YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO AREA EVENTS

To submit events, the absolute deadline is Friday before publication. However, it is best to send items at least 2 weeks before your event date by email to lexingtonchronicle@gmail.com. You may also fax your event to 803-359-2936. Please also send events that have been cancelled or rescheduled due to covid-19.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BURNING DEBRIS: Burn permit required for burning debris in unincorporated areas of Lexington County. Call the SC Forestry Commission at 1-800-705-8613.

COVID VACCINES: SC residents 12 or older can schedule an appointment for the Covid-19 vaccine by calling the DHEC Care Line at 1-855-472-3432. You may also get them now at Walgreens, CVS, Kroger, Riley’s Drugs and Medicine Mart, but you need an appointment.

LEXINGTON CO. collection/recycling STATION HOURS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 7 am until 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm until 7 pm; Tuesday and Thursday closed. Closed New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Inclement weather or other emergency situations may result in temporary closings of some or all collection and recycling centers on a per incident basis. Every effort will be made to notify the public if such closings are required.

EVENTS

1940’S CANTEEN DANCE: July 17, 6-10 pm, American Legion Post 7, 211 Legion Dr., Lexington. A nostalgic 1940’s Canteen Dance featuring authentic 1930’s & 40’s music and entertainment, 1940’s reenactors, memorabilia, a period canteen with snacks and nonalcoholic drinks, door prizes and more! 1940’s period military or civilian dress is encouraged but not required! All ages invited to come and dance the night away or just sit back and enjoy the entertainment! Tickets $10 in advance or $20 at the door (limited number); Free for WWII Veterans. Tickets at www.sites.rootsweb.com/~scmti/Dance.html or email pss_nyz@yahoo.com.

CAR & BIKE SHOW: July 3, 10 am-4 pm, VFW 8738, 424 Cedarcrest Dr., Lexington. $20 entry fee with registration and setup at 8:30 am. Pre-register at VFW on Sat., 3 pm-midnight. Food plates (chicken) $8.

COFFEE WITH A COP: Have complimentrary coffee with Lexington police at the Market at Icehouse Amphitheater, 107 W. Main St., Lexington, July 17, Aug. 21, and Sept. 25. Child passenger seat checks will also be performed. Coffee courtesy The Haven Coffee House.

JULY 4 ON LAKE MURRAY: July 3. Celebrating Independence Day with Boat Parade at noon with the theme “Proud to be an American.” Register at (803) 781-5940 x200 or visit www.LakeMurrayCountry.com Fireworks begin about 9:15 pm at Dreher Island and Spence Island with patriotic music on iHeart Media station 97.5. Meeting Street Artisan Market: Now open every Saturday 9 am-1 pm, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia. Artisans under the pavilion selling original art, crafts, foods and produce. Social distancing guidelines in effect. Handwashing station and hand sanitizer available.

TEEN CITIZENS ACADEMY: Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green invites rising 7th graders to 12th graders to a oneday outreach program. Choose your day - July 13, July 14 or July 15, 8 am - 4 pm. Breakfast and lunch provided. Limit 20 students. Applications availabe at the police department. Return to police department during busiess hours. Info: Patrolman 1st Class Aimee Lutz, 803-359-6260 or ahlutz@lexsc.com

VETERANS HONORED: Grace Baptist Church plans a patriotic service Sunday, June 27, at 10 am. The church at 416 Denham Avenue, West Columbia has held these services to honor war veterans for more than 25 years.

MEETINGS

ADHD SUPPORT GROUP OF LEXINGTON: Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays, 6:30 pm by Zoom. Open to anyone with ADHD or who want to support and assist ADHD individuals. For login information email attention deficithelp@gmail.com

COMMUNICATIONS & LEADERSHIP:The Lexington County Toastmasters communications and leadership club meets online at 7:15 am each Thursday. For details, email Mary Thompson at maryemyers95@gmail.com

FAMILY/CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: for those who have loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimers/Dementia. First Thursday of each month 6–7 pm. Sponsored by Oakleaf Village of Lexington. Currently using a “Virtual” format. Call 803-808-3477 for connection information.

MUSEUMs & ZOO

12,000 YEAR HISTORY PARK: 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Cayce. Accessible 24/7. Police monitored from Sunrise-8 pm. Virtual history tours available. Get schedule at www.cayce12000years.com or call John Jameson at 850-322-5636.

LEXINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM: Now open with precautions. Tours by appointment only with face masks and social distancing. Call 803-359-8369 for tours 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Saturday and 1 pm to 4 pm on Sundays at 231 Fox Street, Lexington.

RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDENS: Open 9 am-5 pm daily. Masks encouraged but not required. Visit www.Riverbanks.org for information and tickets.

SC STATE MUSEUM: 301 Gervais St, Columbia. Adult $8.95, Senior (Ages 62 +) $7.95, Children (ages 3-12) $6.95. Buy advance tickets online at www.scmuseum.org

MUSIC & DANCE

GOSPEL FUNDRAISER: June 26, 6 pm, Midlands Gospel Singing Center, 705 Martin Smith Rd., Gilbert. Sponsored by Forever Change, guests will be The Mark Trammell Quartet. A love offering will be received with all proceeds going to the Midland Gospel Singing Center’s operational budget. Refreshments will be served during intermission. Brenda Crosby, (803) 719-1289. Visit website www.midgsc. com.

GOSPEL SINGING: July 3, 4-6 pm, Midland Gospel Singing Center, 705 Martin Smith Rd., Gilbert. BBQ fundraiser with plates for $6 that include BBQ sandwich, chips, drink, and dessert. Proceeds benefit the Singing Center’s operating budget. Monthly singing begins at 6 pm with Oasis and Master’s 3. Admission free. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. A love offering will be accepted.

REUNIONS

WINGARD: 100th anniversary of 1st reunion is July 3, 10:30 am, American Legion Hut, 211 American Legion Drive, Lexington. Wingard reunions were started in 1920 to celebrate the Wingard men returning home after World War I.In 2020, the reunion was cancelled due to Covid-19, so the big celebration is this year.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1314: Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England

1322: Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time

1340: English fleet destroys the French at the battle of Sluys (the Hundred Years' War)

T1374: Sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion

1441: Eton College founded in England by Henry VI

1497: John Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he has found Asia in Nova Scotia)

1509: Henry VIII is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London

1527: Paracelsus publicly burns standard medical textbooks in Basle as a protest against the current teaching and practice of medicine

1540: English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court

1648: Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine

1664: Colony of New Jersey founded when Duke of York grants Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret ownership of land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.

1717: 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London

1731: Freemason and Mayor of Philadelphia William Allen is appointed Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania, the first and youngest Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

1812: Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armée numbering half a million begin their invasion of Russia by crossing the Nieman River

1853: US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 squaremiles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)

1861: Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from Union

1863: Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac

1884: John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention

1898: American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba

1901: 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso aged 19, opens in Paris

1916: Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract

1922: Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks

1936: Rookie outfielder Joe DiMaggio ties 3 MLB records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases; Yankees beat Chicago, 18-4

1936: Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Adm

1941: Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy, Lithuania, exterminated

1941: Germans advance into Russia and take Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas

1942: Africa Korps invades Egypt

1942: Czechoslovakia village destroyed by Nazis after Gestapo finds a radio transmitter believed to have been used to coordinate the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, 33 adults were executed by firing squad and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under

1947: Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold

1948: Soviet Union begins the West Berlin Blockade by stopping access by road, rail and water

1957: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States

1961: Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait

1975: Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113

1975: Moon tremor perceived (hit by Taurid meteors)