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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On June 28, 1776, British ships sailed into Charleston harbor and opened fire on a tiny fort on Sullivan’s Island. …
Continue ReadingFreedoms Gained and Lost: Reinterpreting Reconstruction in the Atlantic World
In partnership with various local, national, and international cultural heritage organizations, academic institutions, and historic sites, the Carolina Lowcountry and …
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Many people know that this month 157 years ago, Confederate troops fired a mortar shell that exploded above Fort Sumter …
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