On January 23, 2016, the John D. Kennedy Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy held a luncheon at the Kershaw House to honor Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and to celebrate the birth date of Generals John D. Kennedy and Joseph B. Kershaw. Guest speaker Alan Roberson from the Confederate Relic Room in Columbia presented a program on “The Burning of Columbia.” Also, President Susan Baskin, Vice President Ann Martin and Registrar Debra Witt presented a very prestigious award—the Winnie Davies Award—to Mrs. Mary Downie Hamer Knowlton.