FRIDAY, APRIL 10
3:00pm - 6:00pm
72 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Step inside this beautiful neoclassical building, home to the South Carolina Society, founded predominantly by French Protestants (Huguenots) in 1736. Renée Marshall, Director of Genealogy and Research with The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, will discuss the origins of the charitable society and its progression through the American Revolution. Come hear the story of the French Protestant founders and their devotion to providing relief funds for fellow refugees. Poor children were clothed and educated by their bounty and widows and their children were maintained. Their Calvinist beliefs originating in France were exemplified by the generous actions of the Society.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
3:00pm - 6:00pm
72 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Step inside this beautiful neoclassical building, home to the South Carolina Society, founded predominantly by French Protestants (Huguenots) in 1736. Renée Marshall, Director of Genealogy and Research with The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, will discuss the origins of the charitable society and its progression through the American Revolution. Come hear the story of the French Protestant founders and their devotion to providing relief funds for fellow refugees. Poor children were clothed and educated by their bounty and widows and their children were maintained. Their Calvinist beliefs originating in France were exemplified by the generous actions of the Society.
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