By Sally Denk

Above: July 25, 2006 - Sally Jane Denk in Charleston, South Carolina, presenting the Fort Sumter historian (Richard W. Hatcher, III) with copies of archival material from the Sanderson Museum (Chadds Ford) and copy of the (1904) letter from Quarter Master Sergeant William H. Hamner to Christian C. Sanderson. Sergeant Hamner lowered the flag on Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, during the evacuation of the fort prior to Confederate control.

What a difference a day makes! That day was April 19, when I had the pleasure to have Sunday dinner with founding curator and Sanderson biographer, Tom Thompson in his elegant residence in Willow Lakes, PA. During the meal Tom happened to mention a 1904 letter to Chris in the Sanderson archives from the Quartermaster Sgt. William Hamner, of the US Army artillery who was assigned to lowering the flag on Ft Sumter during the evacuation of » Continue reading “President Sally Denk Brings the Sanderson to Fort Sumter”