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Musket Firing – KCBA at NPS Dedication
October 13, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
On Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 10:00 AM, a ceremony will be held at the Kettle Creek Battlefield for the installation of a new entrance sign.
Congressman Jody Hice will be making remarks about the affiliation of the Kettle Creek Battlefield with the National Park Service.
As part of the ceremony, we would like to have members of the Georgia Society Militia conduct a musket firing.
| Who: Congressman Jody Hice Kettle Creek Battlefield Association, and other historic preservation leaders
What: Kettle Creek Battlefield Sign Ribbon Cutting
When: 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022
Where: Entrance of Kettle Creek Battlefield 106 War Hill Rd, Washington, GA 30673 GPS: N33.691 W82.886 (Nine miles southwest of Washington, off Georgia Route 44)
Efforts to have Kettle Creek Battlefield made into a national park date back nearly 100 years. On multiple occasions, U.S. Senator Richard Russell pushed for acquisition of the property. Throughout the 1970s, Georgia Representative Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. and Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge introduced bills to establish Kettle Creek as a national monument. More recently, Rep. Hice welcomed NPS Acting Director Dan Smith to the site and introduced legislation (H.R. 306) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the battlefield. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on December 3, 2020. |