South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist who dismantled most of the former slave's work after the Civil War.
Design, location chosen for Robert Smalls monument on South Carolina State House grounds
A state panel has decided where a monument memorializing Civil War hero Robert Smalls will stand on the South Carolina State House grounds and what it will look like.
Design unveiled for Robert Smalls monument on SC Statehouse grounds
The memorial to Civil War hero Robert Smalls is set to be erected on the Statehouse grounds. Design and location set. Now, they just need a way to pay for it.
Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go
Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War to bring slaves to freedom. Later, he was elected to the state Legislature and Congress.
South Carolina selects first monument at statehouse to honor an African American hero
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S.C. monument to honor Civil War hero Robert Smalls
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Panel picks artist, location for Robert Smalls statue on SC Capitol complex
A bipartisan panel of South Carolina lawmakers chose a visible area close to the Statehouse visitor's entrance for the ...
Robert Smalls statue to stand near visitors’ entrance to SC Statehouse
Civil War hero Robert Smalls could one day stand just outside the Statehouse visitors’ entrance, clad in the three-piece suit ...
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'Pint-sized stallion of sass' takes trot around Beaufort after galloping away from home
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Hold your horses: Beaufort Police responds to horses loose on Robert Smalls Parkway
The Beaufort Police Department (BPD) responded to a ‘mane event’ in the wee hours of Monday morning. BPD shared on Facebook that two horses fled their ...
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South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls
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Resolution reached in lawsuit over public access to Beaufort's Robert Smalls House
BEAUFORT — More than two years of legal wrangling over the historic Robert Smalls House has ended as the Historic Beaufort Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation reached an ...
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Fast-growing convenience store chain opens at Beaufort retail center (and latest on Aldi)
Savannah-based chain is in the midst of a growth spurt. Beaufort store will be the 17th in Beaufort County and the 44th in ...