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Apr 06

The straight scoop on the Doolittle Raid

Sometimes, when a nation’s outlook seems darkest, men put their lives in critical danger to boost the spirits of the folks back home. Not that the pilots and crews who braved fearsome odds in the Doolittle Raid in 1942 saw it necessarily as a “suicide mission,” but they took a... read more →
  • April 6, 2026
Mar 24

See actual photos of Revolutionary War Patriots

Just in time for America’s 250th birthday, the real-life photos of real-life Revolutionary War soldiers are coming BACK to the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. What? Photos of actual men who fought in the Revolution? How can that be? The war ended in 1783, and no one... read more →
  • March 24, 2026
Mar 18

What Sherman dumped into the Congaree

When Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman took Columbia in 1865, he captured a lot of stored Confederate munitions. Not wanting them to be used against his army as it marched farther north, he had his men dump them all into the Congaree River, near what would later be the Gervais Street... read more →
  • March 18, 2026
Mar 12

Rev War Day coming up March 28!

Did you watch that Ken Burns TV series about the American Revolution? Well, that was fine as far as a TV show goes. But if you want to experience the period yourself – complete with cannon fire – come to the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum on... read more →
  • March 12, 2026
Mar 05

Army nurse to tell about her service in Vietnam

The Vietnam exhibit at the S.C. Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum pays tribute to all sorts of South Carolinians who served honorable in a variety of ways in Southeast Asia. A lot of them had donned the uniforms because they were drafted. But many others in the exhibit were... read more →
  • March 5, 2026
Feb 24

The Revolution in South Carolina

With all the talk about what happened 250 years or so ago, you’ve probably heard that more of the American Revolution’s battles were fought in South Carolina than in any other state (or colony, depending on your point of view). Some scholars and enthusiasts express doubt about that. Rick Wise... read more →
  • February 24, 2026
Feb 16

SwordFest comes schwinging back on March 7!

Here they come again, descending in hordes upon Columbia! Pirates! Soldiers from past centuries! Martial arts fighters! Modern sport fencers! Medieval knights in full armor! Jedi knights from a whole other galaxy! Hear their battle cries, and the schwinging and clanging of their cold steel blades! There are even kids... read more →
  • February 16, 2026
Feb 13

Finding battlefields in the earth beneath us

The American Revolution is very much in the air these days, as we are reminded of what happened 250 years ago. And in many, many places in South Carolina, it’s also in the ground beneath us. Not just spent ammunition, uniform buttons, and other detritus of battles, as fascinating as... read more →
  • February 13, 2026
Feb 13

Battlefields in the earth beneath us

The American Revolution is very much in the air these days, as we are reminded of what happened 250 years ago. And in many, many places in South Carolina, it’s also in the ground beneath us. Not just spent ammunition, uniform buttons, and other detritus of battles, as fascinating as... read more →
  • February 13, 2026
Jan 29

‘Tunnel Rat’ to speak at Richland Library

Vietnam veteran C.W. Bowman has fascinated audiences at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum several times with lectures about his war experiences. Last year, in an offsite program at the public library in West Columbia, he drew the largest audience ever for the museum’s Noon Debrief series.... read more →
  • January 29, 2026