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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
This July marks the 17th anniversary of the opening of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. The bridge, which connects downtown …
Continue ReadingThe Marsh Tackies, or Carolina Marsh Tackies, became South Carolina's official state heritage horse when Governor Mark Sanford signed Senate …
Continue ReadingMason Locke Weems was born in Maryland in 1759. In 1784, he was ordained a minister by the Archbishop of …
Continue ReadingOn April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls, Civil War hero, businessman, and political figure, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He …
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