Wateree Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century

06/05/2026

Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! We want Kershaw County to Shine with Patriotism!

Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! We want Kershaw County to Shine with Patriotism!

🇺🇸✨ SHOW YOUR PATRIOTIC PRIDE, KERSHAW COUNTY! ✨🇺🇸

Help celebrate America's 250th Anniversary by joining the Kershaw County 250 Patriotic Decorating Contest! 🎉

Decorate your home or business with red, white, and blue spirit and help make Kershaw County shine as we honor 250 years of American history! 🇺🇸⭐

🏡🏢 Contest Categories:
🏆 Best Overall Patriotic Home
🏆 Best Overall Patriotic Business
🎨 Most Creative Home
🎨 Most Creative Business

📅 Decorating Period: June 1–27, 2026
👀 Judging: June 28–30, 2026
🎉 Winners Announced: July 4th at the City Arena

Your display may include:
🇺🇸 American flags
🎆 Historical themes
🔴⚪🔵 Red, white & blue decorations
💡 Lights, banners, inflatables, creative patriotic displays, etc

📸 To enter:
1️⃣ Decorate the exterior of your home or business
2️⃣ Complete the Google entry form
3️⃣ Attach up to FIVE photos of the area to be judged

✔️ Open to all Kershaw County residents
✔️ Homes and businesses eligible
✔️ Decorations must be visible from the street

Judges will be looking for creativity, originality, patriotic spirit, visual impact, and attention to detail!

🎁 Winners will receive a KC 250 Prize Pack and will be featured on local social media!

Let's make Kershaw County sparkle with patriotism as we celebrate 250 years of American independence! ❤️🤍💙



For questions, contact [email protected]

To enter the contest, complete this form: https://forms.gle/2Mqf5qarsbXVwQJZ6

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. Their courage, sacrifice, and devotion to liberty will never be forgotten. May we always cherish the freedoms they defended and keep their memory alive in our hearts. 🇺🇸

05/16/2026

Today, on Armed Forces Day 2026, we proudly honor the brave men and women currently serving in every branch of the United States military. Their courage, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment protect our freedoms and safeguard our nation each and every day. 🇺🇸

We recognize the dedication of those serving at home and around the world — and we extend our deepest gratitude to the families who support them through every deployment, challenge, and triumph.

Please join us in thanking the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Guardians, and Coast Guardsmen whose service continues to strengthen our country. Your commitment does not go unnoticed.

Happy Armed Forces Day! May we never take for granted the sacrifices made in service to the United States of America. ❤️🤍💙

05/09/2026

05/04/2026

We are proud to report that Elizabeth “Liza” Watkins just finished her Freshman Year at the College of Charleston Honors College on the President’s List! 🎉

The Wateree Chapter is Liza’s sponsoring chapter for the National CDXVIIC General Scholarship, and she sends her thanks for our support. Keep up the good work, Liza! We are proud of your hard work!

05/02/2026

Spring 2026 Board of Management Meeting was a success! Wonderful information and reports from state officers, state committee chairs, and chapter regents! South Carolina CDXVIIC Dames are doing great things! The meal was fabulous, too!
Back Row:
Jen Howell, State Librarian
Retta Tindal State Treasurer
Kathryn Watkins, Chapter Treasurer
Frankie Abbott, Chapter President
Front Row:
Ponza Vaughan, Chapter Veteran’s Chair

04/26/2026

On this day in 1607, three ships carrying 104 men and boys of the Virginia Company arrived on the shores of what would become the Chesapeake Bay. They disembarked and declared the land for King James I. After opening their orders from the Company, they continued up the river, searching for a strategic location to build their base. Understanding the area was already inhabited by the tribes making up the Powhatan paramount chiefdom as well as other tribes, they looked for areas where Indigenous people did not already live. Their other chief concern was the potential for a Spanish threat from the sea.

Want to learn more? The History Timeline at historicjamestowne.org is a great place to start: historicjamestowne.org/history/jamestown-timeline/

📸 Director of Living History & Historic Trades Willie Balderson, as Anas Todkill, looks out at a recreated ship from our neighbors at Jamestown Settlement.

04/25/2026

Eight Wateree Dames had a lovely time today at the 245th Commemoration of the Battle of Hobkirk Hill. The weather and crowd was wonderful. We love an opportunity to celebrate our rich local heritage! 🇺🇸❤️

04/16/2026

This Pamela Wright pin/brooch/pendant is a Colonial Dames of the 17th century piece and features the CDXVIIC National Headquarters in Washington, DC. It was the project pin for President General Elizabeth “Libby” McAteer during her 2015-2017 administration and was designed by her National Project Chair, Sandy Bassett. Isn’t it gorgeous? 💙💛

The pin is no longer available, but might be found on online auction sites.

Do you have a favorite CDXVIIC past President project pin? If so, please share it below!

04/13/2026

ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕪 & ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝔸𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕝 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖: 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕤

Of all the graphical charges in heraldry, animals have always played a large and signicant role. And since heraldry is an art form it has never limited itself to actual creatures but let its imagination run riot into the truly fantastical.

A ‘winged sea horse’, for instance, is made up of the front half of a horse with wings stuck on plus the back half of a large fish. Consider also an heraldic sealion: half rampant lion, half fish.

In their design of arms over the centuries, heralds have mixed and matched whenever they felt like it – and they still do!

SOURCE: https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/