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Camp Ellis

April 16, 2015 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

camp ellisJoin us for a history of Camp Ellis and the Ipava area with Marion Cornelius of the Easley Pioneer Museum in Ipava. Camp Ellis was one of the largest Armed Service Forces training camps in the country in the 1940s.  It also housed some German prisoners of war.  The training activities ended in 1944 but many area residents still remember the camp.

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Date:
April 16, 2015
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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