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History & Learning Center 285 Dataw Drive, St Helena Island, SC, United StatesMembership Form You can also pick up a membership form in the History & Learning Center.
Membership Form You can also pick up a membership form in the History & Learning Center.
Reservations are open online now (at Dataw.com website) or by calling the Member Services Desk at (843) 838-8282. $32++ per person includes: Spinach Salad, Braised Short Rib Dinner, and Pecan Pie ~ Member Signature Bar will also be available ~ After dinner, our feature speaker is author John Warley, JD. John is a Lowcountry resident…
Public Service Announcement BEAUFORT, S.C. – A free public symposium to discuss the Search for Stuarts Town, the project to look for evidence of the lost Scottish colony, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 1-4 p.m. at the USCB Center for the Arts Auditorium. In August of 2022, a team of archaeologists from…
Venue: Sams Plantation Ruins / Cannery on Dataw Island MENU ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT OYSTERS GRILLED CHICKEN GREEN BEANS MACARONI & CHEESE COLE SLAW CORNBREAD COBBLER ICED TEA + WATER BEER + WINE MUSIC THE SOME TIME LATER BAND RAFFLE WINNER NEED NOT BE PRESENT ORDER TICKETS: Deadline for tickets is March 20 or when tickets are sold…
SOLD OUT!! Thank You! ANNUAL LOW COUNTRY BOIL, Event Price $35/person Catered by Rabi Brunson/Jimmy Fitts Catering Music by The Alibis DHF member event - join us! Membership: $40 per household For membership info please contact Pete Bongiovanni at bonpete69@gmail.com
At the ruins
The music of the Antebellum Era expressed the feelings of the two classes of people on Sea Island Plantations: the white owners and the enslaved blacks. Listen to their songs as we weave a story through music that shows how life and important events were connected to the sounds of those people. RSVP to Rosemary…
Part of Dataw's 40th Anniversary celebration events. PANEL DISCUSSIONS COVERING OUR FOUR DECADES (1980s to 2010s.)
Reservations are full - see you next year.
On January 30th, we will mark the 20th Anniversary of the Fireside Chat. In keeping with tradition, we will have an amazing historian as our guest. Associate professor of history at the University of North Florida-Jacksonville, Denise Bossy, has accepted our invitation. She is an expert on the Yamasee Indians, who lived from South Carolina to…
Marquis de la Fayette said, "The moment I heard of America, I loved her; the moment I knew she was fighting for freedom, I burnt with a desire of bleeding for her." This March, the Beaufort community will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his visit to Beaufort during his grand tour of the United…
Moved from Monday to Tuesday, 1 April 2025 due to bad weather expected on Monday. BYOB!! MENU ALL YOU CAN EAT OYSTERS GRILLED CHICKEN GREEN BEANS MACARONI & CHEESE COLE SLAW CORNBREAD BANANA PUDDING ICEDTEA + WATER BYOB MUSIC THE SOME TIME LATER BAND RAFFLE WINNER NEED NOT BE PRESENT ORDER TICKETS: Deadline for…
The year is flying by! Time to mark your calendars for the Third Annual Dataw Historic Foundations Author's Luncheon on April 11th. This event is open to everyone. Please mark your calendars and watch for updates. Natasha Boyd of "Indio Girl" and Cassandra King of "Tell Me a Story" were well received. When I was…