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Few regions in the Southeast retain the vitality of the hymn choir, or common meter, tradition like York County. Emerging in the 1700s from English Calvinist worship and African ritual practices, hymn...
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Veterans remember arriving after the attack on Pearl Harbor and seeing how devastating the losses to the United States Navy were. They didn't realize that well over 2,000 people had been killed...
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This segment includes the Marine Corps Hymn, reflections on the attraction that the Marine Corps has for young people who want to serve, and memories of some individuals who made the decision to sign...
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The segment includes reflections on training at Parris Island.
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Gospel group that sang in the Sunday afternoon “Gospel Extravaganza” portion of the Williamsburg County Black Heritage Festival in Kingstree, SC.
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Formed in 1946, this gospel group performed a weekly radio show on WGSW-AM in Greenwood, SC (Greenwood County). The members are Alphonso Devlin, Willie Dye, Pressley Murray, James Bryant Jr., Benny...
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The Brotherhood Gospel Singers of Mt. Pleasant were organized in 1977 from the members of several church denominations in the Mt. Pleasant area. The Gospel Singers perform a style of unaccompanied...
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Located in the small, rural town of Hampton, SC (Hampton County), St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church nurtures singing and preaching traditions over hundred years old. Pastors come from within the...
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The Sonoco Men’s Club is a group of men who have dedicated a great part of their lives to singing gospel and traditional music. Organized in 1960, the Sonoco Men’s Club is comprised mostly of retired...
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The story of two camp meetings, Indian Field and neighboring Shady Grove, is the story of the role religion has played in the shaping of rural life in the Lowcountry. The earliest camp meetings were...
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Shape-note singing convention held at Oldfield Bethel Baptist Church in Bradley, SC (Greenwood County) on May 29, 1988. Four choirs - Oldfield Bethel AME Church, Bailey Bethel AME Church, Mt. Sinai...
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The damage done to the American ships at Pearl Harbor is discussed. The devastation was hard to accept. The one thing the Japanese had missed was the tank farm where all of the fuel was stored. It was...
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This segment focuses on how the Japanese took control of the Pacific waters. The Philippines had been promised their independence. Within hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese turned...
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Veterans and family members recall the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in detail.
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Veterans provide their recollections on Clemson, where the service flag that flew in the chapel showed more men serving as officers in the U.S. Army from Clemson than from any other school in the...
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There has been one consistency in Dr. Greg Owings 44 years spent in education: relationships. In his years as principal at Dutch Fork High School, Owings has taken initiative to make sure each day...
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"The American soldiers arrived, and the tanks came in and ran over those big, high fences like they were matchboxes." Veterans provide their remembrances of the end of the war in Europe and the...
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"Humanity is the most important thing we can value....Valuing the humanity in others puts us in a place where we can have compassion and share passion with each and every individual, no matter what...
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Japan needed resources and could only get them from other countries. The United States continued to try to prevent this. Japan sent an envoy to try to negotiate some sort of compromise, but the...
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Veterans share their recollections of the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked. They were at war again.
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German soldiers were surrendering so fast, they just would surrender a whole unit and we couldn't handle them all. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was announcing "Today in Europe, the war is...
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Diny Adkins recalls being taken in by an elderly couple who later couldn't take care of her, so they took her to a nun. The nun kept her hidden in a closet and was very cold and mean to her. The nun...
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The Siegfried Line ran along the entire border of Germany from north to south. There was barbed wire, and there were land mines, and Dragon's Teeth, which were concrete blocks, that no tank could pass...
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Veterans who arrived to rescue people in the camps describe what they saw; human skeletons barely alive, and some not able to walk. Some were fed too much, too soon, and died from overeating. Bodies...
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Veterans reflect on being captured and taken prisoner or killed by the Germans. It was bitter cold, but the Americans knew better than to complain. There was never any food and there was nothing to...
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A beekeeper tends his hives in Oconee County around 1960. Courtesy of the Clemson University Libraries.
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State and County Fair competitions were an important way for farmers to exchange information about their crops and livestock. Until the 1960s, separate segregated fairs were held, both in individual...
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This photograph at the State Fair in 1926 shows boys and older men lined up in a calf competition. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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Headed into in area in northern France, in which they thought they could rest, the 106th infantry division, 424th infantry, expected to have time to clean their weapons, take showers and have some...
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Veterans share their recollections of the Battle of the Bulge and the siege of Bastogne. It was the cold winter in 50 years, and they were not dressed for the cold. The sky was blackened with shells...