05/28/2023
Yesterday, Saturday, May 27th, 2023, members of the St. Paul’s American Legion Post 145, including other volunteers, posted 870 flags at 44 different cemeteries and graveyards in St. Paul’s Parish to honor those veterans who died either while serving in the US Military or after the end of their military service.
Post 145 has been working to document and preserve the burial location of veterans who have died and are buried in St. Paul’s Parish since our cemeteries and graveyards provide us all with significant lessons of our history. Numerous Revolutionary War Patriots are buried in St. Paul’s Parish, including some who actually died in battle. All of the United States’ Wars are represented in our local cemeteries and graveyards.
There are many interesting stories of our fallen veterans including POWs in WWII, members of the US Colored Infantry, Marines who served on Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal, both World Wars and those that fell in Vietnam and later wars. One especially interesting burial is the grave of a member of the Louisiana Militia, who at the time was a Scottish cotton trader living in New Orleans. He fought alongside Americans in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, even supplying cotton bales used in the defense of American lines, before eventually settling in Charleston County.
Post 145 would like to thank members of The Episcopal Church on Edisto, along with two other Edisto Island Churches, Trinity Church and the New First Missionary Baptist Church, who helped place flags in their graveyards. We also appreciate the participation of the Town of Meggett Mayor, Buster Herrington. We also extend our appreciation to the private landowners who allowed us to place flags on the graves on their private property.
