Charleston Historical Markers Get Makeovers

Five historical markers commemorating locations important to the Rutledge and Pinckney families, who were prominent in South Carolina society and politics before, during and after the American Revolution, were restored the week of Nov. 25 in Charleston County, SC, according to an article in The Post and Courier.  The work was done — and there’s more to do — in advance of the upcoming commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.

The makeovers are being overseen by the S.C. American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, established in 2018 by the state Legislature “to prepare South Carolinians for the upcoming 250 American Revolution celebration” as Bill Segars, who heads the marker restoration project, is quoted in the article.

The celebration will serve to make “South Carolinians and the nation more aware of the part that South Carolina played in winning the American Revolution,” Segars is further quoted. More than 200 battles and skirmishes were fought on South Carolina soil during the war, including crucial military victories during the Southern Campaigns from 1775-82, according to the commission’s website. Multiple signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution also hail from the Palmetto State, according to the article.

The commission hired Tom Stelling, who has been restoring historical signs and markers for more than a dozen years, to work on the signs.

For more on Stelling and the historical sign makeovers, read the full article in The Post and Courier.