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Nov 20

Come get ready for Christmas on Pearl Harbor Day

December 7 will always be the “date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin Roosevelt put it. And we will always remember. But on this Pearl Harbor Day, we’ll be looking toward a happier date – December 25. Well, at least somewhat happier – because the subject is Christmas... read more →
  • November 20, 2024
Nov 08

Relic Room reopens to general admission on Dec. 6!

Come on out to the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum on Friday, Dec. 6! We’ll be open starting at 10 a.m., as usual. Or at least, “as usual” back before June 3, when we had to close the doors to general admission for several months. That was... read more →
  • November 8, 2024
Oct 31

SCMMS Toy Soldier Show coming up Nov. 9th

The S.C. Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum will welcome you to the South Carolina Military Miniature Society’s 33rd Annual Toy Soldier Show on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be in the Congaree Room, above the museum’s main galleries, which have been closed... read more →
  • October 31, 2024
Oct 29

On Veterans Day, learn about the Battle of Ia Drang

The Battle of Ia Drang in 1965 was the first great clash between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies. About 237 Americans were killed, along with 132 South Vietnamese, and many more NVA soldiers. The clash was immortalized in the film, “We Were Soldiers.” Five South Carolinians died in that... read more →
  • October 29, 2024
Oct 15

Hear tales of the haunted museum at Richland Library

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A museum filled with artifacts from every war in which South Carolinians have fought since the American Revolution inevitably contains many artifacts that were once the treasured possessions of people who, alas, are now long dead and gone. Or are they? Particularly at this time of year,... read more →
  • October 15, 2024
Aug 28

Wade Hampton’s Great Beefsteak Raid

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Confederate soldiers were always short of supplies, but in September 1864 things were worse than ever. Besieged in Petersburg, Va., the Army of Northern Virginia was facing starvation. Robert E. Lee saw that somebody had to do something. That somebody turned out to be South Carolina’s own... read more →
  • August 28, 2024
Jul 09
Jun 05

Noon Debrief goes on the road for POW program

The first U.S. military pilot to be shot down and taken prisoner in Vietnam was naval aviator Everett Alvarez Jr. It happened on Aug. 5, 1964. He would endure eight years and seven months of brutal captivity at the Hỏa Lò Prison, ironically called the "Hanoi Hilton" by fellow POWs.... read more →
  • June 5, 2024
May 20

Relic Room to be closed to general admission during renovations

The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be closed to general admission, starting June 3. It will still be available to small groups by appointment, and the staff will still be working every day. But the work the staff will be doing necessitates the temporary closure. The... read more →
  • May 20, 2024
May 13

Treating the wounded in Vietnam

The television show “M*A*S*H” made Americans somewhat more conscious of the role of the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War, decades after the fact. The average civilian knows far less about those who served in that capacity in Vietnam. That will be addressed on Saturday, May 25 – Memorial... read more →
  • May 13, 2024