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

World War I Veteran Spotlights

November 11, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. On April 6, 1917, after …

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What’s in Your Attic?

Merriam-Webster defines an archive as “a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved.” The …

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August

On August 31, 1885, DuBose Heyward was born in Charleston to Edwin Watkins Heyward and Jane Screven DuBose. Jane was …

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Happy Carolina Day!

On June 28, 1776, British ships sailed into Charleston harbor and opened fire on a tiny fort on Sullivan’s Island. …

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