Palmetto Past and Present: The Happy January of 1781Mark PowellJanuary 29, 2025January 30, 2025 by Mark PowellJanuary 29, 2025January 30, 2025 South Carolina battle was a major turning point in the American Revolution......
Palmetto Past & Present: South Carolina’s Gift To ChristmasMark PowellDecember 23, 2024December 27, 2024 by Mark PowellDecember 23, 2024December 27, 2024 The story of the man behind those ubiquitous red flowers......
Palmetto Past & Present: How Columbia Became the Confederacy’s Currency CapitalMark PowellNovember 26, 2024December 3, 2024 by Mark PowellNovember 26, 2024December 3, 2024 Fire up the presses!...
Palmetto Past & Present: Happy (Early) ThanksgivingMark PowellOctober 17, 2024October 21, 2024 by Mark PowellOctober 17, 2024October 21, 2024 Early South Carolina settlers didn't wait til' November to give thanks......
Palmetto Past & Present: Remembering The Stono RebellionMark PowellSeptember 10, 2024September 12, 2024 by Mark PowellSeptember 10, 2024September 12, 2024 The story of the largest slave rebellion in the South before the Revolutionary War......
Palmetto Past & Present: Bully BrooksMark PowellAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 by Mark PowellAugust 7, 2024August 9, 2024 Political violence in America is nothing new, even if its methods have changed......
Palmetto Past & Present: The Incredible Francis CardozoMark PowellJuly 10, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellJuly 10, 2024August 7, 2024 The remarkable tale of America's first black state elected official ......
Palmetto Past & Present: A VIP Arrives In South CarolinaMark PowellJune 13, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellJune 13, 2024August 7, 2024 "The hero of two worlds ..."...
Palmetto Past & Present: The South Carolina Woman Who Saved Mount VernonMark PowellMarch 29, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellMarch 29, 2024August 7, 2024 Ann Pamela Cunningham isn’t a household name ... but maybe she should be....
Palmetto Past & Present: The Night An Alligator Fell From The SkyMark PowellMarch 5, 2024August 7, 2024 by Mark PowellMarch 5, 2024August 7, 2024 South Carolina has seen its share of wacky weather in its 361 year history - gator storms included....