The Fort Sumter – Fort Moultrie Historical Trust presents Toward “A Birth of Freedom”: Sesquicentennial Reflections. The Department of History and other organizations are co-sponsoring a symposium on the Battle of Fort Wagner. Featured speakers are Joseph Glanttharr, Stephen Wise, Robert Rosen and Thanvolia Glymph.
The meeting to be held at the Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church Street, downtown Charleston on Saturday, July 20. from 9:00-12:30 pm.
The events will be covered by C-SPAN.
Morris Island Legacies, 1863 & 2013: A Panel Discussion with Audience Participation, Moderated by Bernard Powers, PhD, Professor of History, College of Charleston. Chief historian on the strategic plan for the International African American Museum (Charleston). Author of Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885 and associate editor of The South Carolina Encyclopedia. At work on a history of the A.M.E. Church and African Methodism in South Carolina. Serves on the board of directors for the Fort Sumter – Fort Moultrie Trust.
Rare Civil War images and documents from the collection of the South Carolina Historical Society will be displayed at the Dock Street Theatre throughout the morning.