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July 12

2019: Coinciding with the opening of the 64th Beaufort Water Festival, the League of Women Voters Beaufort and Indivisible Beaufort stage a Lights For Liberty vigil in protest of U.S. detention camps along the southern border.

2019: Nate Livesay steps down as head boys basketball coach at Beaufort Academy.

2020: Twelve-year-old Gavin Moore of Beaufort wins the 50-mile Cremator Ultra endurance race from Beaufort Town Center to St. Helena Island and back, twice.

July 14

2020: After being elected to three terms as Mayor of the City of Beaufort, Billy Keyserling announces he will not seek re-election.

July 17

2021: Beaufort karate instructor Chuck Elias is promoted to ninth-degree Black Belt at the United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF) International Training Conference in Las Vegas. At the time of his promotion, by Chuck Norris, there were only 10 ninth-degree black belts in the system.

— Compiled by Mike McCombs

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