SRS
Heritage Foundation
Preserving
and
Interpreting the Heritage of the Savannah River Site
Scrapbook Video Productions produced "Displaced," a 90-minute documentary describing the memories of the residents of
Ellenton,
Dunbarton, and surrounding towns, where the inhabitants were
displaced during the appropriation of the land that was required for the Savannah River Project (now Savannah River Site).
The SRS
provided logistical support for the video and financial support was
furnished by Fluor Corporation and an Aiken County Accommodation Tax
Grant. In
this documentary, residents of the South
Carolina farming towns of Ellenton, Dunbarton, and Meyers Mill
tell personal stories of family and community life during the
1940s
and early '50s and its shocking disruption by the government
confiscation of their towns to make room for one of the largest nuclear
weapon production facilities in the world.
The
video premiered with two showings on March 20, 2009 in the Etherredge
Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken. About 1,200
people attended the premiere.
A 30-minute Educational Edition of
"Displaced" will be dispersed to middle schools during their education
of South Carolina History. The SRS Heritage Foundation has
developed Teacher's Packets, including Lesson Plans and Resource Lists
to accompany the DVD's. The Foundation Education Committee is
planning to begin distribution of these Packets during the 2009-2010
school year.
For more information about Displaced,
please visit its website here.
Or, you may purchase Displaced
at one of these locations:
Borders
Books and Music, Augusta, Georgia
Augusta Museum of History, Augusta, Georgia
The Book Tavern, Augusta, Georgia
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, S.C.
The Aiken Visitors Center, Laurens Street,
Aiken, S.C.
The Aiken Historical Museum, Aiken, S.C