Coach James E. Lockemy hosted a Pool and Pizza Party for his Dixie Youth team, the James Lockemy Justice Rangers, at Twin Lakes Country Club on Tuesday, July 30.

At the party, Coach Lockemy detailed plans for the team’s trip to Washington, D.C. This is the 34th year that Lockemy has taken the Justice Rangers on a trip.

The trip will begin on Monday, August 5, with the team leaving Dillon at 5:30 a.m. on a tour bus. The first top will be at the Virginia Line for brunch by King’s Pizza. Games and trivia will be held along the way, covering such topics as George Washington, Joseph Sullivan, the NBA, the Stanley Cup, football, sports championships, MVPs, geography, and history.

The next stop will be a tour of Mt. Vernon, including the area where the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets was filmed. The team will also tour George Washington’s home, and will visit Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument on their first day.

On Tuesday, the team is then scheduled to meet with Congressman Tom Rice from the 7th Congressional District of South Carolina for photographs and a tour of the Capitol and Congress. They will then visit the Vietnam Memorial and will travel to Union Station, where they will ride a “duck” – a World War II vehicle – and take a tour of the Potomac River and the Pentagon before returning to Union Station. The team will then visit the Museum of Natural History and will take in a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves.

On Wednesday, the team will visit Kings Dominion amusement park in Virginia before returning home to Dillon.

Lockemy’s special guests for Tuesday’s party included A.B. Jordan, III, whose family founded THE DILLON HERALD, as well as Mary Louise Parham and Clint Sullivan.

Mr. Jordan told the team that the trip would be very special and very educational.

Mrs. Parham and her son, Clint Sullivan, spoke about Joseph Sullivan, who fought and died in the Vietnam War. Mrs. Parham received the Silver Star to honor her husband’s bravery and sacrifice. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery and the team plans to visit his grave and find and trace his name on the Vietnam Memorial.

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