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June 3, 2013 8:56 PM
Graduations, festivals and remembrance
Hilton Head High graduate Nicolette Schoning gives a standing ovation with fellow classmates after valedictorian Alexander Reamy's address Monday night during the commencement ceremony for the class of 2013 at Seahawk Stadium on Hilton Head Island.
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Hilton Head High graduate Trevon Rawls hugs principal Amanda O'Nan after giving her introduction during the commencement ceremony for the class of 2013 Monday night at Seahawk Stadium on Hilton Head Island.
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Rev. Terri LaValle, Director of Dept. of VA CFBNP and keynote speaker at Beaufort's Memorial Day ceremony addresses those gathered Monday afternoon at the Beaufort National Cemetery.
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Daughters of Union Civil War Members Ana Fenn and Bernice Cook place a wreath during the Memorial Day ceremony Monday at Beaufort National Cemetery.
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Members of the Daughters of Union Civil War Veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps walk back towards the Memorial Day service after laying wreaths to honor U.S. armed forces members who died Monday afternoon at the Beaufort National Cemetery.
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In this file photo, from left to right, Nana Yaa Asantewa, Cleo Stokes, Scott Gibbs and Sharon Joyce-Millen, project manager for the 27th Annual Gullah Festival sing with those gathered for the rededication ceremony of the historical marker at the foot of 11th Street in Port Royal.
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Beaufort's Lindsey and Travis Hollingsworth III look for sharks teeth with son Travis IV, 3, Monday afternoon as dark clouds roll in at Sands Beach in Port Royal.
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Rep. Kenneth Hodges presents a certificate of a house resolution from the South Carolina House of Representatives thanking guest speaker and Harriet Tubman scholar Kate Clifford Lawson for her work Sunday night during the 150th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the Combahee River Raid at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort.
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Local golfer John Piccione, left, shakes hands with event coordinator Barry Fleming during the 11th annual Touchstone Energy Million Dollar Hole-In-One Shootout Saturday evening at Old South Golf Links in Bluffton. Piccione was the closest out of 25 participants, getting within 10 feet, 10 inches of the hole.
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Left to right, Beaufort Academy graduate Laura Roddey claps to the beat as Hope Keane, Grace Stewart, Rebekah Langehans and Charlotte Delfosse dance during their recessional Saturday afternoon at Beaufort Academy's commemcement ceremony for the class of 2013 in Beaufort.
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Al Stokes, director of the Waddell Mariculture Center is shown here Thursday afternoon inside the building that houses the fish hatchery where water and structural damage continues to cause problems.
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Civil War scholar and reenactor Asa Gordon talks about Harriet Tubman's role as the creator and leader of the 1863 Combahee River Raid Friday afternoon during a lecture on the legacy of U.S. black troops who served in the Civil War at Cherry Hill School on Hilton Head Island.
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Fans crowd around trying to snap a photo as American Idol winner Candice Glover signs autographs May 4 after performing her hometown concert in downtown Beaufort.
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Myra Grand, left, listens as her husband Bill Grand, center, CEO of Nutrifusion talks with MUSC professor Mark Kindy during a celebration marking the Don Ryan Center of Innovation's one year anniversary Thursday evening at Buckwalter Place in Bluffton. Nutrifusion is the first graduate of the center.
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