Heritage Library History & Ancestry Research Ctr

Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19

Presenter: Ruth McCully

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.

Presenter: Lee Wilwerding

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.

Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19

Presenter: Ruth McCully

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.

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.

Registration required!

Dates: 2/12, 19, 26, 3/5, 12, 19

Presenter: Ruth McCully

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.

Presenter: Rich Thomas

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.

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.

Registration required!

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.

Registration required!

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.

Registration required!

Presenter: Ron Roth

While Robert Smalls is best known for his daring escape from slavery in Charleston harbor, his leadership in the era of post-Civil War Reconstruction is perhaps his greatest contribution to the advancement of American democracy. This presentation recounts Small’s pivotal role in the struggle to defend and extend African American rights in the tense, sometimes explosive atmosphere of South Carolina Reconstruction.