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 →

Col. Elliott White Springs was a flying ace in World War I, shooting down 16 enemy aircraft. After the war, he needed a way to turn around the family business – Springs Industries. He tried a number of things, and eventually he turned to the American pin-up girl for help.... read more →

Moss Blachman looks every bit the academic he has been for nearly a half-century, but one thing stands out: His suit coat usually features a small Bronze Star lapel pin. He is proud of his service as an Air Force intelligence officer in Vietnam from September 1965 through the next... read more →

The notice in The New York Times was like so many from 1945: Pfc. Herbert J. Rosencrans, Company C, 415th Infantry, 104th Division, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Rosencrans of Woodmere, L.I., who died of wounds last Feb. 25 in Arnoldsweiler, Germany, has received posthumously the Silver Star... read more →

True or False: Boston was the only city to stage a “tea party” protest in the years before the American Revolution. False! Charleston had one, too! And the South Carolina “party” happened first! If you don’t know that, you should certainly come to the 2024 Revolutionary War Day on Saturday,... read more →