“The first sunbeams glowed upon … the blossoming hedges along the rectangular dikes. What were those black dots which everywhere appeared? Those moist meadows had become alive with human heads, and along each narrow path came a straggling file of men and women, all on a run for the river-side” This month we celebrate …
What a beautiful weekend we have for tall ships! Charleston is the official port of the Tall Ships Challenge this year and more than a dozen ships from around the world are in port this weekend. Today at 1 PM the tall ships will parade in Charleston Harbor, and there will be boardings and sailing …
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This being the season for the “Wearing of the Green” I thought I might take this time to wish my readers a Happy St Patrick’s Day and relate to you the story behind why I didn’t join the Hibernian Society. Hibernian Society Hall,1840Of course, the Irish are famous for blarney, so, in the spirit of …
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“HOW MUCH AM I OFFERED FOR THIS GOOD COOK? SHE IS AN EXCELLENT COOK: CAN MAKE THREE KINDS OF MOCK TURTLE SOUP FROM BEEF, FOWLS, OR FISH”The above is an excerpt from the Charleston Courier on March 22, 1865, recounting the Freedmen’s Jubilee Parade, which featured a black man on a float with a woman …
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