Ceremonies, Parades, and Demonstrations

Circus Parade In Rock Hill | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Circus Parade In Rock Hill | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The chariot of a circus parade rolls through the Main Street of Rock Hill amid the crowd in 1897. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.

Festival Day In Sumter | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Festival Day In Sumter | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Festival Day in Sumter, a fall celebration of the cotton crop, was held in front of the Farmer's Bank and Trust Company building around 1913. The building was originally built as Sumter County's...

Confederate Memorial Day Celebration | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Confederate Memorial Day Celebration | History Of SC Slide Collection

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After Reconstruction ended, there gradually emerged in South Carolina, as in other parts of the South, a romanticization of the "old South" and the glories of the Confederacy--a period many chose to...

Freedmen Celebrate Emancipation Day | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Freedmen Celebrate Emancipation Day | History Of SC Slide Collection

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Freedmen on St. Helena's Island celebrated Emancipation Day, the anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, as an important holiday, with parades, speeches, and solemn remembrance. This...

Grave-Site Decoration | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grave-Site Decoration | South Carolina Public Radio

“G” is for Grave-Site Decoration. West Africans transported to South Carolina as slaves had their own belief system regarding death, burial, and the power of the living and the dead. Shiny or...

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President Taft Visits Columbia, S.C., 1909 | History of SC Slide Collection

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President Taft speaks at the South Carolina State Fair Grounds on November 6, 1909. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.

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Governor Martin Frederick Ansel | History of SC Slide Collection

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Martin Frederick Ansel (1850-1945) is being sworn in as governor in the South Carolina State House. Ansel served as governor from 1907 to 1911. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

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