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South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring

In March 1991 Governor Carroll Campbell appointed the thirty-eight-member Commission on Government Restructuring to devise a blueprint for enhancing the…

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Officially formed on July 1, 1994, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) combined the non-regulatory programs of the…

South Carolina Equal Suffrage League

The South Carolina Equal Suffrage League (SCESL) was formed by the Spartanburg New Era Club and other members of the…

South Carolina Highway Patrol

Operating under the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, the South Carolina Highway Patrol is a law enforcement organization that…

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

From its fledgling beginnings of approximately fifteen employees, SLED grew into a state-of-the-art agency with sworn and civilian employees.

South Carolina Plan

On April 3, 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. Allwright that the white primary in Texas was…

South Carolina State Constabulary

The constabulary’s prime mission of countering illegal whiskey was difficult and dangerous. Remote areas in mountains and swamps saw a near fanatical belief by residents that laws from beyond their domain held no sway in their territory. “Moonshine” liquor was part of the culture and a way some chose to earn a living when times were tough.

South Carolinians for Eisenhower

South Carolinians for Eisenhower was formed by Columbia attorney Douglas McKay to support the candidacy of the Republican presidential nominee…

Spanish

On a monument at the tip of Parris Island, a tile plaque proclaims, “Aquí estuvo España” (“Here was Spain”). The…

Spartanburg

(Spartanburg County; 2020 pop. 37,317). The town of Spartanburg was incorporated in 1831, its name originating from a local Revolutionary…

Spartanburg County

(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…

Spence, Floyd Davidson

Legislator, congressman. Spence was born in Columbia on April 9, 1928, the son of J. W. and Addie Jane Spence…

Spencer, James Alexander

Legislator, educator. Spencer was born in Charleston on October 23, 1850, the eldest son of James A. Spencer, a porter,…

Spratt, John McKee, Jr.

Congressman, lawyer. Spratt was born on November 1, 1942, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of John Spratt and Jane…

Springdale

(Lexington County; 2020 pop. 2,732). One of the youngest towns in the Midlands, until World War II this was a…

State Council of Defense

The State Council of Defense was South Carolina’s major public relations and propaganda arm during World War I. Created in…

State Flag

South Carolina’s blue flag with its white crescent moon rising above the white palmetto tree is simple in design but…

State House

Three different buildings have served as the capitol of South Carolina. Construction of the first statehouse began in June 1753…

State Mottoes

South Carolina has two official mottoes. These were engraved on the original great seal in 1777. animis opibusque parati (Prepared…

State Parks

As of 2004, South Carolina’s system of state parks consisted of forty-six properties totaling more than eighty thousand acres of…