September 3
2021: The Town of Port Royal held a “do-over” July 4 fireworks celebration – the initial one was plagued by technical difficulties – at The Sands.
September 7
2021: A U.S. Marine recruit, Pvt. Anthony Munoz of Lawrence, Mass., was found dead on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island after an apparent fall from a balcony.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs
January 15 2008: A report is released ending the investigation by the Navy into the April
From staff reports Beaufort as the cradle of secession will be the focus of Historic Beaufort
January 8 2002: Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Dyke Coursen and Dana Tate are shot and
January 1 1863: Lowcountry planter-turned-abolitionist William Henry Brisbane reads the Emancipation Proclamation aloud at a celebration
December 19 1866: South Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which contains, in
