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Sallie and James Townsend Return to Clermont

Friday, February 3, 2012

The South Lake County Historical Society is proud to announce the return engagement of the play Sallie and James. Written by Candace Keller-Raber, the play depicts the early years of the lives of Clermont's first African-American settlers, Sallie and James Townsend.

Performances will be on Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 PM on the porch of the Townsend House in the Historic Village located at 490 West Street in Clermont. On Saturday the 25th the festivities will begin at 12:00 when lunch will be sold. At 1:30 the original Cooper Memorial Library building will be officially dedicated followed by the play at 2:00.

If you would like more information about the play or about the Historical Society, you can go to our website at southlakehistoricalsociety.com; call Dodie King, Historic Village manager, at 352-593-8496; or come to one of our monthly meetings held the second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Depot in the Historic Village.