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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.

November, 1777: the Second Continental Congress adopts the Articles of the Confederation

Name United States Each sovereign except according to rights delegated, etc. League offense and defense None to treaty, ally, …

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October, 1950: Astronaut Ronald McNair was Born in Lake City

Ronald Erwin McNair grew up in Lake City, the second son of Carl and Pearl McNair. His father was a …

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September, 1762: Governor Boone Refuses Oath of Office to Christopher Gadsden

September 13, 1762:  Governor Boone Refuses Oath of Office to Christopher Gadsden When Thomas Boone took over as Governor of South …

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August, 1863: The H.L. Hunley sinks for the first time in Charleston Harbor

Many are familiar with the story of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, which on February 17, 1864, became the …

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