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THE LEAGUE OF THE SOUTH
2002 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ABBEVILLE, SC
18-20 JULY
Alex Cheek, Master
of Ceremonies
Tour the Town of Abbeville
Thursday, 18th
7:00-9:00 p.m. 2nd Annual
Circle of St. Andrews Banquet, The Village Grill, Abbeville
Friday, 19th
2:00-5:00 p.m. Readings by League poets,
Location TBA
4:00-5:30 p.m. League of the South Board of Directors meeting, League Building,
Abbeville
6:00-6:30 p.m. Registration, Abbeville Civic Center
6:30-8:00 p.m. League Cookout, Abbeville Civic Center grounds
7:00-7:45 p.m.
Mr. Walter D. Kennedy,
is a Past Commander Louisiana Div. SCV and a member of the Board of Directors of
the League of the South. He is the co-author along with his brother of The South Was Right!
, Was Jefferson Davis Right? and Why Not Freedom? A new upcoming
book will be "America's Slavery Myths. His speech title will be
"Damn the Yankees: Full Speed Ahead!"
8:00-9:15 p.m. Public lecture, Dr. Mark
Winchell, The Birth of a Nation, Abbeville Civic Center.
Mark Royden Winchell is Professor of English at Clemson University in Clemson,
South Carolina. He is the author of numerous books, including Cleanth Brooks
and the Rise of Modern Criticism.
8:00-9:30 p.m. Meeting of LS Board and LS State Chairmen, League
Building, Abbeville
Saturday, 20th
8:45-9:15 a.m. Registration, Abbeville Civic Center
9:15 Opening Prayer
9:15-9:30 Music by Basic
Gray
Read
Dr. Michael Hill's review of the latest Basic Gray CD
9:30-10:15 Dr. Michael Hill, President, The League of the South
10:15-10:30 Mr. Robert Hayes, League Building Manager
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 Dr. James E. Kibler, League Cultural Committee Chairman 
James Kibler is professor of English at the
University of Georgia in Athens. An expert on the Southern literary tradition
and William Gilmore Simms, Doctor Kibler has published broadly. His latest book,
Our Fathers Fields: A Southern Story beautifully chronicles the history of Hardy
Farm, his antebellum home place which he is in the gradual process of restoring
in up-state South Carolina. Kibler serves on the Board of Advisors for
The Agrarian Foundation and The Agrarian
Steward.
11:45-1:15 p.m. League BBQ, Abbeville Civic Center
1:15-2:00 Mr. James Ronald Kennedy, co-author of The South Was Right! He
is the co-author along with his brother of The South Was Right! , Was
Jefferson Davis Right? and Why Not Freedom? A new upcoming book will
be "America's Slavery Myths.
 2:00-2:15 Mr. Ron Holland,
Editor of Dixie Daily News will
speak briefly on "1% for Dixie, A Winning Fundraising Strategy"
2:15-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 Mr. Jack Kershaw, Esq., President of The Mary Noel
Kershaw Foundation
3:30-4:15 Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, author of
The Real Lincoln
4:15-4:30 Dr. Michael Hill, Closing Comments and Announcements
4:30-4:40 Singing of “Dixie,†| |