250 Years · 50 States · One Historic Milestone
In 1670, English colonists established Charles Town on the South Carolina coast, creating...
Read more →South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788, becoming the eight...
Read more →South Carolina's political leaders, led by John C. Calhoun, developed the doctrine of null...
Read more →On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, beg...
Read more →The end of the Civil War brought dramatic change to South Carolina, as Union forces occupi...
Read more →South Carolina became a major center of textile manufacturing in the late nineteenth and e...
Read more →South Carolina's military installations expanded dramatically during World War II, with ba...
Read more →In January 1963, Harvey Gantt became the first African American student to enroll at Clems...
Read more →Hurricane Hugo made landfall near Charleston on September 21, 1989, as one of the most pow...
Read more →Today, South Carolina is home to a thriving aerospace and advanced manufacturing sector, a...
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