National Lighthouse Day

National Lighthouse Day honors the beacon of light that for hundreds of years symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. It is observed annually on August 7.

National Lighthouse Day honors the beacon of light that for hundreds of years symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. It is observed annually on August 7.

Lighthouses | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Lighthouses | History Of SC Slide Collection
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Shipping traffic moving in and out of the harbors along the Carolina coast depended upon a series of lighthouses to guide them through sometimes narrow and treacherous channels in the complicated...
Rivers | South Carolina Public Radio Robert, Henry Martyn | South Carolina Public Radio

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Robert, Henry Martyn | South Carolina Public Radio
“R” is for Robert, Henry Martyn [1837-1923]. Engineer, author. Born in South Carolina, Robert’s family moved to Ohio in 1851. After graduating from West Point in 1857, he began a forty-four year...
Andrew Jackson State Park | Destination: SC Parks Hunting Island State Park | Destination: SC Parks

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Hunting Island State Park | Destination: SC Parks
Located in Beaufort County, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built Hunting Island State Park in 1938. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the CCC, a federally funded...