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7th Biennial Reunion Schedule of Events
Sunday Nov. 4 through Check-Out Nov. 8, 2018
Quality Inn & Suites Patriots Point

* If you don't know who your Unit Director is click Officers.

Hospitality Room

After hotel check in and you receive your room/parking garage access key, and once you've settled in, proceed to the hospitality room for membership registration and receive your welcome packet.

The room will be open daily 10:00 AM- 09:00 PM for refreshments, coffee, beer, wine, soda, water & snacks.

Registration

There will be a $25 registration fee when registering for the reunion and Banquet.  This charge is to cover the association’s expense for the reunion and you will be posted to the association roster as a paid member for 2018. Those members who have paid their current membership dues will not be charged a registration fee unless they want to pay for 2019 dues.

Reunion Agenda
Details will be posted as they are developed

Nov 4, Sun

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Officers Setup Hospitality Room for reunion.
Registration.
On your own. Select a tour or sightseeing venue of your choice at "Tours & Places to Visit" section.
​Meet & greet in the hospitality room

Nov 5, Mon

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Registration.
​On your own. Select a tour or sightseeing venue of your choice at "Tours & Places to Visit" section.
Meet & greet in the hospitality room.

Nov 6, Tue

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Registration
​On your own. Select a tour or sightseeing venue of your choice at "Tours & Places to Visit" section.
5:00 PM - Social hour in hospitality room
6:00 PM - Informal complimentary meal/self service bar at Hotel.
​7:00 PM: - Biennial meeting of officers, Directors, and general membership. Election of officers and pick location for next reunion.

Nov 7, Wed

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Registration.
​On your own. Select a tour or sightseeing venue of your choice at "Tours & Places to Visit" section.
630 PM - 10:30 PM: Banquet at Patriots Point on the Yorktown Aircraft Carrier.
6:30 PM  - 7:30 PM:   Banquet social hour with complementary appetizers.
7:30 PM -  8:00 PM:   Presentation of the colors. National Anthem sung by Joyce          Woods. Taps with the throwing of a wreath overboard in honor of the fallen.
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM: Welcome by President Tom Myles. Grace and dinner. Guest speaker and  announcements.

6:30 PM - 10:30 PM:  Cash Bar.

Nov 8, Thu

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Reunion comes to a close after breakfast.
Thanks for coming and have a safe trip home.

Group Photo-shoot Schedule

Candid photos will be taken of Officers and  Directors and each group unit's picture during the
6;30 - 7:30 social hour at the banquet. 

Banquet Guest Speaker.

​R. Mac Burdette
Executive Director
Patriots Point Development Authority
 
Biography

 
Mac Burdette has served as the Executive Director of Patriots Point Development Authority since 2010.  He is responsible for the operation and management of the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum and for the development of almost 400 acres of property on the Charleston harbor.  Before assuming the duties of Executive Director at Patriots Point in 2010, Mr. Burdette served for 26 years as the city administrator for the Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
 
Mr. Burdette received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Clemson University. He served in the US Army and Army Reserve for 30 years, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 2003. Among his military assignments, Burdette served in both company and battalion command, as the Chief of Operations for the 108th Division, and as Adjutant for the 1189th Transportation Terminal Brigade. Burdette served in Operation Desert Storm in Southeast Asia.
 
A native of Simpsonville, SC, Mr. Burdette and his wife, Ann, currently reside in Mount Pleasant.



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Tours and Places to Visit Venues
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​Southern Accent Tours
Click on picture for more details

Combination Tour 1 -  $83.00 per person
9:00 AM Pickup at hotel for 6:00 PM return.
Includes:
Morning, Ft Sumter by boat from from Liberty Point downtown.  Duration about 2.5 hrs.
Early Afternoon. Boone Hall Plantation, Mt Pleasant. Lunch not included. Restaurants on site.
Mid Afternoon, 90 minute City tour by bus or substitute a carriage tour for an additional $15.00 

Combination tour 2 - $61.00 per person
9:00 AM Pickup at hotel for 2:00 PM return
Includes:
Morning, Ft Sumter and a 90 minute City tour

Other options available. Click on above picture for more details.

Spirit Line Cruise
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Harbor Cruse: Carpool or Uber taxi to Spirit line Cruse at Patriots Point for a 90 minute harbor tour. $22.00 senior rate.
Departs at 11:00 AM & 3:00 PM.

Palmetto Carriage Tours:
Click picture for information and schedules..

Ft Sumter

Click on tour for guided tour information

Tours 10:30 & 1:00.  Senior rate $18.50
​This is the only tour passengers disembarks to tour the Fort. 

Click picture for information about Ft Sumter.

Water Taxi Service:
Water Taxi can take you from Patriots Point to Charleston Harbor Marina, Then to Waterfront Park Charleston,  then to Charleston Maritime Center, and back to Patriots Point based on a schedule. 
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Click picture for information and schedules.
​All day pass $12 per person.

South Carolina Aquarium:
Click picture for information.

Water Taxi stops one block from Aquarium.

​Fort Moultrie National Monument:
Click picture for Information.

For additional information about where and how to get to the Fort click HERE.

Patriots Point:
General admission:
Adult to age 61 is $22.00, older is $17.00

Includes USS Yorktown, USS Laffey, USS Clamagore, Vietnam Experience, Cold War Memorial and Medal of Honor Museum.

Click Picture for information.

Prepaid Tour Pass

Purchase a prepaid 1, 2, or 3 day Charleston tour pass for various venues. The tour pass will be loaded to your Smart Phone or Tablet were you can select and book tours and tour times. When arriving for your tour you use your phone to display your pass. 

For more information and to purchase a tour pass click on the following: Tour Pass

Other Links:

Charleston Convention/Visitors Center. To find out more about Charleston click HERE.

To see a listing of what is happening in Charleston by month click HERE.
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