History of the PSSC and Film Screening of To Have a Name Worth Owning
Sat, Nov 01
|Aiken County Public Library
History, Poetry, and Conversation


Time & Location
Nov 01, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Aiken County Public Library, 314 Chesterfield St S, Aiken, SC 29801, USA
About the event
The Poetry Society of South Carolina presents a fun afternoon in Aiken, SC. This event is free and open to the public, so bring a friend.
The presentation begins with a brief history of the Poetry Society delivered by its president, Jim Lundy.
Following that, we will enjoy a screening of the documentary To Have a Name Worth Owning: Aiken's James Matthewes Legaré, presented by the film's director/producer Buddy Wingard. There will be a Q and A after the film with Buddy Wingard and Tom Mack.
Buddy Wingard is the Program Coordinator of the Savannah River Archeological Research Program and South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina.
Tom Mack, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of The University of South Carolina Aiken. He is a recipient of the Governor's Award in the Humanities. He writes a column for the Aiken Standard and is an arts reviewer for…