Robert Smalls will become 1st African American individual to have monument on Statehouse grounds
A South Carolina man born into slavery will become the first African American individual to have a monument erected on Statehouse grounds in his honor.
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CLEANING UP THE CONGAREE: Dominion Energy and elected officials celebrate completion of $20 million project
In addition to the sediment and the artifacts, the project also removed two and a half tons of debris from the water.
8 Civil War-Era Cannonballs Found in Holly Hill Home
HOLLY HILL, S.C. (AP) — Eight cannonballs found last week in Holly Hill are from the Civil War. State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry tells The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg that SLED consulted a Civil War expert about the artifacts found in the crawl space of a home March 17. Berry says the cannonballs were often used in…
