SINHG members have kept up an active travel schedule as the organization’s autumn learning opportunities for members continues.
Twenty members traveled to Wadmalaw Island and the Barrier Oyster Farm, where members learned about the meticulous process of growing wild oysters and enjoyed sampling some of the freshest and tastiest oysters in the Lowcountry.
History took a front seat on two recent trips. One took members to the historic Huguenot Church in downtown Charleston, the fourth church on the site originally purchased in 1680 by religious exiles and the only active Huguenot church in the Americas.
Elsewhere downtown, members explored the story of two remarkable sisters, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, during a walking tour of downtown’s French Quarter led by historian Lee Ann Bain. The Grimke sisters were the first women to speak out openly against slavery, despite the family’s history as slave-owning plantation owners. The sisters’ moral courage and conviction was a linchpin in the abolitionist movement.
SINHG Trips for members continue through mid-December and will resume in February. For information about SINHG membership click here.
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