Second Baptist Church World War II Memorial

In Honor and Memory

Of the Members of the Second Baptist Church who served in

World War II

Herman A Arrowood - Fred A Johnson

Willard W. Batson - J.Clyde Jones

R.Douglas Bishop - Glover Y.Jones

Hubert E.Bishop - Ray F.Jones

Charles R.Brown. Jr. - Roy F.Jones

Lee ...

“You can fool all the people part of the time . . .”

Lincoln Speech, July 27, 1858

“You can fool all the people part of the time and part of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time.”

Spoken in an address in Clinton July 27, ...

113 Ashley Avenue

Bennett - Hayne House

This two-and-one-half-story Adam Style house was

built circa 1800 by Thomas Bennett, Jr., (1781-1865).

Bennett served as intendent of Charleston (1812-1813)

and governor of South Carolina (1820-1822). The frame

structure rests on a raised basement with ...

Barnwell Baptist Church Cemetary

Sometimes called the Red Hill Cemetary

Original Site of Barnwell First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is the Oldest Continual

Institution in Barnwell Established in 1502

Both the 1850 building and the 1926 building

stood on this site.

Earlier Church Buildings were located nearby

the ...

The Police Station

Built by Charles C "Carl" Cheek in early

1944 with the assistance of German Prisoners

of War who helped draw up the plan and

worked on the construction.

This police station was first used as a guard

house at the prisoner of war ...

Class of 1943 Veterans

This garden is dedicated to the men of the Class of 1943, with special remembrance to those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the armed forces.

Marker is on Cahoun Drive, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The First Telegram

“What Hath God Wrought”

The first telegram “What Hath God Wrought” was sent from the Capitol in Washington to Baltimore May 24, 1844 over wires laid along the right of way of the B&O Railroad adjacent to this highway. The telegraph ...

Plains of Jars

Lying along the landscape of the Xieng Khouang plateau lay the remains of thousands of megalithic jars. The arrangements of these jars consist from small clusters to hundreds surrounding the foothills and valleys of the central plain. Early archeologists believe ...

Angel Falls

With height over 979 meters (3,230 feet), Angel Falls is the highest unbroken waterfall in the world. The waterfall is located within Canaima National Park inside of Southeastern Venezuela. The source of the water originates from an unknown supply that ...

Dyatolv Pass

In February 1959, nine college students died under mysterious circumstances within the Dyatolv Pass in the Ural Mountains. They were travelling from Vizhai to Otorten and were to arrive no later than February 12. A rescue group was dispatched on ...