The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents around Magnolia Cemetery on 3rd Street not to be alarmed when they hear gunfire on Saturday afternoon.
It’s from a ceremony to unveil a granite marker memorializing Brig. Gen. Thomas Glascock Sr., a veteran of the American Revolution.
“During the ceremony, members of the group, Sons of the American Revolution, will be firing a 21-gun salute using black powder muskets with an additional firing of three volleys from a cannon,” sheriff’s Sgt. Caleb Lee said in a press release. “Our office would like the citizens who reside in this area and the general public who hear the cannon firing and 21 gun shots to not be alarmed.”
According to an earlier story in The Augusta Press, some members of the group will be dressed in period attire, and the event will include the Elijah Clark Color Guard as well as a military volley. John C. Swartz, a direct descendant of Glascock, will lay a wreath at the family plot.
The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The public is welcome and invited to bring a lawn chair to witness the ceremony. The memorial marker will honor Glascock, but he is not buried in Magnolia Cemetery with the rest of his family.
Glascock served under Brig. Gen. Casmir Pulaski and was twice captured by the British. For his bravery, Gen. George Washington declared Glascock “Marshal of Georgia,” a title that is still held by his descendants, according to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
