Annual Gathering · 2017

2017 Annual Gathering

Greenville, South Carolina · September 14–17, 2017

Annual Gathering — 2017

Greenville, South Carolina

September 14–17, 2017

South Carolina offered a singular backdrop — sixteen CCC-built parks that together form the state's original park system. Twenty-seven members gathered in Greenville, including two CCC veterans, Walter Atwood and Hank Sulima, both of Florida. Tours of Oconee State Park, Table Rock State Park, and Paris Mountain State Park revealed the breadth of the Corps' "Parkitecture" — a term introduced by historian Tara Mitchell Mielnik to describe the National Park Service design language the CCC carried into every state.

Field Notes

Sites & Highlights

Oconee State Park — one of sixteen CCC-built parks in South Carolina; the 12th CCC Worker Statue erected nationally stands at the visitor center
Table Rock State Park — CCC cabins and lodge recently restored; the restoration project earned a preservation award in 2007
Paris Mountain State Park — attendees heard bluegrass music at a CCC-built stone amphitheater at Camp Buckhorn
Guest speaker Tara Mitchell Mielnik presented her book "New Deal, New Landscape: The Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's State Parks"

Legacy Achievement Award

Walter Atwood, Philip Gouzie, and Henry Sulima — Legacy Achievement Award (lifetime achievement); Bill Jamerson and West Virginia CCC State Museum Association — Education Recognition

Event Partners

South Carolina State Parks · Palmetto Conservation Foundation

Moments