SC250—April Feature

As part of National Poetry Month and the South Carolina 250 (SC250) commemoration, this display explores how poetry has been used to express and preserve the meaning of the American Revolution.

Poems written during and after the Revolutionary era reflect the emotions, challenges, and ideals that shaped South Carolina’s early history. By capturing themes of freedom, conflict, and identity, these works helped define how the Revolution was understood in its own time and how it continues to be remembered. This display highlights the role of poetry in shaping historical memory and offers a literary perspective on South Carolina’s Revolutionary past.

Items in the display case.

Items in the display case.

Upcoming Event

Author photo of Patricia Brandon and the cover of Rise of the Pale Moon.

Author Patricia Brandon and "Rise of the Pale Moon"

May 7, 2026, 5:30 PM

Join us at the next installment of the Speaker at the Center with Author Patricia Brandon where she will discuss her historical fiction novel, "Rise of the Pale Moon." Set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War era in coastal South Carolina, Rise of the Pale Moon weaves a compelling tale of three young women from distinct backgrounds: an indentured servant from London, a chattel slave raised on the Montague Hall plantation, and a Catawba Indian captured by the Cherokee and traded into slavery.

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