The Battle of Elizabethtown chap-
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, will unveil two highway
markers with ceremonies on Friday,
June 23, at 11 o'clock. The first
roadside D. A. R. marker will be
placed near the old home site of
James Iver McKay, one of Bladen's
most distinguished sons, six miles
east of Elizabethtown. A second
marker will be located near the
"Tory Hole." This is a state mark-
er furnished by the Board of Con-
servation and Development.

         McKay Unveiling

     Thomas Sutton, III, Fayetteville,
will speak briefly at the ceremonies
and give a short historical sketch
of the life of James Iver McKay.
Mrs. Eugene Davis, state regent of
the D. A. R., will accept the mark-
er. A member of the State High-
way Commission will accept the
marker for the state. Mrs. Charles
Rankin, Fayetteville, and H. R. Al-
len, chairman of the Bladen coun-
ty Board of Commissioners, will
bring greetings. Mrs. W. H. Belk,
Charlotte, vice president general of
the National Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
will respond.

     At the unveiling of the "Tory
Hole" state marker, Conrad Clark,
mayor of Elizabethtown, will wel-
come the visitors to which Mrs.
George McNeill, Fayetteville, mem-
ber of state historical commission,
will respond. H. H. Clark, Eliza-
bethtown attorney, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at this site.

     President Frank P. Graham, of
the University of North Carolina,
will speak at a luncheon following
the Tory Hole unveiling. The lunch-
eon will be held at White Lake. He
will be introduced by J. H. Clark.

     Mrs. D. S. Currie, chapter regent,
will preside over the ceremonies at
both unveilings and at the lunch-
eon.

             Tory Hole

            "Tory Hole" ?
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     The "Tory Hole," name of the
ravine down which the Tories fled
after being routed in the Battle of
Elizabethtown, will be honored by
a second marker.

     Col. Thomas Robeson led a scant
handful of men against an over-
whelming number of Tories on a
September night in 1781. After
crossing the river at midnight by
moonlight the men gathered
near the enemy camp near the site
of the old Presbyterian church. It
was a magnificent feat of military
strategy Colonel Robeson worked.

     The men would fire, reload and
run to a new position as the leader
would shout the command for a
company to advance and fire. The
Tories believed great numbers had
encircled them and fled.

     A few years ago the Battle of
Elizabethtown chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion placed a marker near the site
of the battle.

             Descendants

     Descendants of James I. McKay
to unveil the marker are as fol-
lows: Miriam Stith, Cape Henry,
Va.; Anna Sutton, Eugene and
Frank Sutton, Fayetteville; David
Ray Whitted, Elizabethtown; Min-
nie and James Meyers and Betsy
Robeson, Tar Heel.

     Little Emelia Hutchinson, Eliza-
bethtown, will lay a wreath at the
foot of the marker.

     Emily Love Robeson, Tar Heel,
and Mary Bartram Robeson, Coun-
cil, Descendants of Col. Thomas
Robeson, will unveil the Tory Hole
marker.