Soil Blessing Ceremony

Fort Harrison members attended annual ceremony on April 18 to gather and bless Virginia soil, which will be transported to South Carolina to be spread on the mass grave of Virginia soldiers killed at the 1780 Battle of Waxhaws. This symbolic act honors the 3rd Virginia Detachment, led by Colonel Abraham Buford, who were mostly killed or wounded by British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton on May 29, 1780.