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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
November 11, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. On April 6, 1917, after …
Continue ReadingMerriam-Webster defines an archive as “a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved.” The …
Continue ReadingOn August 31, 1885, DuBose Heyward was born in Charleston to Edwin Watkins Heyward and Jane Screven DuBose. Jane was …
Continue ReadingOn June 28, 1776, British ships sailed into Charleston harbor and opened fire on a tiny fort on Sullivan’s Island. …
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