Remembering the Fallen in Florence (SC)
2025 Confederate Memorial Day Service In Florence, South Carolina
This year for Confederate Memorial Day (recognized annually on May 10th in South Carolina & North Carolina) my travels took me east to attend the memorial service in beautiful Florence, South Carolina.
Hosted by the Pee Dee Rifles Camp #1419 Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), the memorial service took place at the Mount Hope Cemetery in downtown Florence on Saturday, May 10th.
The service took place at a burial mound in the cemetery where 64 Confederate soldiers lay beneath a marble obelisk honoring their memories. Of the 64 buried there, 61 are unknown as their names have been lost to history. Many of them died in hospital, or on trains traveling through Florence during the later half of the War Between The States (1861-1865). 64 Dixie Cross banners are placed on the mound for each of the men and boys buried there.
The service lasted for just under an hour, with live music performed by a local group, the Carolina Crossroads Bluegrass Band. Also taking part in the service were living history reenactors of the 7th Brigade (SCV) Honor Guard and the Waccamaw Light Artillery who fired rifle and cannon salutes over the graves of the dead.
Members of the Pee Dee Rifles Camp read aloud the roll call of the Confederate dead buried at Mount Hope Cemetery with a ceremonial ringing of…
never forget