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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
Many are familiar with the story of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, which on February 17, 1864, became the …
Continue ReadingThis 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 …
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