First year students are glad the ritual is gone
  
  
          
  
           
                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          He was elected to office despite rules forbidding Jews to serve
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Coastal Community Foundation President and CEO Darrin Goss questions this aspirational slogan and discusses what’s...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Jenkins's orphans march into history 
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Get to know Charleston’s most popular barrier island beaches
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Chris Singleton on strength, resilience, and his mission of unity
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Spend the season getting lost in these new or soon-to-be-released titles
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The group prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Why Robert Smalls should be remembered as the Lowcountry’s Paul Revere
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A century into Charleston’s preservation movement, the conversation has shifted beyond buildings to the less tangible...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Listen to the latest single from the album, which drops this month
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          For more than 260 years, this iconic building has served as a commercial exchange and custom house, watch house, public...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          After years of catching a diverse array of fish for the city’s finest restaurants, the sustainable seafood champion is...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Avery Normal School is home to College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Had King Charles I of England not been beheaded on January 30, 1649, our history would certainly have turned out...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charleston’s oldest surviving public building was designed for a special purpose—to store gunpowder.
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          This month marks two years since the Holy City was most recently covered in snow, and it rings in 250 years for the...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          How the day Vesey won his freedom changed the course of history
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A tale of a prized, bygone gobbler
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          After the Civil War started, Harriet Tubman joined the Union Army and led a raid up the Combahee River between...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Revisiting the Holy City's forgotten buildings and discovering the lessons they teach us
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Chef Forrest Parker shares Lowcountry food history on a tasting tour of the city