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The present South Carolina State Flag, adopted in 1861. Courtesy of Fort Moultrie National Park.
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The South Carolina State Seal. The shield on the left displays the palmetto tree, adopted as a state symbol after the palmetto logs (of which the fort on Sullivan's Island was built) successfully...
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The Palmetto Monument, erected in honor of the Palmetto Regiment's heroic actions in the Mexican War, stands outside the South Carolina State House. Courtesy of the Howard G. Woody Postcard Collection...
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This stamp commemorated the 200th anniversary of South Carolina's ratification of the United States Constitution.
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The coast of South Carolina has fascinated artists and visitors from the beginning. Xanthus Smith (1839-1928) served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, and participated in the blockade of...
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The Saluda River Crossing at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden was the location of one of the important events in South Carolina history. Let’s visit with Ed and learn more about the crossing.
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In 1916, Septima Clark was a young African American teacher looking forward to her first teaching assignment in South Carolina. There, she learned firsthand about the poverty and inequality in...
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The textbooks used today in the study of South Carolina history are influenced by the work of Mary C. Simms Oliphant. Her book The South Carolina Reader taught South Carolinians their state's history...
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The setting for her first book, Clover, is a peach farm like the one Dori Sanders grew up on. Clover was published in 1990 and immediately became a best-seller. In the story, Clover is a 10-year-old...
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Dori Sanders' book Clover has been translated into five different languages and made into a Disney film. The story is set in the countryside of South Carolina, and told through the eyes of a 10-year...