Author: Margaret Evans

Beaufort Twilight Run (BTR), presented by Habersham Properties, is proud to host two-time Olympian and America’s fastest marathoner – Ryan Hall – at its 10th annual event on Saturday, March 24 from 3:30-9:30 p.m. in Beaufort’s Habersham Marketplace. “Hall has a huge following from all over the country – many who will travel long distances for a chance to hear him speak and meet him in person,” said BTR Race Director Lauren Kelly. “His story and journey are incredibly inspiring and we are so honored he chose to come to the BTR.”

A Roundtable Discussion of Sexual Harassment (Part 3)   “White House staff secretary Rob Porter, a mostly unknown but deeply influential aide who spends almost every day by President Donald Trump’s side, said Wednesday [2/7/18] he plans to resign following abuse allegations from his ex-wives.

A collaboration between downtown organizations focused on Beaufort’s history – Beaufort History Museum, Historic Beaufort Foundation, Santa Elena Foundation, and Spirit of Old Beaufort – is established collectively as “Experience Beaufort History.” In addition to creating a single avenue for convenient, custom ticket purchases, the effort will now help visitors travel to each destination and around downtown.

Rosie O’Grady’s Irish Pub presents the St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Beaufort Town Center. The event is free and open to the public and will take place on Saturday, March 17 from 1pm-4pm. Area restaurants and food trucks will be selling food and drinks and there will be live entertainment including a bagpipe player, a local musician, and dances by Revolution Ballroom.

A new manner of fundraising will be held in an old venue when the Verdier House Museum introduces Southern Settings, a tablescaping which will bring regional and one international table-top designers together. It will benefit Historic Beaufort Foundation’s fundraising campaign to paint the ca. 1804 Verdier House.

The Santa Elena Foundation and the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club will sponsor the Santa Elena Regatta for PHRF sailboats on March 17 and 18, 2018. This event is the major big boat sailing event in Beaufort each year and commemorates 452 years since the founding of Santa Elena on Parris Island in the spring of 1566.

Beaufort History Museum, in partnership with the Beaufort County Library, announces an upcoming lecture, Reconstruction in Beaufort, SC and the Nation, by renowned historians Dr. Stephen Wise, director of the Parris Island Museum, and Dr. Lawrence Rowland, distinguished professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort. The talk, part of the popular Museum-Library Lecture Series, will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018 from 2 – 4 pm at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street. The well-known scholars are co-authors of Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, Volume 2.