Saturday, Aug. 3, will be celebrated as “Antioch Baptist Church Appreciation Day.” That’s according to the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors, which unanimously voted to issue a special proclamation noting the celebration at its Tuesday, July 9, regular monthly meeting.
In conjunction with the celebration, the unveiling of an Antioch Baptist Church historical highway marker is planned for that day in front of the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse, 865 General Puller Highway, Saluda, with a program prior to the unveiling at the church starting at noon. The church is near the courthouse and is at 159 Oakes Landing Road.
The proclamation states that Antioch Baptist Church was established at Saluda in 1866 by a group of African-American members of the white-led Clark’s Neck Baptist Church, which is now called Saluda Baptist Church.
