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Civil War

April 2014
Looking back on American Civil War recipes  

February 2014

February 2014
Heard the term “freedman’s cottage” used to refer to a one-room-wide, single-story home on the peninsula? Well, it’s...

February 2014
Locals practice a rare, centures-old art  

January 2014
A pair of Italian immigrants fall hard for an historic Ansonborough single

December 2013
One native ponders the loss of longtime local grocery chain, and friend, Piggly Wiggly

December 2013
The Holy City has become a renowned culinary destination, but few know the Lowcountry’s true haute-cuisine history—a...

October 2013
Get in the spirit of All Hallow's Eve and head out to some of the Lowcountry's spookiest spots. Supernatural...

September 2013
Local art enthusiasts Michele and Mike Seekings team up with muralist Karl Beckwith Smith to update a grand 1850s...

Brien Beidler brings his rare craftsmanship to the Charleston Library Society’s priceless tomes 

July 2013
Preservationist and Civil War reenactor Joseph McGill sleeps in former slave dwellings to bring attention to the other...

June 2013
30 fun, cultural, educational, and downright quirky destinations for sunny-day adventures  

April 2013
Author Stratton Lawrence delivers the “Edge of America’s” story through historic photos and fascinating prose

January 2013
Things Every Local Must Experience Whether your bloodline dates back generations or you just moved to town, check out...

December 2012
The Jubilee Project kicks off with a New Year’s Emancipation celebration

November 2012
St. James-Santee Episcopal’s “Brick Church” sits on a lonely stretch of the Old King’s Highway

November 2012
Tracing the Charleston Symphony Orchestra back to its early 20th-century roots

August 2012
Neighbors partner up to rehab small, historically significant houses

June 2012
Revel in historical sophistication, minutes from town

April 2012
Falling hard for an “inland” Eden, historic Hampton Park

January 2012
Corroded metals on sunken ships and drawings on ancient walls inspire Paul Mardikian’s abstract paintings

December 2011
Five Charleston food and beverage veterans are crafting their own one-of-a-kind libations

November 2011
Local musicians deliver Holy City history during The Sound of Charleston

Exploring the natural wonders of Botany Bay Plantation

September 2011
Bricks made at area plantations helped provide the wealth of architecture for which the city is renowned today

August 2011
Charleston Civic Design Center (CCDC) director Michael Maher envisions a Holy City that’s fit for the future

July 2011
It’s July. Summer has set in, and the novelty of no school and long days has worn off. So what’s a family to do? Plenty...

June 2011
You know summer’s in full swing when you avoid the sunny side of the street and instead leap frog from shady spot to...

April 2011
Secession, slavery, states’ rights. Flag controversies, reenactments, monuments. The Civil War conjures ghosts and...

April 2011
Finding old Florida in Fernandina Beach and the shores of Amelia Island