TJ Wallace
Fifty-three South Carolina students whose entries had won first or second place at the South Carolina History Day Contest traveled to Maryland in June to represent the Palmetto State at the 2024 National History Day competition. Seven South Carolina students brought home top honors from this prestigious national event, which is held each June at … Read more
The WeGOJA Foundation is coordinating an effort to capture the memories of people in Cordesville, South Carolina, who are associated with historic Taveau Church. The oral history project will take place in the late summer throughfall of 2024 and complements a full-scale restoration of the 19th-century church led by Preservation South Carolina. SC Humanities supported this … Read more
National History Day, Coastal Carolina University, and South Carolina Humanities will offer two free Teacher Development Workshops to explore high-impact, inquiry-based learning in middle and high school classrooms. The workshops will take place on Friday, September 13, 2024 at Beaufort School District in Beaufort and Friday, September 27, 2024 at Claflin University in Orangeburg. Teachers … Read more
The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage will present a series of 16 collateral programs from April 2024 – January 2025 to go along with two exhibits that they will have on display: Language of Clay: Catawba Indian Pottery & Oral Traditions and Sandy Islanders: A People of the Land. The proposed programs are diverse and include lectures, guided … Read more
The Georgetown County Library will present a series of free public programs from June – fall 2024 to celebrate their 225th anniversary. The programs will look at both Georgetown County’s past and present and will include topics on ethnic diversity, religious traditions, foodways, civil rights, and more. The first event is a lecture on “Fact and … Read more
The exhibition “Resilience and Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina” will be on display at The Museum in Greenwood, SC in June and July 2024. “Resilience and Revolution” is a new traveling exhibition created for the Traveling Exhibition Program of the South Carolina State Museum through a partnership led by South Carolina Humanities, with … Read more
The Summerville Orchestra will commemorate their 20th anniversary by creating an exhibit and offering a series of public lectures. An initial version of the exhibit will debut at the Summers Corner Performing Art Center by May 17 – 18, 2024 for the orchestra’s last performances of the season. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major … Read more
The South Carolina Military Museum is currenting hosting the exhibit South Carolina Veterans and the Civil Rights Movement, which will be on display through July 2024. The exhibit will be accompanied by a Lunch & Learn Lecture series with monthly lectures from April – November. SC Humanities supported this program series with a Mini Grant. South … Read more
The South East Rural Community Outreach organization in Hopkins will present their annual Juneteenth festival on the property of the historic Harriet Barber House on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The event will include presentations by authors and historians as well as other cultural offerings. Additionally, there will be four follow-up workshops over the summer for … Read more
