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1/1/1970: The North Charleston Police Department will offer three “Online Exchange Zones” where citizens can meet to conduct online buy/sell transactions.  The designated Online Exchange Zones will be under 24 hour...

1/1/1970: The smiles from children participating in the City of North Charleston’s summer camp helped brighten what started out as a rainy day at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum....

1/1/1970: In 1918, the US Government requisitioned 2,000 acres in the North Area to support the European war efforts of World War I.  Large corrals capable of holding 10,000 horses and...

1/1/1970: Ann Elliott Morris was best known as “The Beautiful Rebel” in Charleston during the Revolutionary War for her defiance to British rule and her attachment to republican principles. Her most...

1/1/1970: William Thomson was raised a Carolinian, so when the choice came to bend his knee to a distant King or to determine his own destiny, the choice was obvious.  He...

1/1/1970: Cecilia Lawton, wife of W.W. Lawton (a successful James Island cattleman), was quite the remarkable business person. Cecilia owned and operated the Battery Dairy and from her peninsular bottling plant,...

1/1/1970: Ensign John F. Kennedy appears center stage in this rare photo dated May 2, 1942.  Officers, nurses and civilians gathered to witness the dual launching ceremonies of the USS Pringle...

1/1/1970: Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and his never ending ambition left an undeniably mark on the Lowcountry, and during his time, he helped shape the region’s economy and the geographic landscape...

1/1/1970: Helen Keller “listens” to a wounded soldier by placing her fingers on his lips. Keller, a pacifist, was an advocate for injured veterans.  She visited the Charleston Naval Hospital on...

1/1/1970: The Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in Grundy County, TN., with a mission to educate “leaders for a new social order.” In 1954, the school adopted a voter...