Kathryn Hedgepath-Remembering Myrtle Beach’s German POWs (1944-1946)
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Horry County Museum 805 Main Street , Conway, South Carolina 29526
The Horry County Museum presents a program on the German Prisoner of War Camp in Myrtle Beach on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 1 p.m. German POWs were brought to Myrtle Beach during WWII to supplement the work force in the timber industry, on farms and at the town’s Army Air Corps airfield. Myrtle Beach History Tours Creator and Narrator Kathryn Cox Hedgepath will share what it was like for POWs here from 1944–1946.
A Myrtle Beach native, Hedgepath is the creator and narrator of the Myrtle Beach History Trolley and Step-On Tours. She has traveled to 40 countries on six continents and uses her experience to convey our local history through a world lens. Hedgepath returned home from New York City in 2002 to marry her beloved husband, Jenks, after a career in television and publishing. She also worked in Space Shuttle Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. for a semester before starting graduate school at Georgetown University.
Her first career job was as personal assistant to television icon and wildlife expert, Jim Fowler, of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom fame. Her dad, Myrtle Beach’s first veterinarian, arranged the job interview when Fowler spoke at a veterinary conference in Myrtle Beach. She is proud to be able to trace her family history in Horry County back to the Pre-Revolutionary War years, and enjoys sharing our local history with visitors, newcomers and locals.
The program is free to the public and will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street in Conway. For more information, call (843) 915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.
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