Holme at Beaufort County Historical Society

The Beaufort County Historical Society is pleased that Penelope W Holme will be presenting her recent research on Beaufort’s Elizabeth Barnwell Gough House on Feb 18th at noon. The meeting will be held at the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club 30 Yacht Club Drive.

Penelope W. Holme is the recipient of numerous national, regional and local awards for her writing, including advertising’s most coveted award the Clio.  Her professional career and a lifelong interest in history came together in 2003 when she was asked by the owners of the boyhood home of Robert Barnwell Rhett, the Father of Secession, to research its history. Her work brought to light such a wealth of new information it led to the writing and design of a presentation volume on the home for its owners. Subsequent requests for histories by the owners of other historic homes led in turn to the founding of Holme Histories, which provides comprehensive histories of historic homes for their owners, culminating in private publications. 

An optional light lunch will be served at 11:30 for $10. RSVP, please.  For further information contact: Pamela Ovens-President sail@singlestar.us or call 843-785-2767 www.beaufortcountyhistoricalsociety.com

Inabinett is Speaker for upcoming HBF “Dinner & A Lecture”

 The second installment of the “Dinner & A Lecture” series sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation  features St. Helena Island resident Heyward Inabinett talking about his book, Triangular Pegs  which recounts his experiences as a Black man with a white complexion growing up in the segregated South.  Inabinett will speak on Monday, Feb. 22nd, from 5:30pm – 7:oo pm.

FEE: Each lecture is $15 per HBF member, $25 per member couple, and $20 per person, $30 per couple, for non-members. Proceeds help fund preservation activities of HBF.  For more information or to reserve a seat, call Historic Beaufort Foundation at 379-3331.

Congratulations to Queen Quet

 

Queen Quet, leader of BCHRC member organization Gullah Geechee Sea Island Coalition, was honored with the “Lifetime Achievement” award at the South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation  luncheon on Friday, January 29. 

This award recognizes a person, group or organization that has made a notable, successful, sustained and lasting contribution to the preservation of African American history  and culture in SC.  View other images from the SCAAHF luncheon  on Facebook. 

The South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation supports the efforts of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission to promote the identification and preservation of the African American experience in the state.