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Learn about South Carolina. You may be surprised at what you'll find!  

In addition to the topics below, you can also delve into South Carolina's history by visiting the Social Studies section.

Public schools observe John C. Calhoun's birthday, March 18, as South Carolina Day. 

 

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Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio

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“C” is for Charleston Ironwork. Elements of decorative iron first appeared on Charleston buildings during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Crafted by local blacksmiths, they closely...
Fundamentalists | South Carolina Public Radio
Fundamentalists | South Carolina Public Radio

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“F” is for Fundamentalists. The designation “fundamentalists” is an umbrella term that takes in many theologically conservative, evangelical Protestants from several denominations and independent...
Grand Strand | South Carolina Public Radio
Grand Strand | South Carolina Public Radio

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"G" is for Grand Strand. South Carolina’s Grand Strand is an uninterrupted strip of sandy beaches that officially stretches along sixty miles of Horry and Georgetown Counties from the North Carolina...
Grave-Site Decoration | South Carolina Public Radio
Grave-Site Decoration | South Carolina Public Radio

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“G” is for Grave-Site Decoration. West Africans transported to South Carolina as slaves had their own belief system regarding death, burial, and the power of the living and the dead. Shiny or...
Loggerhead Turtle | South Carolina Public Radio
Loggerhead Turtle | South Carolina Public Radio

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“L” is for Loggerhead Turtle. State Reptile. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, is one of the world’s eight living species of turtles and evolved some sixty-five million to seventy million...
Drayton Hall | South Carolina Public Radio
Drayton Hall | South Carolina Public Radio

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“D” is for Drayton Hall [Charleston County]. Established in 1738, Drayton Hall is a historic plantation located between the Ashley River and Ashley River road—about nine miles from Charleston. At the...
Dubose, William Porcher | South Carolina Public Radio
Dubose, William Porcher | South Carolina Public Radio

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“D” is for DuBose, William Porcher [1836-1918]. Professor, theologian. DuBose studied for the ordained ministry at the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South...
Furman University | South Carolina Public Radio
Furman University | South Carolina Public Radio

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“F” is for Furman University. In 1825, the South Carolina Baptist Convention elected a board to organize an institution to train young men for the ministry. The school opened in Edgefield in 1827 and...
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio

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“L” is for Long, William Williams [1861-1934]. Agriculturalist. A native North Carolinian, Long worked his family farm before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. He...
Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio

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“C” is for Charleston Museum. Founded in 1773, the museum originated as an auxiliary of the Charleston Library Society, dedicated to the collection, preservation, and study of “materials promoting a...
Drayton Hall | History of SC Slide Collection
Drayton Hall | History of SC Slide Collection
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Drayton Hall, built between 1738 and 1742 by John Drayton on the banks of the Ashley River in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, has been declared a National Historic Landmark. It is currently...
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio

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“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas [ca. 1722-1793]. Planter. Matriarch. Born in the West Indies, Eliza Lucas moved to South Carolina with her family in the 1730s. In 1739, her father returned to the...
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio

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“D” is for Duke’s Mayonnaise. Duke’s Mayonnaise is one of the South’s favorite condiments. Around 1917, Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home. Unlike similar...
AME Zion Church | South Carolina Public Radio
AME Zion Church | South Carolina Public Radio

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“A” is for African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The A.M.E. Zion church is on of the seventh largest black denominations. It had its beginnings in New York in the early 19th century and by the...