Classes & Events
Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life – A Six-Part Series
Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19
Time: 10:30 AM - 12 Noon
Presenter: Ruth McCully
Location: USCB Hilton Head Campus, Room 115
Cost: $120 for 6-part series
Learn to tell your own story in your voice and style – this is a time for storytelling, and the story is yours. This 6-part series is a hands-on workshop that will provide instruction on writing tools and techniques, guidance on life story writing themes, and provides time to share writings with a small group.
Title: Going Home
Date: 2/26/25
Time: 1:30 PM
Presenter: Jane Theissen
Location: USCB Hilton Head Island, Room: 115
Cost: $10 for Library members and $12 for non-members
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Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life – A Six-Part Series
Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19
Time: 10:30 AM - 12 Noon
Presenter: Ruth McCully
Location: USCB Hilton Head Campus, Room 115
Cost: $120 for 6-part series
Learn to tell your own story in your voice and style – this is a time for storytelling, and the story is yours. This 6-part series is a hands-on workshop that will provide instruction on writing tools and techniques, guidance on life story writing themes, and provides time to share writings with a small group.
Title: O' Canada
Date: 3/5/25
Time: 1:30 PM
Presenter: Lee Wilwerding
Location: USCB Hilton Head Island, Room: 115
Cost: $10 for Library members and $12 for non-members
Romancing the Canadians to join the Rebellion failed. So, the Patriots launched an Assault on Canada in the dead of winter. And a side trip to Tidewater, Virginia, completes the action of 1775.
Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life – A Six-Part Series
Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19
Time: 10:30 AM - 12 Noon
Presenter: Ruth McCully
Location: USCB Hilton Head Campus, Room 115
Cost: $120 for 6-part series
Learn to tell your own story in your voice and style – this is a time for storytelling, and the story is yours. This 6-part series is a hands-on workshop that will provide instruction on writing tools and techniques, guidance on life story writing themes, and provides time to share writings with a small group.
When: Tuesdays at 10:00 am from March 18, 2025 - November 11, 2025, with a break from July through early September.
The Island’s history comes to life every Tuesday at 10:00 am at Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum with this trip back in time, featuring costumed tour guides sharing fascinating stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and find out about the bloody skirmish that was fought just steps away. Explore the island’s oldest structure and learn about the planters who built it. You’ll learn their stories of the Colonial era on Hilton Head Island and more as you tour one of the island’s most intriguing sites.
Cost: $10
Where: This tour is located at the Zion Cemetery, 574 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island
Registration required!
Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life – A Six-Part Series
Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19
Time: 10:30 AM - 12 Noon
Presenter: Ruth McCully
Location: USCB Hilton Head Campus, Room 115
Cost: $120 for 6-part series
Learn to tell your own story in your voice and style – this is a time for storytelling, and the story is yours. This 6-part series is a hands-on workshop that will provide instruction on writing tools and techniques, guidance on life story writing themes, and provides time to share writings with a small group.
Title: Land Battles of the American Revolution in Beaufort District
Date: 3/19/25
Time: 1:30 PM
Presenter: Rich Thomas
Location: USCB Hilton Head Island, Room: 115
Cost: $10 for Library members and $12 for non-members
There were over 110 significant encounters between partisan forces in Beaufort District during the Revolution. This talk covers the most significant of the actions, ambushes, battles, and skirmishes leading up to and following the date of our independence from English rule.
When: Thursdays at 10:00 am from March 20, 2025 - November 13, 2025, with a break from July through early September.
Immerse yourself in the fascinating Civil War history of Hilton Head Island with a visit to Fort Mitchel. The site contains the remains of a coastal defense battery erected in 1862 to protect the Port Royal Sound by way of Skull Creek from incursions by Confederate gunboats based in the Savannah River. Costumed characters and an expert tour guide will demonstrate the vital historic importance of this place and the role the fort and its namesake, General Mitchel, played in shaping Hilton Head history, including historic Mitchelville.
Cost: $10
Where: This tour is located at Ft. Mitchel in Hilton Head Plantation, 65 Skull Creek Drive, Hilton Head Island
Registration required!
When: Tuesdays at 10:00 am from March 18, 2025 - November 11, 2025, with a break from July through early September.
The Island’s history comes to life every Tuesday at 10:00 am at Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum with this trip back in time, featuring costumed tour guides sharing fascinating stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and find out about the bloody skirmish that was fought just steps away. Explore the island’s oldest structure and learn about the planters who built it. You’ll learn their stories of the Colonial era on Hilton Head Island and more as you tour one of the island’s most intriguing sites.
Cost: $10
Where: This tour is located at the Zion Cemetery, 574 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island
Registration required!
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