35th Georgetown Wooden Boat Show to set sail October 19 and 20 Folks are once again ready to take sail for one of the longest traditions on South Carolina ‘s Hammock Coast® – the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show. Celebrating its 35th year, the 2024 show will take place Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20. The Wooden Boat Show is one to… Sep 09, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Georgetown
Georgetown one of the Best Coastal Small Towns? Voters again say yes Georgetown, SC has once again placed in the Top 10 as one of America’s top choices for Best Coastal Small Town in the USA Today/10Best Readers’ Choice award. Jun 17, 2022 0 Hammock-All, Georgetown
Georgetown museum exhibit explores Afro-Carolinian maritime history in SC The importance of a full and detailed history has been known for centuries, as can be seen in these quotes by notable Americans: “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” – Theodore Roosevelt “History cannot give us a program for the future,… Dec 20, 2021 0 Georgetown, Gullah Geechee, Hammock-All
Discover 5 paths to Gullah Geechee culture on the Hammock Coast Three hundred years ago, Georgetown County, South Carolina, held a claim to fame. More than half of the country’s rice was grown on the county’s 45,000 acres of rice fields. Ron Daise, a Gullah Geechee culture preservationist, explains why: “Here, there was the largest number of enslaved Africans because of… Apr 12, 2021 1 Hammock-All, Gullah Geechee
Historic Harper House still pays dividends as a Hammock Coast Visitors Center When a community effort helped save the historic Harper House building 19 years ago – and move it several city blocks – only the biggest of dreamers might have imagined that the house would now welcome almost 15,000 visitors a year to Georgetown and South Carolina’s Hammock Coast. In fact,… Mar 13, 2021 0 Georgetown, Hammock-All
