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There are ruins of an old plantation house at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina whose history covers many of the poignant events that made Charleston the interesting city it is today. Like a lot of…
As the ship Berkeley Bay slowly turned northwest out of the Atlantic Ocean into what would later be called South Carolina’s North Edisto River, Lt. Colonel Robert Sandford leaned against the rail to get a good look at the lush,…
The Preamble to the United States Constitution reads: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the…
Exultation is the going of an inland soul to sea, Past the houses – past the headlands—Into deep eternity… Emily Dickinson Charleston, South Carolina is a city whose life and livelihood have always been closely tied to the sea.…
Carl Sandburg wrote in his poem “The People, Yes”: ‘No ear is deaf to the song that gold sings.’ Gold has built empires and been the cause of their destruction. Since humanity became civilized it has it has led to…
Many of us face situations in which we must make a choice whether to be loyal to one cause or another. Some choices are easy. Do we want to shop at this same store today or try another one? Others…
For many years Charleston, South Carolina has been known as the ‘Holy City’. No one knows exactly who first uttered the phrase but it caught on, and now we see it everywhere from tourist websites to roofing companies. And walking…
If you are a genius, change the course of human history, and win a Nobel Prize in physics, you could get some bubbles named after you. Enrico Fermi was born in Rome in 1901. His mind developed quickly, and at…
Although in the 1730s the American colonies were still solidly part of the British Empire, there were hints that Americans were at times beginning to rise to the occasion of necessity without regard to British precedents. One such case involved…
In an essay about the importance of salt in the Roman economy, Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus wrote in 523AD: “Upon your industry all other products depend, for although there may be someone who does not seek gold, there never yet…
