Author: Margaret Evans

My husband and I moved to Beaufort about a year ago for the same reasons many people do: beautiful coastlines and the Marine Corps. Before moving here, we called Louisiana home. The Gulf Coast State is truly the “Sportsman’€™s Paradise”€ it proudly advertises. Louisiana and South Carolina have many similarities, including a vast array of wildlife, water bodies teeming with marine life, and a culture that appreciates and relies on these natural assets. But there is one visible and important difference – coastal South Carolina’s Atlantic Ocean horizon is uninterrupted. And this is intentional.

The Big Red Bus. We’€™ve all seen it, all over the Lowcountry -€“ whether crossing the Broad River Bridge, winding its way down Boundary Street, heading over the McTeer Bridge or parked at a spot near Fripp Island. It’€™s big, bright red, and marked with the message, “Get on the bus and give blood today.”€ You can’€™t miss it. And you shouldn’t.

“[Five Star General George C.] Marshall was the quietest and most modest great figure of an era: he never raised his voice, never gave angry commands, never threatened or bullied people. His strength came from his sense of purpose and duty, which were absolute; his almost unique control of his own ego; and his ability to separate what mattered from what did not . . . Marshall quietly possessed a rare mind of uncommon intellectual strength, with an exceptional sense of the consequences of deeds. – David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter (Hachette Books, 2007)

The staff of Covert Aire shared an enormous amount of good will, love, positivity, and inspiration by performing random acts of kindness all over the Lowcountry throughout the month of July. Ten random acts were planned in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Covert Aire.

A convergence of three local institutions -€“ one with college coursework focused on local history, one a local business that supports educational initiatives, and one a new history center seeking dynamic ways to tell a story -€“ has led to the establishment of the Education Station, sponsored by Kinghorn Insurance of Beaufort, at the Santa Elena History Center.