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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
On 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. …
Continue ReadingIn partnership with various local, national, and international cultural heritage organizations, academic institutions, and historic sites, the Carolina Lowcountry and …
Continue ReadingMany people know that this month 157 years ago, Confederate troops fired a mortar shell that exploded above Fort Sumter …
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