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 16 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.

E-LEARNING & TOURS

CARLSBAD CAVERNS: You can visit places most tourists never get to see when you visit www.360parks.com/carlsbad_caverns_virtual_tour.shtml .

E-LEARNING AT THE MUSEUM: The SC State Museum offers opportunities for learning online with virtual programs for the whole family. To learn more, visit www.scstatemuseum.org

HISTORIC COLUMBIA ONLINE TOURS: Tour Columbia and Richland County neighborhoods and districts from the comfort of home. Visit https://www.historiccolumbia.org/tours/online-tours .

LEXINGTON COUNTY STORY MAPS: Story maps tell a narrative story related to features, places and landmarks including historic tours, a tour of the Lexington County Museum, and Lexington County Heritage. See all available tours any time at https://maps-lexco-gis.hub.arcgis.com/ .

EVENTS

BIG NOSH JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL: May 21 and May 23, 9 am-4 pm, Tree of LIfe Congregation,, 6719 N. Trenholm Rd., Columbia. Order your food online and pickup contact free at Tree of LIfe. Items include NY bagels, matzah ball soup, corned beef, knish, desserts and more. Call 803-787-2182 or visit www.bignosh.org/

BOOK SALE: April 24, 9 am-noon, Lifelong Learning Center, 297 N. Lawrence St., Swansea. A bag of books only $5, includes fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, biographies, and more. Sponsored by Friends of the Swansea Library. Carolina Classic Home & Garden Show: May 21-May 23, SC State Fairgrounds, Columbia. Social distancing protocols. Exhibitors sought. Info: BIAofCentralSC.com or call (803) 256-6238.

FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY: American Legion Congaree Post 90 & the AL Auxiliary Congaree Unit 90 host a free ceremony April 24, 6 pm, South Congaree Rodeo Arena. 395 Oak Street, West Columbia. Bring your worn and tattered flags for ceremonial burn. The Sandy Run Post #156 American Legion Riders will assist.

GARDEN TEA PARTY: Sponsored by Pine Ridge Women’s Club May 8, 2-4 pm, 101 Pine Ridge Dr, West Columbia. Tickets $20 admit two persons for sweet treats, tea, lemonade, fashion show, raffles. Suggested attire: Sunday best. Contact a club member for tickets. Proceeds benefit local events, charities.

LEXINGTON CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT: May 17, 8 am and 1:30 pm, Country Club of Lexington. Teams $380 at 8 am and $435 at 1:30 pm. Info: 803-359-6113.

MAD HATTER’S ART PARTY: May 2, 11 am-5 pm, Robert Mills House, 1616 Blanding St., Columbia. Specialty treats, wine tasting, and opportunity to buy original painting, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, and more. Call to artists open April 1. Hosted by SouthCarolinaArtists.com

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.

PJ’s & PEARLS: May 8, 10:30 am-noon, Ponderosa Country Club, 190 Durango Dr., Batesburg-Leesville. Brunch hosted by Woman’s Society of B-L benefits Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center. Entertainment for all ages. Dress in your best pajamas and pearls. Adults $15, children 10 and under $10. Call 803-413-2437 or e-mail loisblack@sc.rr.com.

TASTE OF LAKE MURRAY: May 6, 6 pm, DoubleTree by HIlton, 2100 Bush River Rd., Columbia. Food, drinks and World Food Championship event. Tickets $100 available at TasteofLakeMurray.com.or 803-781-5940; Proceeds benefit July 3 fireworks display on Lake Murray.

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.

LEXINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL: and April 27, 4:30 pm, Council Chambers County Admin. Building, Lexington.

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: Timed tickets required. Face masks also required. Visit www.Riverbanks.org for information, times and tickets.

SC STATE MUSEUM: 301 Gervais St, Columbia. Ages 3 and up must wear masks and adhere to social distancing. Adult $8.95, Senior (Ages 62 +) $7.95, Children (ages 3-12) $6.95. Buy advance tickets online at www.scmuseum.org

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1370: Building begins on the Bastille fortress in Paris

1526: 1st slave revolt in the American colonies occurs in South Carolina

1648: English army claims King Charles I responsible for bloodshed

1659: Lord Protector Richard Cromwell disbands English parliament

1692: Edward Bishop is jailed for proposing flogging as a cure for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts

1769: Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV’s “official” mistress

1793: President Washington attends opening of Rickett’s, 1st circus in US

1823: R J Tyers patents roller skates

1838: English steamship “Sirius” docks in NYC after crossing the Atlantic, first transatlantic steam passenger service

1864: US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of “In God We Trust”)

1876: 1st official National League baseball game is played; Boston Red Stockings beat Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5 at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia

1889: A 1.9 million-acre tract of Indian Territory for white colonial settlement in Oklahoma officially starts at 12pm

1898: 1st Spanish–American War action sees the USS Nashville capture a Spanish ship

1914: Babe Ruth’s 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win1915: 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I

1916: France battles at Fort Douaumont

1934: US Division of Investigation (later the FBI) under Melvin Purvis botch an operation to capture the John Dillinger Gang at Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, with 2 dead and 4 injured

1940: Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable

1944: Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet at Salzburg

1945: Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated

1945: Battle of Berlin: Upon being informed that a planned counter-attack never happened, Adolf Hitler flies into a rage, denounces the German Army and concedes World War II is lost

1945: SS chief Heinrich Himmler secretly meets with Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, asking him to act as an intermediary for a surrender offer to the Western Allies. The Allies do not take the offer seriously.

1951: Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC

1954: US Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin

1969: 1st human eye transplant performed

1977: Shimon Peres becomes the 8th Prime Minister of Israel

1981: More than $3.3 million is stolen from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson in the then largest US bank robbery in history

1991: Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from “The Tonight Show”

1994: Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500

1995: George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas

2000: In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami, Florida.

2016: Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C

2018: Gunman opens fire at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, killing 4 before James Shaw Jr. wrestled the rifle from the gunman’s hands