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DAVIDSON FLAG CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT HISTORIC RURAL HILL

September 29, 2009

HUNTERSVILLE, NC: On September 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, the Mecklenburg Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will have a flag ceremony in the graveyard at historic Rural Hill.  The JROTC from Hopewell High School will fold the flag of 1st Lt. Jo Graham Davidson in a ceremony consisting of a color guard and six flag folders.  Advisor for the JROTC contingent is Col. Puckett. 

Ms. May Davidson has made available to Rural Hill the flag that covered the casket of her brother.  The flag will be folded and placed in a triangular display box and is to be held in the Davidson Room at Rural Hill where both Ms. May Davidson and 1^st Lt. Davidson grew up.  The display box is provided by the Mecklenburg Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution. 

1ST Lieutenant Jo Graham Davidson, Jr. is the 4th child of Jo Graham Davidson and his wife Annie May Alexander Davidson.  Jo was born at Rural Hill November 21, 1914.  He graduated from Long Creek School and attended Georgia Tech.  When WWII started, he joined the Army and was on his way to South Africa when he died in a plane crash in Cayenne French Guiana.  His body was interred at the family grave at Rural Hill on May 1, 1948.

The flag ceremony will be held rain or shine.  The public is invited to attend this historic remembrance.

Rural Hill is located at 4431 Neck Road (off Beatties Ford Road) in Huntersville, 28078.  The former homestead of Major John and Violet Davidson, the 265 acre site is maintained and promoted by The Catawba Valley Scottish Society (CVSS).  Rural Hill features annual events such as the Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games, the Rural Hill Amazing Maize Maze and the Rural Hill Sheep Dog Trials.  CVSS is a non-profit organization supported through membership and donations, and with proceeds from its events utilized for the preservation of historic Rural Hill and its education efforts.  For more information on events or for financial support accepted securely online, please visit www.ruralhill.net.

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