Showing posts with label Penn Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penn Center. Show all posts
18 January 2026

Penn Community Services and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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As regular readers of this blog know, Beaufort District is a uniquely historic place with a broad, multifaceted story to tell and share. You...
12 January 2023

Martin Luther King, Jr. at Penn Center

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Martin Luther King, Jr. used to visit Penn Center on St. Helena Island for respite from his public political activities campaigning for Civi...
03 November 2019

Free "Making Gullah" Lecture on November 8, 2019

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We are grateful for all the folks who help us bring enlightening, illuminating and informative local history programs to you. Since June, we...
23 October 2019

Programs in November - and Registration?

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Frequent readers of this blog understand that the special local history collection and archives unit of the Beaufort County Library provides...
12 January 2017

Martin Luther King, Jr. Rested and Wrote at Penn Center

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This post was last updated on 10 January 2024.   Martin Luther King, Jr. Photograph by Marion S. Tikosko, 1964. Library of Congr...
06 March 2016

Civil War Era Living History Encampment, March 11 - March 13

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The 50th Pennsylvania (USA) is occupying Beaufort and the Arsenal - again - next weekend. Beaufort History Museum will be hosting 30 r...
28 February 2014

Selected Materials about Penn Center

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Penn Center has been celebrating its 150th Anniversary since 2012. Penn School was established in 1862 by two Northern missionaries , Laura...
26 February 2014

Road Trip!

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Road Trip! a SCETV Know-It-All interactive website allows virtual tours of historical places in South Carolina marking important events...
16 February 2014

Experiment in Freedom Video

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Mary Long's Yesteryear: Penn School: Experiment In Freedom traces the history of the Port Royal Experiment and the establishment of Pen...
09 February 2014

Black History Month 2014

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Carter G. Woodson began highlighting the distinct and crucial history of African-Americans in 1926.  Since then, a week long celebration has...
08 February 2014

"Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle" Series Continues

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  The St. Helena Branch Library is bringing "Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle" in  partnership with South ...
10 December 2013

Support History This Holiday Season

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Beaufort County is blessed to have more than a dozen cultural heritage agencies, many of which hosting special events and programs during D...