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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZGZ_the-dawn-of-freedom-mitchelville_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
During the civil War, Union forces defeated the Confederates on Hilton Head Island at the Battle of
Port Royal on November 7, 1861. Cannon fire from that battle heralded a dawn of freedom for millions of African slaves throughout the South. Thirt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z70_worlds-largest-figurative-sundial_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
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Welcome to
The Shelter Cove Harbor Community
Home Of The World's Largest Figurative Sundial
Dedicated August 18, 1983
The sculpture weighs more than a ton, is a twice life sized statue
of Neptune, cast in bronze at Johnsons Atel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4P_queen-chapel-a-m-e-church_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
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The congregation of Queen Chapel can trace its roots to May 1865 when A.M.E. missionaries Rev. R.H. Cain, Rev. James H.A. Johnson and James A. Handy arrived on Hilton Head Island. They visited the Freedman's town of Mitchelville and preac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3V_first-african-baptist-church_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
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This church, organized in 1862, was first located in the town of Mitchelville, a freedman's village established on Hilton Head by the United States Army. Rev. Abraham Murchinson, its first pastor, was a former slave. The congregation numb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z1V_cherry-hill-school_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
(Front)
This one-room frame school, built ca. 1937, was the first separate school building constructed for African-American students on Hilton Head Island. It replaced an earlier Cherry Hill School, which had held its classes in personage of St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z1U_african-methodist-episcopal-church-beginnings_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Early A.M.E. Missionaries to South Carolina, Rev. James H.A. Johnson and Rev. James A. Handy, arrived at Hilton Head on the Steamship Arago at 3:18 p.m. Friday, May 12, 1865.
Rev. James Lynch, also an A.M.E. Missionary, shared entertainment affor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z1T_first-african-baptist-church_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Oldest Baptist Church On Hilton Head Island Organized August 17, 1862 In The Town Of Mitchelville With 120 Members Building Was Moved To Present Location Later And Rebuilt In 1966 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z1S_hilton-head-island_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
This marker has been erected as a lasting tribute to the following men who envisioned Hilton Head Island as a place where man could commune with Nature and the Forest and all things that dwell therein.
These men determined that no "Fayer o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YPV_plane-crash-memorial_Beaufort-SC.html
Here upon this spot fell
Captain Gustav Karow
1st. Lieut. Stephen St. George
2nd. Lieut. Frederick T. Molthen
who lost their lives in an airplane
at Parris Island June 23, 1920
in the military service of their country
Pro Mundi Salut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YPU_capt-brodstrom-marker-u-s-m-c-a-war-memorial_Beaufort-SC.html
In memory of Capt. Bror G. Brodstrom U.S.M.C. Associated with recruit training from 1918 to 1921. His influence was reflected in the high standard of men furnished in peace and war.