Alan Lehman, aka, Teddy Roosevelt, lead his "Rough Riders" up the make-believe San Juan Hill as part of the third annual Fort Fremont Harvest Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2, on St. Helena Island, sponsored by the Friends of Fort Fremont. Since the Fort was built for the defense of the Atlantic shoreline during the Spanish American War, the "charge" was part of the day's activities which attracted hundreds to the county park. Lolita Huckaby/The Island News

Fort Fremont Harvest Festival

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Rollen Chalmers of Rollen’s Raw Grains, an agricultural operation in Hardeeville, was on hand to exhibit his rice collection of Carolina Golden Rice and sell traditional gumbo, one of several food vendors present for the Fort Fremont Harvest Festival on Sunday, Nov. 2. Lolita Huckaby/The Island News

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