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By Michael Burgess Photo Caption The Battle of Kings Mountain. Artwork by Don Troiani 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE "Our cause is noble. It is the cause of mankind, and danger to it springs from ourselves."— George Washington, March 31, 1779 The fireworks have faded. The cookouts are over. As the nation moves beyond the celebration of the 250th anniversary of...

Chloe Tonney and Kathleen Buckley, both of the Rebecca Motte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, stand with Paul O’Brien, who is portraying George Washington, during a Carolina Day luncheon at the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon on June 27. PHOTO BY JAMES DELO As readers know, the Lowcountry did an incredible job of coming together to celebrate Carolina Day las...

By Peg Eastman 07 Eastman Photo Credit PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS This is a continuation of the backstory that is seldom included in the local retelling of the defeat of the mighty British Armada, sent by King George III to capture Charles Town and the Carolinas, which commenced on June 28, 1776. As a colonel of the Second South Carolina Regiment, William Moultrie...

By Ford Walpole Capt. Art Brown displays a cobia. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CAPT. ART BROWN Captain Art Brown of Island Boys Outdoor Adventures is the quintessential local fishing guide. When he was growing up on Sullivan’s Island, his maternal grandfather held the lease for J.C. Long’s public fishing pier on the Isle of Palms, which was wiped out by Hurricane David. From a shack on the...

By Frederick H. Dulles and Martine P. Dulles Portrait of Lafayette, Commander of the National Guard, October 1790. Pastel on paper Paris, Fondation Josée et René de Chambrun, FC 15.1.46; copyrights Jean-Baptiste Weyler. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHORS To Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette: Editor’s Note: The authors write from France and prefer the French form La Fayette ins...