The event is a history talk on Revolutionary War history as we prepare for South Carolina’s 250th anniversary celebration of American independence. Dr. Benjamin Schaffer, a military historian from the University of South Carolina, specializing in early American and Atlantic-world history, particularly maritime conflict and society in the 17th and 18th centuries. He will present on the 1775 Battle of Hog Island—a pivotal and often overlooked naval engagement that marked the beginning of South Carolina’s maritime fight for freedom.
