Annual Convention Highlights

Optional Activities and Highlights

Sunday, June 13

Golf Tournament
The Harbor Course, Wild Dunes
1 p.m. Shotgun Start • $225 per person
This year’s tournament site will be The Harbor Golf Course at Wild Dunes Resort. This Tom Fazio designed course is challenging enough for golfers of every level. The tournament is open to all who attend and will begin with a shotgun start at 1:00 pm. The registration fee of $225 per person includes greens fees, a boxed lunch, and transportation to and from the course.

Citadel and Patriot’s Point Military Tour
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. • $90 per person
As you walk through the campus of the Citadel, you’ll see why it is an integral part of Charleston’s charm and traditions. You’ll visit the grave of General Mark Clark, Summerall Chapel, the parade grounds featuring many military monuments, and much more. Then travel to Patriot’s Point where you’ll board the magnificent aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown and tour the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum. The Vietnam support base camp and other exhibits are just a few reasons why the Patriot’s Point Naval and Maritime Museum is one of the most visited attractions in the Southeast.

Monday, June 14

Complimentary Spouse Program
9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Breakfast with “The Silver Lady”
Dawn Evers, Charleston, SC
With over 200 antique silver objects present, the combined history of silver and the South will come alive as Dawn Evers, The Charleston Silver Lady, reveals their unique stories. You’ll also learn how to tell a fraud from the “real thing”, how to determine the age and quality of silver, and the meaning of certain silver markings. This unique opportunity to hold a piece of history in your hands should not be missed. A continental breakfast will be served.

Take a Walk Through Classic
Colonial Charleston
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm. • $65.00 per person
Step back in time and see Charleston as George Washington did in the eighteenth century. This is a tour of pirates, patriots, and presidents that traveled the cobblestone streets of the fourth largest city in the American colonies. You’ll tour the Old Powder Magazine (c.1715) on the city’s north wall, the Thomas Elfe House (c.1760), the Old Exchange Building and the Provost Dungeon (c. 1771).

Boone Hall Plantation/Old Village
Mt. Pleasant Tour
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. • $90 per person
Experience what plantation life was like in the 1800’s at historic Boone Hall, one of America’s oldest working, living plantations. You’ll ascend slowly up the 53 Live Oak tree-lined Avenue of Oaks to the front gates where you’ll tour the house, followed by a stroll through the historic slave quarters and a serenade by authentic Gullah performers at the Gullah Theater. You’ll then travel to the village of Mt. Pleasant where you’ll tour the village, its historic cemeteries and an original soda shop as well as the fantastic views of Charleston Harbor.

Citadel and Patriot’s Point Military Tour
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. • $90 per person
See Sunday activities for description.

Sunset Sail on the Innisfail
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. • $145 per person
Sit back and relax as you cruise through Charleston’s historic harbor onboard the 1930’s private luxury yacht, Innisfail. This maritime masterpiece has been host to many world leaders and dignitaries from Charles de Gaulle and Anwar Sadat to Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon and Clinton. Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres as you savor the beauty of a bygone era and an occasion that will not soon be forgotten.

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