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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Meet
the author of <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No Holier Spot of
Ground: Confederate Monuments & Cemeteries of South Carolina,
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Curator of
History </SPAN></EM>Kristina Dunn Johnson, at a<SPAN
class=050073513-20042009> reception,</SPAN> book signing<SPAN
class=050073513-20042009>, </SPAN>and talk at the SC Confederate Relic Room
& Military Museum <SPAN class=374284413-27042009>this Friday
(</SPAN>May 1<SPAN class=374284413-27042009>)</SPAN>. <SPAN
class=849451114-20042009> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <SPAN
class=801342114-20042009>reception and book signing </SPAN>begins at
</SPAN><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:TIME minute="30" hour="17"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5:30</SPAN></ST1:TIME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, with the book talk at
</SPAN><ST1:TIME minute="0" hour="19"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7:00</SPAN></ST1:TIME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN
class=849451114-20042009> <SPAN>This program is free but if you
are planning to attend <U>please RSVP<SPAN>,<SPAN
class=125251420-23042009> </SPAN></SPAN>803-737-8095</U>.
</SPAN>The </SPAN><SPAN class=849451114-20042009>museum galleries and
the new focus exhibit </SPAN>that accompanies the book<SPAN
class=849451114-20042009> </SPAN><SPAN class=849451114-20042009>will be
open for viewing<SPAN class=801342114-20042009> from 5:30 until
8:00</SPAN>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=849451114-20042009> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=849451114-20042009></SPAN><BR></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><IMG
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The monuments of
</SPAN><ST1:STATE><ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">South
Carolina</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:STATE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> bear on their weathered faces and
cracked tablets a history of honor and of memory embodied in stone. Whether
revealing the lost graves of southern sons, unveiling the history of the only
national cemetery to inter Confederate soldiers alongside the Union fallen
during wartime or recording the simple obelisks that reach for heaven throughout
the Palmetto </SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">State</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, this volume is a story of
remembrance and of mourning. Dunn Johnson</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> shares with us the powerful stories
of memory and acceptance that are the legacy of the Confederacy, as varied as
those who lie beneath the southern soil.<BR><BR>Kristina Dunn Johnson was a
contributing writer for <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Forward Together:
South Carolinians in the Great War</SPAN></EM> from The History Press (2007).
She serves as Curator of History at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room
and </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Military</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Museum</SPAN></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and has also worked as the
</SPAN><ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Edu</SPAN></ST1:PERSONNAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">cation Coordinator for the Historic
Columbia Foundation. During the summers of 2002 through 2004, she worked as a
Historical Interpretation Park Ranger at </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gettysburg</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Military</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Park</SPAN></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. She has a B.A. in History from
</SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Emory</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University</SPAN></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and a M.A. in Public History from
the </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University</SPAN></ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> of </SPAN><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">South
Carolina</SPAN></ST1:PLACENAME></ST1:PLACE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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