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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME7M_world-war-ii-bombing-ranges_Columbia-SC.html
[Front]:Lake Murray islands, most notably Lunch Island (since 1945 also called Bomb Island or Doolittle Island), Shull Island, and Dreher Island, were used as bombing ranges during World War II. B-25 crews from the Columbia Army Air Base (now Colu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME7J_st-andrews-lutheran-church_Columbia-SC.html
These four acres were conveyed to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in 1835, and by November of that year the congregation had built and dedicated a building. It is believed that the community of St. Andrews derived its name from this church. In 1949, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB4S_south-carolina-confederate-monument_Columbia-SC.html
( West Face)To South Carolina's Dead Of The Confederate Army 1861 1865 ( North face) This monument perpetuates the memory ,of those whotrue to the instincts of their birth,faithful to the teachings of their fathers,constant in their love for the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8QH_south-carolina-state-vietnam-war-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
In memory of the sons and daughters of South Carolina who lost their lives in the service of their country in Vietnam.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AC_columbia-canal_Columbia-SC.html
Completed 1824. Important link in the system of waterways transportingfreight between the up country andCharleston. Supplanted by railroads fortransportation after 1850. Leased toConfederate Government to run powderworks. Enlarged 1880-95 and sinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM78K_williams-street-gist-street_Columbia-SC.html
Williams StreetThis street was named for Otho H. Williams, Brig. Gen. Of Continental Army during the American Revolution. Williams served as adjutant general under Southern Army commanders Gates and Greene and saw military action in the battles of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM78J_trinity-episcopal-church_Columbia-SC.html
Parish organized 1812. Original Church dedicated 1814; Present church 1846. In the churchyard lie buried three Wade Hamptons; Thomas Cooper, Educator; Henry Timrod, Poet; W.C. Preston, U.S. Senator; Five Governors of S.C.: Three Mannings, Hampton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QS_sumter-street_Columbia-SC.html
[Front text]:A Virginia native who came to SouthCarolina ca. 1765, General ThomasSumter was a leader in civil as wellas military affairs. He served in theFirst and Second Provincial Congresses, in the S.C. General Assembly, as U.S. Congressman and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QI_seaboard-air-line-passenger-station_Columbia-SC.html
[Front of Marker]:This depot, built by the Seaboard Air Line Railwayin 1904, was the third passenger depot built inColumbia, following the South Carolina RailroadDepot on Gervais St., built about 1850, and theUnion Station on Main St., built in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MR_battleship-maine-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
This gun came off the Battleship MaineThe Sinking of the Maine resulted in the Spanish American War1898