It’s an unfortunate reality that throughout our history, the roles and contributions of women have not been celebrated or remembered from generation to generation as prominently as men’s. The month of March, however, as Women’s History Month, gives us an opportunity...
Within the legacy of Fort Sumter’s iconic role in the arc of the Civil War, is a little-known fact that enslaved African Americans were involved in the building, repairing, and attempts to capture Fort Sumter. There is much irony in this because Fort Sumter ignited a...
For two years after the first shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in April 1861, neither the Union nor Confederate governments would enlist African American soldiers. Yet after a Black harbor pilot, Robert Smalls, successfully piloted the...
Congress has designated the third Monday in February as Presidents’ Day, a time when we remember and honor those who have served as President of the United States. Though as many as 15 Presidents have visited the Lowcountry over the centuries, surely one of the...
A lesser-known American holidays is Ratification Day, celebrated annually on Jan. 14 in remembrance of that date in 1784 when the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the American Revolution. Though peace talks between the two nations...
