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THE NEW YORK TIMES has published an article on The Battle of Black Mingo kayak tour, led by guide Hastings Hensel as part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative of the Georgetown County Library.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/travel/charleston-south-carolina-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oFA.Z-X3.CdNBCqgOH1G-&smid=url-share
The account makes up the article's middle section ("The Swamp Fox") and is part of a NYT travel piece on 250th activities in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
⭐️ "A Glorious Cause" is made possible by an LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library

Charleston’s Charm Hides a Bloody History (Gift Article) Some of the fiercest battles took place in South Carolina, but its part in the fight for independence is often overlooked. Our reporter found history, myths, beauty and contradiction across the Lowcountry landscapes.

💙📚 Join Us for Special Needs Storytime Today! 📚💙

Georgetown Libraries warmly invites parents and caregivers of children with special needs to our monthly Storytime program!

Enjoy stories, songs, and a welcoming environment designed for children of all abilities to learn, explore, and have fun together. 🌟

📅 Today
📍 Georgetown Library
⏰ 10:30AM
We look forward to sharing a fun and inclusive morning with you and your little ones! 💕

The Summer Reading Kick-Off brought over 150 children to the Waccamaw Neck Branch Library this week! Everyone has their reading logs, and the prizes have begun!

But it’s not too late to sign up. Just stop by the library to join the fun!

Thank you to Bright Star Theatre for bringing their dinosaur friends and facts and letting us get to know them. And, as always, thank you to our Friends of Waccamaw Library, who help support the children of our community.

Reading rocks! (Even Ginny Giraffe is clocking her minutes!)

📚🦖 Georgetown County Libraries invites you to the GRAND OPENING of our *Unearth A Story* summer programs!

Join us as Dana Hill brings the fun with **Presto Prehistoric**! This exciting program

📅 Tuesday, June 9 & 10
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All ages welcome!

Don’t forget to pick up your reading logs and earn prizes all summer long! 🌞📖🎉

We hope to see you there!

⭐️Thanks so much to writer Steve Williams for his presentation this afternoon on the military service of African Americans during the Revolutionary War as part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution."
>>Next up for "A Glorious Cause" will be Pelor Jemonia Richards on Gullah life in the Revolutionary era on THURSDAY, JUNE 11 at 2PM at CARVERS BAY LIBRARY (13048 Choppee Road, Hemingway, SC 29554)!
⭐️"A Glorious Cause" is made possible by an LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library

Many thanks to Dr. Lynn Hanson of the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences for sharing her years of painstaking research into the lives of enslaved communities at Hobcaw Barony, 1739-1865, for today's Friends of the Waccamaw Library 1st Thursday. A video of Dr. Hanson's presentation will be available soon on the popular Georgetown County Library YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com//videos
⭐️ALSO...THIS AFTERNOON (JUNE 4) at 2PM at CARVERS BAY LIBRARY (13048 Choppee Road, Hemingway, SC 29554), catch author & historian Steve Williams on African American Contributions to the Revolutionary War" as part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution."
⭐️"A Glorious Cause" is made possible by an LSTA grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the South Carolina State Library

⭐️JUNE-JULY 2026...“The American Revolutionary War in South Carolina," a traveling exhibit from the South Carolina State Museum, is on public display by the Circulation Desk at the GEORGETOWN LIBRARY (405 Cleland St, Georgetown, SC 29440) during regular operating hours (Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. / Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) as part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative by the Georgetown County Library." The exhibit is free & open to the public.
⭐️The project is made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the South Carolina State Library (SCSL).