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This flag, housed at the South Carolina State Museum, dates to 1776 and the battle at Fort Moultrie. It was presented to the 2nd South Carolina Regiment shortly after the battle was won in favor of the Americans.
Governor Francis W. Pickens reconvened the General Assembly to elect Electors for the offices of President and Vice President of the Confederacy and two Senators to the Confederate Congress.
Dr. Wil Lou Gray was a pioneer in adult education. She began her career as a teacher in Greenwood and Laurens Counties, and she founded the first night school in South Carolina in 1914.
Tourism was on the rise in the 1950s. In the still segregated South, however, tourism meant vastly different things to African-Americans than it did to white travelers.
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Be sure to check out our online "Treasure Trove" of primary sources, virtual tours, and lessons for the classroom. We welcome all social studies and history teachers to make use of this site, which we hope will become an essential resource for planning history education.
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Teaching American History in South Carolina is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X070115, #U215X040339 and #S215X010282.
Richland School District Two is the primary recipient of this grant, which is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
If you have questions, contact Teaching American History in South Carolina.