FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 2010
Contact: Christina Washington-Koger,
Armstrong Ancestry Association Committee, President
 (917) 940-3436 or ArmstrongRoots@aol.com
Armstrong Family members from across the States of America (NY, NJ, MD, DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, OH, TX, VT, MA, PA, CT, CA, MS, to name a few) are returning home to the Pender and New Hanover County area of North Carolina for their 13th Annual Family Reunion, during the weekend of Friday, July 2nd – Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. to meet, greet and celebrate in Five (5) Days our heritage. It will be so nice all the folks you love together, sittin’ and talkin’ about all the things that have been goin’ down. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve had the chance to get together, nobody knows the next time we will see each other may be years from now… Family reunion got to have a family reunion. It’s so nice, to come together… to get together.” - The O-Jays. The time is near to celebrate our deep Armstrong roots with our family members’ where our ancestors are traced back nine (9) generations (mid 1700’s) to the Pender & New Hanover County area of North Carolina. Our Armstrong (Mulatto) Family has long, long histories connected with Pender County in the Rocky Point, Lincoln, Lillington  and Long Creek communities, were our ancestors were big landowners, (see Pender Count Register of Deeds), had large families, did exceptionally well, were prominent in civil life, well educated and just good, honest people. Miles Armstrong, Sr. (1833-1916), was the 1st Negro Commissioner elected to the Pender County Board of Education during the Reconstruction he served from 1876 to 1879. Miles Armstrong, Sr.’s great-granddaughter Beulah Armstrong, a resident of Wilmington, North Carolina and is our eldest living family member, born, August 16th, 1913.
The Armstrong Family Reunion Weekend is an event not to be missed. Our Reunion weekend events and activities will begin with a Meet & Greet, Quilt Project  at our Host Hotel Main Stay Suites, Wilmington, NC on the evening of Friday, July 2nd, at 7PM, Family Picnic w/Activities, 11—4PM, Battle Ground, Currie, NC, Choir Rehearsal, 4:30PM, St. John Baptist Church, Long Creek, NC, and a Night on the Town all on Saturday, July 3rd ; Church Service, 11AM, St. John Baptist Church, Long Creek, NC, Homage to our Ancestor @ Burial Grounds of Pender County, Family Dinner, Fireworks Display, Dark - Wilmington, NC, Night Social all on Sunday, July 4th, Family Yard Outings, Farewell Pool Party & BBQ @ Main Suites Hotel and Bowling Night, on Monday, July 5th, 2010.  We’ll all have fun during this Armstrong Family Reunion Weekend with great food, old’ school music, card games, fun events and activities for the whole family!
Armstrong Ancestral Association
Christina Washington-Koger
541 HANSKA WAY, RALEIGH, NC 27610
Email: ArmstrongRoots@aol.com
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