Lowcountry Life: Old Man Time
Holly LePener, of Lady’s Island, snapped this photo of a tree she calls “Old Man Time” on Jan. 5 at Fort Frederick in Port Royal.
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Our online Community section features our Lowcountry Life reader-submitted feature photos, as well as other feature photos from around the Lowcountry; holiday births; Beaufort Area Hospitality Association stars; our This Week in History feature; and other community related content.
This Week In History: Lincoln authorizes Beaufort National Cemetery
In a letter bearing the date Feb. 10, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln authorizes that part of a 64-acre tract known as Polly’s Grove Plantation be used for Beaufort National Cemetery. The land had been acquired by U.S. Army Gen. David Hunter for $75 at an 1863 tax sale of properties confiscated by the federal government. After the Civil War, 29 acres of the parcel was retained for the cemetery.
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Lowcountry Life: Low Tide
Beaufort’s Andrea Ogiony took this photo at low tide on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the boneyard on Hunting Island, when the temperatures were still in the 70s.
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This Week In History: Jasper County Founded
On Jan. 30, 1012, the S.C. General Assembly passes legislation that creates Jasper County from parts of Beaufort and Hampton counties.
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Lowcountry Life: Foggy Dock
Tom and Nancy Hutchison captured this image of the day dock in downtown Beaufort with the Woods Memorial Bridge virtually invisible in the fog in the background on Friday, Jan. 9,
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This Week In History: Special Field Order No. 15
On January 16, 1865, U.S. Army Gen. William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, appropriating the Sea Islands and coastal lands for freedmen. Gen. Rufus Saxon was given the task of assigning the head of each family 40 acres and the temporary use of a horse or mule, likely the origin of the expression “40 acres and a mule.”
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Lowcountry Life: Horsing Around
Over the holidays, Habersham’s Ron Callari had the pleasure of meeting Angust — one of the Sea Island Carriage Company’s horses, who has been critiqued often in the company’s reviews. Known
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Veteran of the Week – Calvin Coleman
American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Calvin Coleman, 68, who joined the United States Marines here in Beaufort in 1975. After Boot Camp at Parris Island and training as a
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Three tiny reindeer — Christmas Day babies at BMH
Staff reports The Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center welcomed three additions on Christmas Day, with families from Beaufort, Okatie and Ridgeland taking home the sweetest gifts they could ever ask
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