magnolia
Cemetery we estimate over 3,000 Confederate soldiers are buried within the
Soldiers Ground and privately owned family lots.
Many families lost more than one member to this
unprecedentedly violent war. One example of a family that suffered a great lost
would be the Huger family. Daniel Elliott Huger, II and Carolina Proctor Huger
lost three sons to this conflict. Daniel Elliott Huger, III killed in action at
Chickamauga, Stephan Proctor Huger killed in action at Shiloh and Joseph
Proctor Huger killed in action at Fort Sumpter. All were Great grandsons of
Arthur Middleton and Mary Polly Izard of Middleton Place Plantation and
Gardens. This story and many others like it can be found in Professor PatrickHarwood’s newest book IN THE ARMS OF ANGELS Charleston’s Treasure
of History, Mystery and Artistry sold here at Magnolia and many other
location around Charleston.
I encourage you to attend the service and take
the time to stroll through the cemetery and witness for yourselves the history of
Magnolia Cemetery.
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