Palmetto Past & Present: The Mother of All Snowball FightsMark PowellFebruary 1, 2026February 3, 2026 by Mark PowellFebruary 1, 2026February 3, 2026 South Carolina soldiers were among the 9,000 participants in this record setting battle......
Palmetto Past & Present: Fort Sumter’s Two SurrendersMark PowellApril 14, 2025May 8, 2025 by Mark PowellApril 14, 2025May 8, 2025 How the bluster of a hotheaded South Carolina "colonel" nearly extended the first engagement in the War Between the States....
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: Who Really Fired The First Shots Of The Civil War?Mark PowellJanuary 8, 2024June 3, 2024 by Mark PowellJanuary 8, 2024June 3, 2024 "South Carolinians were itching for a fight ..."...
Prioleau Alexander: What The War Between The States Was Really AboutFITSNewsDecember 22, 2023June 3, 2024 by FITSNewsDecember 22, 2023June 3, 2024 Who fought it? And why?...
Palmetto Past & Present: The Killing That Shocked AmericaMark PowellOctober 16, 2023June 4, 2024 by Mark PowellOctober 16, 2023June 4, 2024 Marking the anniversary of the assassination of one of South Carolina's most prominent black leaders ......
Mark Powell’s Palmetto Past & Present: The Angel Of Marye’s HeightsMark PowellMay 26, 2023June 5, 2024 by Mark PowellMay 26, 2023June 5, 2024 "A hero all South Carolinians can be proud of ..."...
Henry McMaster: More Macaca?FITSNewsOctober 9, 2017October 9, 2017 by FITSNewsOctober 9, 2017October 9, 2017 South Carolina governor waxes nostalgic about the antebellum economy ......
Confederate SC Gubernatorial Candidate Wants Monuments ProtectedFITSNewsOctober 4, 2017 by FITSNewsOctober 4, 2017 A candidate for governor of South Carolina is calling on law enforcement and prosecutors in the Palmetto State to “enforce the laws against vandalism of...
SC War Between The States Reenactment CancelledFITSNewsSeptember 19, 2017September 19, 2017 by FITSNewsSeptember 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Political correctness strikes again ......