Author: Margaret Evans

The Heritage Society of Beaufort will hold its annual luncheon for members and friends on Thursday March 13th at the Dataw Island Club.  A social hour will commence at 11:30 am followed by the luncheon at 12:30 pm.  The Society is an umbrella organization supporting six National Heritage Groups currently meeting in Beaufort.

    South Carolina’s decision to secede from the federal union in December, 1860 was not an easy decision nor was it made without thought of the repercussions.  In the Beaufort district, it had been simmering for 32 years.     “Many of the Beaufort planters still lived on the very land that had been carved from the wilderness by their ancestors. They were established, powerful, rich and proud; perhaps more so than any group in any community in America at that moment.  They surely feared the consequences of their radical act, but they feared the consequences of not acting even more.”

They're saving you a "seat" at this creative fundraiser for BHS Voices!

The Beaufort Kaleidoscope Film, Food and Fine Art is taking place on March 6-9. The event is sponsored by Habersham Land Company and presented by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island is pleased to announce that it will host “Life on the May River,” from February 23rd until May 5th.  Highlighted in this exhibit will be artistic works focusing upon the natural and cultural importance and beauty of the May River, its bluffs and its residents – both animal and  human. Forty-five artists were juried into the show by Holly Koons-McCullough, curator of Fine Arts and Exhibits at the Telfair Museum.  The exhibit will be in the Hilton Head Regional Healthcare Temporary Gallery at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn.