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Jan 11

Learn about World War I aviators from SC

If you’re of a certain age, you may recall a silly comedy film from 1965 called “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.” It made slapstick fun of man’s often improbable early attempts to conquer the skies. But in real life, there were men in the first part of the... read more →
  • January 11, 2025
Jan 08

SwordFest 2025 comes early to the Relic Room, on Jan. 25!

Folks who are not historians tend to think of warfare in terms of things that go bang – rifles, machine guns and bombs. But for most of human history, certainly since the start of the Iron Age, combat was all about the cold, sharp, naked blade. Especially the sword. That’s... read more →
  • January 8, 2025
Dec 16

DoD honors Relic Room for Vietnam commemorations

When you enter the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, you will find a new certificate recognizing its extraordinary efforts to commemorate the service of South Carolinians in the Vietnam War over the last few years. The museum received the recognition because the U.S. Department of Defense found... read more →
  • December 16, 2024
Dec 11

Ballet and sword-fighting come together at the Relic Room

Parallels between the art of ballet and that of sword-fighting have been drawn since the dance form was born in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries. To the skilled practitioner, there are many obvious common characteristics. Both grueling disciplines involve strength, endurance, balance, grace and even... read more →
  • December 11, 2024
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