Episode 219: Wielding the Sword of State in Early South Carolina

from Charleston Time Machine · host Nic Butler, Ph.D.

For more than three centuries, the government of South Carolina has used a ceremonial sword to represent the state’s military strength and civil authority. The original “sword of state” disappeared from the state house in 1941, however, and its theft is now a cold case of historical proportions.

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