Despite a cold rain, over 65 persons were at the  Robert Mills Courthouse in Camden  Jan. 24, 2010, to hear the moderated panel discussion “The Homefront Is the Battlefront: Domestic Life During the Revolution,” the first part of a two-part…

An audience of 200 filled the auditorium and gallery at the Kershaw County Fine Arts Center, Camden, Oct. 26, 2008, for our first program of this new term of office.  The Life and Art of Kershaw County Native Jak Smyrl…

Oct. 18, 2009, Jill Koverman, Curator of Collections for McKissick Museum, USC, with Society board member and collector Jim Witkowski, and area potter Otis Norris, presented an illustrated lecture, display, and pottery sale at the Kershaw County Fine Arts Center. …

Our program Sunday, May 3, 2009, attracted a large group to the new Auditorium at Camden High School.  Guest speakers included Mather graduates Congressman Jim Clyburn and Dr. Ernestine Adams, with Dr. Harvey S. Teal. On a part of the…

Lovely Spring weather added to the pleasures of Society members who joined us in going BACK TO Boykin, SC on March 22, 2009, to continue touring the historic rural community.

Society members filled the pews at historic Ebenezer Methodist Church in Lugoff  for our Feb. 15, 2009, program on an extensive nineteenth-century public works system that the State of South Carolina built on the west bank of the Wateree River.…

A large group enjoyed a lovely day in Boykin, SC, on our Fall Tour Nov. 9, 2008.  Sites included Deer Hope Lodge, home to Boykin Hunt Club; Boykin Grist Mill, with demonstration; Pear Tree; Old Stockton Schoolhouse; Swift Creek Church;…

A very interested audience of 50 to 60 at the Robert Mills Courthouse  May 19,2008, heard Val Green discuss his extensive research. The Catawba Path is traveled in part today by anyone who uses Broad Street in Camden, where appropriately…

Despite rainy interruptions April 27, 2008, a cheerful crowd of about 50 followed our tour to the end, attentive to lively explanations by our guide. Presenters and Tour Guides — Charles Baxley & other Survey Team members of the project…

Our March 2 program, “Tour of Bethune, SC” attracted 200 visitors!  Beginning at the Bethune Woman’s Club with a short talk, display, and refreshments,the program included a tour with local experts speaking at various sites and a map-brochure created especially…