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South Carolina People

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Eugene Harold Robinson

Eugene Harold Robinson is a newspaper columnist and an associate editor of The Washington Post.

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Charity Adams Earley was the first Black woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of Black women to serve overseas during World War II.

Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green is a contemporary African-American painter and printmaker who was born in Gardens Corner, SC.

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Charles M. Duke Jr.

Colonel Charles Moss Duke, Jr. is a retired USAF Brigadier General and former NASA astronaut and engineer.

South Carolina Counties

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Orangeburg County

Orangeburg County and its county seat, Orangeburg, were named for William IV (1711-1751), Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II.

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Bamberg County

Bamberg County and its county seat, Bamberg, were named for local resident William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858) and other members of the Bamberg family.

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Clarendon County

Clarendon County was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

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Chesterfield County

Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773).

South Carolina Facts

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South Carolina Government

Capital of South Carolina: Columbia

Governor: Henry McMaster

Lieutenant Governor: Pamela Evette

Secretary of State: Mark Hammond

Treasurer: Curtis Loftis

Attorney General: Alan Wilson

U.S. Representatives: Joe Wilson, Tom Rice, Jim Clyburn, Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, Jeff Duncan, and William Timmons

U.S. Senators: Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott

South Carolina Glossary

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H.L. Hunley

(noun) - a submarine of the Confederate States of America, she was the first combat submarine to sink a warship. The Hunley sank in 1864 off of Charleston Harbor and was recovered in 2000.

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