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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKP_orangeburg-confederate-memorial_Orangeburg-SC.html
(North face)To the Confederate Dead of Orangeburg District1861 — 1865 —(East face) Erected by the woman ofOrangeburg County 1893 —(South face)A grateful tributeto the brave defenders ofOur Rights,Our Honorand Our Homes—(Wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSV_the-orangeburg-massacre_Orangeburg-SC.html
On February 8, 1968, after three nights of escalatingracial tension over efforts by S.C. State Collegestudents and others to desegregate the All StarBowling Lanes, 3 students died and 27 others werewounded on this campus. S.C. Highway Patrolmenfir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRM_south-carolina-state-university_Orangeburg-SC.html
(Marker Front):S.C. State University was founded in 1896as the Colored Normal, Industrial,Agricultural & Mechanical College of S.C. with itsorigins in the Morrill Land Grants Acts of1862 and 1890 providing for land-grant colleges. Intended "for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGS_trinity-united-methodist-church_Orangeburg-SC.html
This African - American church, was established in1866, built its first sanctuary 4 blocks SE in 1870.Construction began on this sanctuary in 1928 and was completed in 1944. Trinty, headquarters for the Orangeburg Movement during the 1960s, hosted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5P1_defense-of-edisto-bridge_Orangeburg-SC.html
Occupying Rifle Pits and manning a smallbattery in defense of the Edisto River Bridge, at this point less than sixhundred Confederates temporarily halted the advance of the right wingof the Federal Army commanded byGen.W.T. Sherman. On Feb. 12, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5K9_hawthorne-school-of-aeronautics_Orangeburg-SC.html
From 1941 to 1945, 5924 American &French pilots were trained here, totaling almost 330,00 flight hours. Site is 1 mi. NW.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5J0_zion-church_Orangeburg-SC.html
Evidence indicates it was one of theearliest Methodist churches in theOrangeburg area. The original building,built before the Civil War, was replacedin the 1880s. Appointed ministers replaced circuit riders about 1843. Zionwas abandoned as a full …
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