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Discover how South Carolina helped shape the American Revolution. Explore the people, places, and pivotal moments that made the Palmetto State a turning point in the fight for independence.
Henry Middleton was the 2nd President of the Continental Congress and served as President of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created South Carolina Government.
Strom Thurmond was a governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and the oldest and 2nd longest-serving U.S. Senator.
Jonathan Green is a contemporary African-American painter and printmaker who was born in Gardens Corner, SC.
The origin of the name of Darlington County is uncertain, but it may have been named for Darlington, England.
McCormick County and its county seat, the town of McCormick, were named for inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).
Williamsburg County was probably named for King William III of England (1650-1702). Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot settlers began moving into this part of the Lowcountry around 1732.
Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.
The Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was designated as the official State Fossil by Act Number 177 of 2014. The Columbian mammoth was named after Christopher Columbus. The discovery of fossilized mammoth teeth in a South Carolina swamp in 1725 was credited as the first scientific identification of a North American vertebrate fossil.
(noun) - a high, steep bank of land, such as by a river or the sea
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