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  South
Carolina
Myrtle Beach is
quickly becoming one of the more popular nightlife and entertainment centers in
the state. It is located on the
Grand Strand resort and vacation strip along the Atlantic Coast.
Travelers looking for plenty of diversions (miniature golf, waterslides,
etc) will love Myrtle Beach. Take
the boardwalk to the Myrtle Beach Pavilion for a day.
There they have a grand old pipe organ and a great ferris wheel.
Families might especially enjoy the Family Kingdom Amusement Park,
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum, and the Myrtle Waves Water Park.
Adults can enjoy fishing, scuba diving, shopping, or a round of golf at
one of the dozens of courses located here.
Hilton Head Island is
a 42-square mile island located on the southern tip of South Carolina.
This was once a place of sea-island and plantations.
After the Civil War, the island was left to the freed slaves who spoke a
language called Gullah. This is a
combination of 17th and 18th century English and
American-English speech. Some words
you might recognize are “goober” (peanut) and “gumbo” (thick stew).
Charleston’s Old
South elegance and West Indian informality makes it an enchanting place to
visit. The only thing that changes
in Charleston are the color of the blooms in the flower boxes and gardens
located throughout the city. Instead
of skyscrapers, this city boasts a skyline filled with church spires.
The shops are often situated near rows of brick and  wood
homes. Charleston has four city
parks whose main feature are live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss.
The Historic District is the heart and soul of this city.
Seventy-three of the buildings in this area are pre-Revolutionary War.
Another 136 date from post-Revolutionary and antebellum periods.
Some of the more historic homes are the Calhoun Mansion, the Heyward-Washington
House, the Joseph Manigault House, and the Aiken-Rhett House.
If you want to visit a church, some of our suggestions include the St.
Michael’s Episcopal (1761), St. John’s Lutheran (1818), and the Unitarian
(1787). Charleston also has more
than 100 events each year, including operas, chamber music, symphonic concerts,
and theater performances. You can
catch the Oyster Festival (January/February), the Moja Arts Festival
(celebrating African-American culture), and the Maritime Festival (featuring
marine art and collectibles) that are held annually.
Many great events in United States history, both heroic and tragic, have
unfolded in South Carolina. During
the Revolutionary War, Cowpens National Battlefield was the site of a major
victory by the Revolutionaries. The
“shoot-and-run” tactic became a successful military strategy used by the
colonists against the British Army’s standard solid formation.
King’s Mountain National Military Park, located fifty miles northeast
of Greenville, was the site of another Revolutionary War victory over the
British Forces, this time lead by Cornwallis.
Ft. Sumter is where the Civil War actually began.
Other battlefields in the state are Camden, Ft. San Felipe, Ft. Moultrie,
Ft. Watson, and Rivers Bridge. Also
pay a visit to the Ninety Six National Historic Site, where a British-held
stockade was subjected to a lengthy siege.
 Try the Carolina
Red Rice - it is a specialty!
Turn your
headlights on if it is raining - state law requires it.
Take a carriage
tour of historic Charleston.
Definitely try a
Southern barbecue - always pork not beef.
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