American Revolution
Sestercentennial group works on historic sites, technology to tell state’s stories
Laurens County, S.C. – In 2026 the nation will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence, and historians throughout the state are working to tell the stories of South Carolinians who lived through that time. “We want to tell the stories of South Carolina. We want to tell them from points of view that we’ve…
Read MoreCadaver dogs, historians search for the dead at Hayes’ Station in Laurens County
Laurens County, South Carolina – Searchers with metal detectors and handlers of cadaver search dogs trained in historical human decay searches were in eastern Laurens County Saturday afternoon, searching for evidence of two mass graves which hold the bodies of militia members slaughtered in 1781 by the notorious “Bloody Bill” Cunningham. A monument donated in…
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