Patriot’s Monument

This 1913 monument honors South Carolina’s three partisan generals of the American Revolution, all of who played a major part in the quest for independence, Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter,and Andrew Pickens. The 27-foot tall red granite Doric column is made of red...

General Francis Marion’s Tomb

The final resting place of General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, is on what was his brother’s plantation. Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery is in Berkeley County north of Lake Moultrie. There are several plaques, signs and markers that describe the man, the...

Screven-Hipp Cemetery

Deep within the development of Palmetto Bluff and nestled behind an ivy-clad fence is the Screven-Hipp Cemetery. This cemetery was established in the late eighteenth century on Montpelier, the first plantation established on May River Neck. Several of the owners of...

George Washington Statute

This statue of George Washington was made from a cast of the original marble statute carved by Antoine Houdon in 1796 for the State of Virginia, now located in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capital in Richmond. It was the only statue Washington ever posed for in...