On March 18, 1825, General Lafayette arrives in Beaufort to a 13-gun salute and speaks to citizens from the John Mark Verdier House, also known as the Lafayette Building.
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USCB’s Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era is hosting its 4th annual public history symposium Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, at the Center for the Arts on the Beaufort campus.
Beaufort native Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City to improve to 27-0 and unify the three, win the three world heavyweight boxing titles.
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On March 4, 2016, Beaufort author Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy died of pancreatic cancer at age 70.
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On Feb. 20 in 1868, future Beaufort County Sheriff James Edwin McTeer was born. And 127 years later, Whale Branch football star, NFL player and now Warriors head coach Dee Delaney was born.
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On Feb. 16, 1970, boxer Joe Frazier, a Beaufort native, defeats Jimmy Ellis at Madison Square Garden in New York City to improve to 25-0 and win the WBA and vacant WBC world heavyweight titles.
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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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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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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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